Quinta Brunson
The 2025 Golden Globe nominations highlight an impressive roster of Black talent, showcasing the power and depth of storytelling across film and television. Zendaya earned a nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in Challengers, while Denzel Washington is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion […]
The 55th NAACP Image Awards, a celebration of Black excellence in music, television, and film, took place on Saturday, March 16th, with Queen Latifah hosting the event. The awards show honors achievements across 90 categories with top honors going to Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Quinta Brunson, The Color Purple, and Usher. Special awards were presented […]
At the 75th annual Emmys, Actress Quinta Brunson won best actress in a comedy series for her performance in ABC’s sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” which she also created and serves as a writer on. This award made some modern history as Brunson became the first Black actress to win the category since 1981 when “The Jeffersons” […]
Quinta Brunson is not and will not be planning for any acts of violence in her show, Abbott Elementary. In a recent interview for Glamour Women of the Year cover feature with “Meet the Press”, host Kristen Welker, a fellow Philadelphian, Bruson’s opened up about how such violence represents “two different realities” of teaching. Brunson […]
Last week, Quinta Brunson, Sandra Oh, and Danielle Brooks were honored at the Ghetto Film School’s Fall Benefit. During the event, Brunson expressed her appreciation for the school, emphasizing that it had offered her an equally valuable experience as her time at Second City and BuzzFeed. In her acceptance speech, Brunson stated: “This is just […]
Ever since it premiered, Quinta Brunson’s highly praised show, Abbott Elementary, has started a great deal of dialogue about education, including a particular focus on the absence of Black teachers in the education system. In a conversation with Complex while discussing his collaboration with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Tyler James Williams, a lead actor of […]
As we patiently wait for season 3 of ABC’s Abbott Elementary, cast member Sheryl Lee Ralph spoke out on the season 2 finale where fan favorites Gregory and Janine, played by Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson, deciding to remain friends rather than explore their once-budding romantic relationship. Ralph, who plays veteran teacher Barbara Howard, […]
In the latest episode of Abbott Elementary, Taraji P. Henson graced our TVs in the episode titled “Mom,” in which she plays the mother of Quinta Brunson’s leading character Janine Teagues. Before the episode aired, Henson opened up to PEOPLE about her guest role as Mama Vanetta, stating: “I actually have an affinity for teachers…It’s […]
This weekend, Saturday Night Live was hosted by the hilarious Quinta Brunson who is best known for Abbott Elementary. During her monologue, Brunson shared her wit by comparing Abbott to the NBC show Friends, stating: “Except instead of being about a group of friends, it’s about a group of teachers. And instead of New York, […]
Movie & TV Star Taraji P. Henson will play Vanetta, Janine’s mother on the ABC’s comedy series“Abbott Elementary”. In the “Abbott Elementary” episode “Mom,” Janine (played by Quinta Brunson) is planning a Memorial Day weekend solo trip. But that’s derailed when her mother Vanetta, played by Henson, shows up unannounced and asking for help. “Mom,” […]
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