Margaret Avery

Acting · Born 1944-01-20 · Mangum, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Shug in The Color Purple (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

• The Nana Project (2023)
• Block Party (2022)
• We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
• Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
• Orpheus Star (2020)
• Proud Mary (2018)
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
• Meet the Browns (2008)
• Lord Help Us (2007)
• Exodus (2007)
• Waitin' to Live (2006)
• Second to Die (2002)
• Love Kills (1999)
• The Set Up (1995)
• White Man's Burden (1995)
• Night Trap (1993)
• Lightning in a Bottle (1993)
• The Return of Superfly (1990)
• Heat Wave (1990)
• Riverbend (1989)
• Single Women, Married Men (1989)
• Blueberry Hill (1988)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)