Cicely Tyson

American former fashion model and actress Cicely L. Tyson has a career that spans more than seven decades and is given credit for her role in the industry as a strong African-American woman. Throughout Tyson’s career, she has received numerous accolades, including four Black Reel Awards, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, one Screen Actors Guild, and an honorary Academy Award.

Since the show’s inception in 2014, Tyson played Ophelia Harkness’s role in ABC’s legal drama How to Get Away With Murder. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series several times. In 2020, Tyson was in the famous 2020 American thriller Netflix movie, A Fall From Grace, and in the TV series Cherish the Day as Miss Luma Lee Langston. Cicely may be keeping a lower profile these days, but her legacy and influence in the industry still linger until today.