Pam Grier
Pam Grier started to reach stardom in the ‘70s for doing a string of action, Blaxploitation, and women in prison films. Some of the movies she could be easily recognized with are Foxy Brown and Coffy, which both featured her in the banner. She had made a lot of movies back in that era, and there was no year that she wasn’t seen on the big screen back then. That’s how famous the now-71-year-old actress was.
Quentin Tarantino even gave her the credit of being the cinema’s first female action star after leading his 1997 movie Jackie Brown. She continuously shows her incredible talent and makes several films more until today. The actress has also received many awards and recognitions from different award-giving bodies, and has ventured into the TV world, doing several TV series from the late ‘90s to today. Herlast TV project was Bless This Mess in 2020 as Constance Terry for.