{"id":164867,"date":"2024-03-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=164867"},"modified":"2024-03-11T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:33:41","slug":"17-annual-essence-black-women-in-hollywood-awards-danielle-brooks-halle-bailey-nkechi-okoro-carroll-kathryn-busby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/17-annual-essence-black-women-in-hollywood-awards-danielle-brooks-halle-bailey-nkechi-okoro-carroll-kathryn-busby\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The 17th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood<\/strong>\u00ae <strong>Awards Celebrated the Achievements of Actresses Danielle Brooks and Halle Bailey, and Hollywood Power Brokers Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Kathryn Busby<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Essence magazine honored four stellar women in Hollywood yesterday at its star-studded 17th annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood\u00ae Awards at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The Oscar-week event was hosted by actor and hip hop heart throb <strong>Cliff \u201cMethod Man\u201d Smith<\/strong> and celebrated Grammy award winner and Academy Award-nominated actress <strong>Danielle Brooks<\/strong>; six-time Grammy-nominated singer and <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> actress <strong>Halle Bailey<\/strong>; acclaimed screenwriter and showrunner <strong>Nkechi Okoro<\/strong> <strong>Carroll <\/strong>and Hollywood power mogul <strong>Kathryn Busby<\/strong>, President of Original Programming for STARZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2067247602-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Halle and Chloe Bailey\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-164869\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; MARCH 07: (L-R) Halle Bailey and Chloe Bailey attend the 2024 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall\/Getty Images for ESSENCE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-highlights-from-the-event-include\">Highlights from the event include:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zendaya<\/strong>, straight off her <em>Dune 2<\/em> promo tour, slaying the Essence red carpet with a new bob haircut and accompanied by fashion legend <strong>Law Roach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>American Fiction<\/em> star, <strong>Erika Alexander<\/strong> joined fellow actress, <strong>Kim Cole<\/strong> and renowned TV writer and producer, <strong>Yvette Lee Bowser<\/strong>, on the carpet for a nostalgic <em>Living Single<\/em> reunion moment. The show recently celebrated 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2066459597-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-164870\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; MARCH 07: Zendaya attends the 2024 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for ESSENCE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Love was also on full display on the red carpet with couples such as actor and rapper <strong>Joey Bada$$<\/strong> and singer\/actress <strong>Serayah<\/strong> arriving hand and hand. Also BET\u2019s <em>Sistas<\/em> and <em>Zatima<\/em> actor, <strong>Devale Ellis<\/strong> and wife <strong>Khadeen Elli <\/strong>couldn&#8217;t keep their hands off each other on the carpet. Also hitting the Essence red carpet were actresses and twin sisters <strong>Tia Mowry <\/strong>and <strong>Tamera Mowry-Housley<\/strong>.\u00a0 I feel like I haven&#8217;t seen these two together in decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 honoree Halle Bailey shared a touching moment on stage with her sister, multi-hyphenate entertainer <strong>Chloe Bailey,<\/strong> as she described her greatest achievement, becoming a mother to her son <strong>Halo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/essence-reveals-the-black-women-in-hollywood-issue-digital-covers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essence Reveals The Black Women In Hollywood Issue Digital Covers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honoree Danielle Brooks received a standing ovation for her acceptance speech where she unexpectedly belted out the gospel song \u201cI won\u2019t complain.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2067260123-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-164871\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; MARCH 07: (L-R) Danielle Brooks, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and Kathryn Busby attend the 2024 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall\/Getty Images for ESSENCE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grammy-winning artist <strong>Muni Long<\/strong> brought everyone to their feet closing the show with her hit song \u201cMade for Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event drew an impressive crowd of notable celebrities, from esteemed actors and directors to music moguls and fashion icons, including: Mogul mom <strong>Tina Knowles<\/strong>; veteran actors <strong>Wendell Pierce<\/strong>, <strong>Hill Harper<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Anderson<\/strong>; <em>Love &amp; Basketball<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Boris Kodjoe<\/strong>, singer\/songwriter\/dancer<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/normani\/\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a><strong>Normani<\/strong>; comedian and actress <strong>Leslie Jones; <\/strong>actresses <strong>Teyonah Parris,<\/strong> <strong>Letitia Wright,<\/strong> <strong>Marsai Martin<\/strong>, and<strong> Skai Jackson and Gabourey Sidibe<\/strong>; BMF star <strong>Da\u2019Vinchi<\/strong>; DC Comics\u2019 superhero Hawkman, <strong>Aldis Hodge<\/strong>; hip hop stars <strong>Doug E. Fresh<\/strong> and <strong>MC Lyte,<\/strong> filmmakers <strong>Gina Prince-Bythewood <\/strong>and <strong>Lena Waithe, <\/strong>television producer<strong> Mona Scott-Young, <\/strong>and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch all of these festivities and red carpet moments from the 17th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood\u00ae Awards Ceremony on OWN, Friday, March 15th, at 9\/8c and also stream the show on Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essence magazine honored four stellar women in Hollywood yesterday at its star-studded 17th annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood\u00ae Awards at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. 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