Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (Carter?)

Both an award-winning single-named singer and a talented actress, Beyonce has done relatively little genre work, but what she has done has been attention-grabbing!
Curiously, though her non-genre acting had been in "serious" films like Cadillac Records and DreamGirls, her genre movie work had only been in comedies...until Obsessed!

Genre appearances... 
Obsessed (Sharon Charles)

Austin Powers in Goldmember 
 (Foxxy Cleopatra, also performed song on soundtrack)
The Pink Panther
(Xania, also performed songs on soundtrack)
Pepsi Commercial "Dare for More: Gladiators"
(Gladiator, also performed song)

Check out...
The Official Beyonce HomePage
BeyonceWorld (FanPage)

Kerry Washington

Another actress (along with Jessica Alba) who's appeared in both Fantastic Four films...
Bounces between "serious" films like Rayand Last King of Scotland and "popcorn" flicks like Lakeview Terrace and I Think I Love My Wife with ease.

Genre appearances include...
Django Unchained (BroomHilda)
Scandal (Olivia Pope)
Black Panther (Princess Shuri aka Black Panther)
Lakeview Terrace (Lisa Mattson)

Fantastic Four / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Alicia Masters)
Mr & Mrs Smith (Jasmine)
Boston Legal (Chelina Hall)
Sin (Kassie)
WonderFalls (Mahandra McGinty)
[unaired pilot. Role assumed in series by Tracie Thoms]

Check out...
Kerry Washington Central (FanSite)

Other actresses to play Alicia Masters...
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes [2007] Sunita Prasad
Marvel Action Hour: Fantastic Four [1996] Paulina Lomas
The Fantastic Four [1994] Kat Green [live-action film, never officially released]
Fantastic Four: the VideoGame [2005] Cree Summer

Shari Belafonte (Harper/Behrens)

Shari actually began behind the camera (believe it or not) as a freelance production assistant, moving on to a job as Assistant to the Publicist at Hanna-Barbera, the animation studio!
She moonlighted as a fashion model, then dropped her day job altogether to appear in Calvin Klein commercials which led to offers for film and tv work!
Besides tv guest-star and featured film roles, Shari was a regular on the Hotel tv series as Julie Gilette. as well as co-hosting the series Lifestyles with Robin Leach.

With her devotion to personal fitness (including endorsing only diet and nutrition products she personally uses), Shari posed for Playboy magazine at the age of 45, displaying a superbly-toned body many twenty-somethings would be proud to have!
But don't think she's just a pretty face (and amazing body)!
She donates much time and energy to worthy causes including as interantional spokesperson for the Starlight Children's Foundation!

After several years away from national tv or film work, Shari recently appeared on Nip / Tuck. and Miami Medical.
Hopefully the first of many new roles for this femme fantastique!

Trivia: Shari is the daughter of legendary singer / actor Harry Belafonte.
She's recorded several albums, most of which were released only in Europe, and command high prices on eBay!

Genre appearances include...
The District"The Project"
Babylon 5: ThirdSpace(Elizabeth Trent)
Mars(Doc Halliday)
Real Adventures of Johnny Quest"Other Space"
Sonic the Hedgehog(Lupé the Wolf)
Beyond Reality(Laura Wingate)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite(Serena)
Velvet (Julie Rhodes)
Perry Mason "Case of the All-Star Assassin"
Gravedale High (Blanche)
Murder by Numbers(Lisa)
Midnight Hour(Melissa Cavender)
Matt Houston"New Orleans Nightmare"
TimeWalker aka Being from Another Planet (Linda Flores)
ABC Weekend Special "Big Hex of Little Lulu"

Check out...
There are NO sites devoted to this amazing woman!
Has the world gone mad?
If anyone knows of a site, please e-mail me and I'll update this entry!

Zuleikha Robinson

With regular appearances on three genre series (four, if you count the X-Files ep that ended Lone Gunmen), Zuleikha's made an indelible impression on fanboys (and some fangirls), including me!
(My favorite of her roles was Gaia on Rome! ;-) )Genre appearances include...

LOST (Ilana Verdansky)

New Amsterdam (Det. Eva Marquez)
Hidalgo (Jazira)

Lone Gunmen / X-Files "Jump the Shark"

(Lois Runce aka Yves Adele Harlow)

Slash (Susie)

Check out...

Zuleikha's Official WebSite