Biopic Brothers and Sisters

A tribute to all the actors and actresses who have brought legends back to life through films.

1. Alexandra Shipp

Alexandra played Aaliyah in the Lifetime biopic about her life.

3. Toni Braxton

OWN announced that Toni Braxton is set to star as Darlene Love in the network’s first scripted TV film “My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story.”

4. Idris Elba

Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in Mandela

5. Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela in Winnie

6. Will Smith

Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in Ali

7. Beyonce

Beyonce as Etta James in Cadillac Records

8. Andre 3000

Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix

9. Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

10. Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It and Coretta Scott King in Coretta and Betty.

11. Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in 42 and James Brown

12. Charlayne Woodard

Charlayne Woodard as Gail Devers in Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

13. Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ben Carson and James Robert Kennedy

14. Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington as Steve Biko in Biko and Malcolm X

15. Derek Luke

Derek Luke as Antwone Fisher

16. Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood as Jesse Owens The Jesse Owens Story

17. Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen in The Butler

18. Imani Hakim

Imani Hakim as Gabby Douglas (ages 14-16) in The Gabby Douglas Story

20. Jamal Woolard

Jamal Woolard as Christopher “Biggie” Wallace in Notorious

21. Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray

22. Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King, Jr.

23. Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne as Hannibal Lee in The Tuskegee Airmen

24. Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker in the Josephine Baker Story

25. Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige as Betty Shabazz in Coretta and Betty

26. Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station

27. Quinton Aaron

Quinton Aaron in the Blind SIde

28. Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson as Ken Carter in Coach Carter

29. Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finney as Wilma Rudolph in Wilma

30. Sydney Mikayla

Sydney Mikayla as Gabby Douglas (age: 7-12) in The Gabby Douglas Story

31. Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard as James ‘Jim’ Ellis in Pride

32. Diana Ross

Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues