30 Hottest Black Actresses in Their 40s 2024

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Age is just a number, you will really feel this after watching the fit, bold, and Hottest black actresses after the age of 40s. They have good fame and popularity in film and still conquering the industry. Black actresses still give good memories to Hollywood. They create their unique identity with fabulous acting and acting skill. Here is the list of the 20 Hottest Black Actresses in Their 40s.

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1 Beyoncé – 42 Years

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is the full name of the popularly known Beyonce. She embedded her name like anything in the singing industry and also has been an actress. Her Crazy in Love and Baby boy hit the US Billboard Hot 100’s number one singles.

Her solo album Destiny’s child was not a great success which was released in 2006. Though, released a second solo album B’Day which included the hit songs such as Irreplaceable and Beautiful Liar. Beyonce has also acted in a few famous movies like The Pink Panther, The Lion King, Dream Girls, and Obsessed.

Beyonce was born in Houston, Texas on, September 4th, 1981. She is of descent from Louisiana Creole & Africa. Her mom’s name is Tina Knowles Lawson and, her dad is Mathew Knowles. She also has a sister. She married Jay-Z and has three children.

Beyonce is 5’8″ (173 cm) and, her weight is 62kgs. She also won the Gold Media Prize, BRAVO Supershow in Germany in the year 2007. Kelly Rowland was her best friend since childhood. Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and Gwyneth Paltrow are a few other friends of hers. She was also featured on Most Overrated 2006. She has also been ranked one the best in her starting period and to date.

2 Zoe Saldana – 45 Years

Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario is the full name of Zoe Saldana, an American Actress, Film Producer, Voice Over Artist, and Writer. Zoe Saldana began her acting career in 1999 in the TV show Law & Order [a legal drama series] and debuted in the film Center Stage in 2000.

Like the movie Avatar, the Avatar girl played the lead role of Neytiri and worked in the Avatar film Series Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 which many released in the upcoming years 2022 respectively.

Zoe Saldana was born on 19 June 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA.  To Father Aridio Saldana and Mother Asalia Nazario and she has two sisters. She married Marco Perego in 2013 and they have 3 children. The estimated net worth of Zoe Saldana is around $ 35 Million USD. And she is 5’7 feet with 54 kg of weight. And she has a slim body with black hair and Dark brown.

3 Tyra Banks -50 Years

Tyra Banks is the full name of Tyra Banks, an American Model, Actress, TV Personality, film producer, writer, and businesswoman. she began her modeling career at the age of 15 and acting career in the Television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1993, and in 1995 she debuts in movie Higher Learning in the role of Deja.

She is famous for the role of Eve in Life-Size, Zoe in Coyote Ugly, and Ursula Nyquist in Gossip Girl. Tyra Banks’s net worth is estimated at $90 million US Dollars. She is one of the most gorgeous and hottest black actresses in their 40s.

Banks was born on 4 December 1973 in Inglewood, California, the United States to Donald Banks and Caroline London and she has one brother.  Tyra Banks’s height and weight are 5’10 feet and 68 kg with hazel eyes and brown hair.

4 Kerry Washington – 47 Years

Kerry Marisa Washington is the full name of Kerry Washington, an American actress, Director, and Producer. She began her acting career in 1994 with the Television Series ABC Afterschool Special, later she debuts in the film Our Song in 2000.

Kerry Washington is famous for the roles of Olivia Pope in Scandal, for many award she was nominated and won for this role.

Hottest Black Actress Kerry Washington was born on 31 January 1977 in The Bronx, New New York City, USA to Earl Washington and Valerie Washington. She married Nnamdi Asomugha in 2003 and they have 2 children.

Kerry Washington’s estimated net worth is $18 million US dollars and her height is 5’4 feet with an average weight of 53 kg having a slim body type with brown hair and dark brown eyes. She is one of the cutest black actresses in their 40s in 2023.

5 Brandy Norwood – 45 Years

Brandy Rayana Norwood (Age 43 years as of 2022) is the full name of Brandy Norwood, she is an American Singer, Actress, and Songwriter and one of the favorite, beautiful black actresses in their 40s. she started her singing career in the early ’90s and released her first studio album titled Brandy. She debuts her Television series Thea in the main role in 1993 and her film debut in 1997 in the movie Cinderella.

Brandy Norwood is famous for Singing, she is a Television Personality and got some prestigious Awards in her career. Norwood’s net worth is $15 million US Dollars

Black actress Brandy Norwood was born on 11 February 1979 in McComb, Mississippi, the USA to Willie Norwood and Sonja Norwood. The height and weight of Brandy Norwood are 5’7 feet [170 cm] and 64 kg [141 pounds] with Dark Brown Eyes and Black hair.

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6 Eve (rapper) – 45 Years

Eve Jihan Cooper is the full name of Eve and she is well known as Eve (rapper), she is an American rapper, actress, singer, songwriter, television presenter, talk show host. she began her acting career in 2001 from the TV series Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001 and later she debuts in the film XXX in 2002.

Hottest Black Actress Eve is famous for the roles of Terri Jones in Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Barbershop: The Next Cut. she is one of the famous and hot black actresses in their 40s 2021.

Eve (rapper) was born on 10 November 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA to Jerry Jeffers and Julie Wilch. she married Maximillion Copper in 2014 and she has 4 stepchildren.

Her height and weight are 5’7 feet and 60 kg with black hair and dark brown eyes and have a net worth of $10 million US dollars.

7 Keshia Knight Pulliam -45 Years

Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American female actor, she began her acting career as a child actress in the Television Series Sesame Street in the early 1980s and debuted in the film The Last Dragon in 1985. She is famous for the childhood role of Rudy Huxtable in the TV series The Cosby Show in 1982.

Hottest Black Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam was born on 9 April 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, USA to James Knight Pulliam Sr. and Denise and she has three brothers. She married Ed Hartwell in 2016 and later separated and divorced in 2018. She has one daughter.

The height and weight of Keshia Knight Pulliam are 5 feet and 49 kg with black hair and dark brown eyes. Her estimated net worth is $6 million US Dollars.

8 Rashida Jones -48 Years

Rashida Leah Jones is the full name of Rashida Jones, an American actress, director, writer, and film producer. She began her acting career in the Television series The Last Don in 1997 and in 1998 she debuts in the film Myth America and in 2000 in the film East of A.

Hottest Black Actress Rashida Jones was born on 25 February 1976 in Los Angeles, United States of America to Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton and she has 1 brother and 5 sisters. He married Ezra Koenig in 2016 and has one son.

Rashida Jones’s estimated net worth is $25 million US dollars and her height is 5.4 feet with an average weight of 58 kg and Hazel eyes with dark brown hair.

9 Tika Sumpter -43 Years

Euphemia LatiQue Sumpter is the birth name of Tika Sumpter. Tika is an actress, singer, producer, television host, and also model. To begin with, she started her career as a model. As for a start after modeling, she acted in ABC’s daytime soap opera, One Life to live (1968) as, Layla Willamson.

She also acted in Gossip Girl (2006), The Game and started as a supporting actress in movies such as, Stomp Yard 2: Home Coming (2010), The Salt (2010), What’s Your Number? (2011) and also Think like a Man(2012). She was also a part of the musical movie, Sparkle (2012).

Hottest Black Actresses Sumpter was born in Queens, Newyork on 20th June 1980. She was nominated for the Black Reel Awards for the Best Ensemble for her work in getting on Up as Yvonne Fair. Another nomination for the Audience Award in Gotham Awards for South Side with You is Michelle Robinso.

Tika is 5’7″ (170 cm) tall and 57 kg in weight. She gave birth to Ell-Loren her daughter(her first child) on the 8th of October 2016. Loren’s father is Nicholas J. Muscarella. Nicholas was also a co-star in her series, The Haves, and the Have Nots. Tika in her path in the industry she has acted in notable Movies and Television shows.

10 Demetria McKinney – 50 Years

Demetria McKinney’s full name is Demetria Dyan McKinney who’s is an American actress, songwriter and singer. For a start, Demetria acted in a lot of Tyler perry’s plays.

Superstition, Saints and Sinners and House of Payne are some of her works. She has also did roles in Devious Maids, Drop Dead Diva, etc…

Demetria was born on 27th October 1979 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the USA. She is 5’8″ tall and 55 kg in weight. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Dark Brown again too. Her net worth is $5 million.

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11 Paula Patton -48 Years

Paula’s full name is Paula Maxine Patton, is an American actress. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Warcraft, 2 Guns and Hitch are some of the famous movies in which she’s acted.

Medical Diaries, Deja Vu and Idlewild are a few more to mention and at early stages, she pursued Film study at the University of Southern California in a summer program and got a 3-month Documentary assignment for PBS.

She was born on 5th December 1975 in Los Angeles, California in the USA. Her parents are Charles and Joyce Patton.

She is 5’7″ feet tall and 55 kg in weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $5 million.

12 Bianca Lawson – 45 Years

Bianca Jasmine Lawson (Age 42 years as of 2021) is the full name of Bianca Lawson, and she has also the nickname Bianca. The beautiful black actress is in their early 40s. she is an American Actress who acted in many films and Television Shows, Bianca Lawson began her acting career in the TV Show Saved by the Bell: The New Class in 1993 and after 4 years she debuts in the film Twice the Fear and Primary Color in 1998.

Hottest Black Actresses Bianca Lawson is best known for the roles in Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Rogue, Goode Behaviour, Supergator. Bianca Lawson’s estimated net worth is $2 million USD.

Bianca Lawson was born on 20 March 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA to Actor Richard and Denise Gordy. Her height is 5’5” feet [164 cm] with 50 kg [110 pounds] of weight and has a slim body with black hair and Dark brown eyes.

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13 Naomie Harris – 47 Years

Naomie Melanie Harris  is the full name of the cutest Black English Actress, she started her acting career as a child artist in a Television Series Simon and the Witch in 1987, and these series end by the year 1988 and her debut movie are Crust which was in the year 2001 in which she played a role of receptionist. In the next year she played a lead role in the Zombie Movie 28 Days Later.

Naomie Harris is famous for the roles in Tia Dalma in the series of Pirates of Caribbean, Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to freedom, Eve Moneypenny in Skyfall, and in No Time to Die.

Hottest Black Actresses Naomie Harris was born on 6 September 1976 in Islington, London, United Kingdom to Carmen Harris [also known as Lisselle Kayla]. she married Peter Legler in 2012. Harris’s estimated net worth is $4 million US Dollars. Her height is around 5’8 feet [173 cm] with a weight of 60 kg [132 pounds] with black hair and dark brown eyes.

14 Maria Howell -44 Years

Wanda Maria Howell is the full name of Maria Howell an American actress, singer, and composer. She started her career as a Jazz singer and let she made her debut in The Colour Purple.

Necessary Roughness, Army Wives, and Drop of Diva are a few projects in which she’s acted. In the year 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire had her in the cast as Seeder.

Maria was born in Gastonia in North Caroline. Her father is Joseph Howell and her son’s name is Thomas Herbert Robertson.

She is 5’1″ feet tall. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Dark Brown too. Her net worth is $5 million.

15 Tanisha Grant -50 Years

Tanisha Laverne Grant (Age 50 years as of 2024) is the full name of Tanisha Grant and she was born on 28 July 1973 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress by professional.

She began her acting career with the film Righteous Kill in 2008 in a small uncredited role, later in the same year 2008 in a role as a passenger in the film Afterwards but it also goes as an uncredited role for her.

The height of Tanisha Grant is around 5’3 feet [160 cm] and she has graduated as a journalist. She has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million USD.

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16 Jasika Nicole Pruitt – 44 Years

Jasika Nicole Pruitt is otherwise known as Jasika Nicole is an American actress and Illustrator & studied at Catawba College in Salisbury where she learned theatre, dance, studio art and voicing.

She did voicing for a character named Reina in the animated series Danger and Eggs which was an online one by Amazon & for a few podcasts.

Jasika was born on 10th April 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama in the USA. Her Spouse’s name is Clarie savage.

She is 5’2″ tall and 56 kg in weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $5 million.

17 De’Adre Aziza – 46 Years

De’Adre Danielle Avery is the birth name of the well-known De’Adre Aziza. The Breaks, She’s Gotta have it and Passing Strange are some of her works of significance.

She is also a songwriter, music producer and singer. Danielle originally wanted to pursue medicine whereas she turned towards acting at the age of 15 after seeing the works of George C.Wolfe.

Danielle was born on 14th June 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. Her mother is Donna Avery, a part-time retired assistant professor and also a textiles specialist at Parsons The New School for Design.

She is 5’9″ tall and 65 kg in weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $1 million.

18 Toks Olagundoye – 48 Years

Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke Olagundoye is the Birth name of Toks Olagundoye. She got her Bachelors in Smith College.

She is famously known for her role, Hayley in Castle and another series called The Neighbours. The Education of Max Bickford is one of her television series and she also had a movie in which she acted later that same year, Brown Sugar.

Toks was born on 16th September 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria in Africa. Her parents are Nigerian and Norwegian.

She is 5’9.5″ tall. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Brown. Her net worth is $7.5 million.

19 Gabrielle Union – 51 Years

Gabrielle Monique Union is the full name of Gabrielle Union, an American actress, voice artist, author, and activist. She began her acting career with the TV series Family Matter in 1993 and in 1996 she debuts in the film Moesha.

She is popularly known for the roles of Denise Johnson in the films The Brothers, Evangeline “Eva” Dandrige in Deliver Us from Eva, Julie Rossmore in Daddy’s Little Girls, Kristen in Think Like a Man, etc.

Evangeline “Eva” Dandrige was born on 29 October 1972 in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States of America to Sylvester Union and Theresa Union, and has 2 sisters. She married Dwyane Wade in 2014 and they have one daughter. Before marrying Dwyane, she married Chris Howard in 2001, but the couple divorced in 2006.

Her height and weight are 5’7 feet and 57 kg, having a slim body with black hair and dark brown eyes. Her estimated net worth is $20 million. She is one of the most famous and hottest black actresses in their 40s.

20  Thandiwe Newton -51 Years

Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker is the full name of Thandiwe Newton, she is an English actress, she began her acting career in 1991 in the Television as well as in the movies from the series Private Prince a Television film and a film Flirting.

she is popularly known for the roles of Beloved in Beloved, Nyan Nordoff-Hall in Mission Impossible-2, Christine Thayer in Crush, Linda in The Pursuit in Happyness. she won many awards in her career and she is one of the beautiful black actresses in their 40s.

Thandiwe Newton was born on 6 November 1972 in Westminster, London, England. Father Nick Newton and Mother Nyasha Newton and she has one brother. She married Ol Parker in 1998 and they have 3 children including 2 daughters.

Thandiwe Newton’s net worth is $12 million US Dollars approx. Her height and weight are 5’3 feet and 51 kg has a slim body with black hair and brown eyes.

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21 Sharon Leal – 51 Years

Sharon Ann Leal is the full name of Sharon Leal, is an American actress and singer, she began her acting career in a Television series Legacy in 1998 and later she debut in the movie Face the Music as Tracie in 2000 and in the second film Dreamgirls make her popular among the lovers of Hollywood cinema and she nominated for many awards.

Hottest Black Actresses Sharon Leal has portrayed for the role of Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls, Dianne Brock in Why Did I Get Married?, Kelli Whitfield in This Christmas and many roles in Television shows Legacy, Guiding Light, Boston, etc. she a one of the best and favorite black actress in their 40s [best female actor in their 40s 2021].

Sharon Leal was born on 17 October 1972 in Tucson, Arizona, the US, she has one sister. She married Bev Land in 2001 and they got divorced in 2009 and they have one child. Her estimated net worth is $4 million US dollars. The height and weight of Sharon Leal are 5’8 feet and 60 kg with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.

22 Tijuana Ricks – 45 Years

Tijuana Ricks is an Amercian actress. She graduated from Washington University at St.Louis where she got a double major in Performing arts and Psychology.

Tij, in Kaktabulz, was a sketch comedy Troupe member. She also got her MFA in the Yale School of Drama in acting and currently living in Los Angeles.

She was born on 19th September 1978 in Metairie, Louisana in the USA. Her spouse is Anthony M Pirro. She is 5’10” tall and her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $5 million.

23 Victoria Gabrielle Platt – 51 Years

Victoria Gabrielle Platt is an American actress, producer and singer. Her nickname is Victoria Tilford. Star-Crossed, The Gates, All My Children, Guiding Light are some of her works.

Round Midnight and Winchell are some of her notable works. She has also acted in many TV Commercials.

Vic was born on 21st November in Queens, New york in the USA. Her father is Polish and her mother is West Indian.

She is 5’7″ tall. Her eye color is Brown and her hair is Blonde. Her net worth is $5 million.

24 Saycon Sengbloh – 46 Years

Saycon is an American actress and a singer. Funny Valentines, Across the Universe and American Gangster are some of her famous works.

Wonder years, In the Dark, Delilah, The Good Wife and Ten Days in the Valley. Be here, Valley and Possible are some of her music videos.

Say was born on 23rd October 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. Her father is American and her mother is Liberian.

She is 5’7″ tall and 60 kg in weight. Her eye color is Brown and her hair is Brown. Her net worth is $5 million.

25 April Parker Jones – 48 Years

April is an American Television actress. Jericho is one of her famous which she is known for as Darcy Hawkins and for her soap opera If Loving you is Wrong as Natalie Henning.

She has also acted in the Spider-Man 3 and The Hunther.   How to get away with murder, Super Girl, The Last Ship are some of the famous shows in which she’s acted.

April was born March 1976 in Durham, North Carolina in the USA. Her spouse’s name is Joseph J Jones and they have two daughters.

She is 5’8″ tall and 64 in weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Black too. Her net worth is $1 million.

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26 Aisha Hinds – 48 Years

Aisha Jamila Hinds is the full name of Aisha Hinds who is a stage, film and television actress. The Shield, True Blood, Detroit 1-8-7 are a few of her works.

All the way, the Biography project of Fannie Lou Hamer was one of her well-known works. Assault of Precinct-13, Neo Ned, Mr. Brooks, Prison Break: The Final Break, The Next Three Days, Unstoppable are some of her other works.

Aisha was born on 13th November 1975 in Brooklyn, New York in the USA. She is 5’7″ tall and 68 kg in weight. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $3 million.

27 Kara Bustos – 50 Years

Kara Deanean Brock is the birth name of Kara Bustos is an American actress who lived singing and dancing from her childhood.  In 1990 she acted with Brandy Norwood in the show Moesha which was a hit of the period.

Later she came in several national commercials and sitcoms and she is well-known for the act in The Parkers as Regina in 1999. Kara while raising her children started a cake decor business named, Sift.

Kara was born on 29th March 1974 in Long Beach, California in the USA. Her parents are Brock and Joan Demeter.

Kara’s eye color is Light Brown and her hair is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $4 million.

28 Jennifer Hudson – 43 Years

The musical diva Jennifer Kate Hudson, known by everybody as Jennifer Hudson, is an actress, singer, and philanthropist. She was a finalist in American idol in 2004. She’s also known for receiving so many awards like the Academy Award, The Golden Globe, Two Grammy Awards, and also Time magazine has given her the privilege to be known as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

She did her debut in Dreamgirls, which is again a musical that is to be mentioned. She also has released her self-titled album in 2008, signing with Arista Records. It didn’t stop there but won the Grammy award for Best R&B Album.

She was born in Chicago, Illinois on, 12th September 1981. She was in Burger King before getting into the American Idol finalist title and a successful career with hands full of awards. Not to mention but she is eyes have seen, great success, and one of her kind.

Jen is 5’9″ (1.75cm) tall and 70 kg in weight. Her eyes are dark brown in color. She also is the author of “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways, Found Myself and Lost Everything that Weighed Me Down.” a memoir that was a Newyork Times bestseller in January of 2012.

29 Simone Missick – 42 Years

Simone Missick is an American actress, acts both in the T.V. Series and the movies who got graduated in Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan at the year of 1999 and did her higher studies at Howard University in 2003.

The Epicureans, The Road to Sun Dance, K-Town, Brother Lee, and Look again are some of her works.

Simone was born on 19th January 1982 in Detroit, Michigan in the USA. Her spouse Dorian Missick and she was married in 2003 till present.

She is 5’4″ tall and 60kg by weight. Her eye colour is Brown and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $1 million.

30 Karla Mosley  – 43 Years

Karla Cheatham Mosley is the birth name of the American actress Karla Mosley. She got graduated with honours from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and also studied at Roy Hart Vocal Institute, France.

Mosely started performing at a very young age in a rock group of children called Sugar Beats.

Karla was born on 27th August 1981 in Westchester County New York in the USA. Her spouse’s name is Jeremiah Frei-Pearson and they were married in the year 2011 and later got divorced.

She is 6′ tall and 70kg by weight. Her eye color is Blue and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $6 million.

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