AnnaLynne McCord
In 2008, she was the eighteenth actress to be cast in The CW series "90210", portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. However, by the end of the first season, media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead. For the role of Naomi Clark, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the "Hollywood Life" Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009. In 2010, she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of "Breakthrough Standout Performance".
Audra McDonald
On television, McDonald portrayed Dr. Naomi Bennett as a main cast member of Shonda Rhimes's ABC television drama "Private Practice" from 2007-2011. She also portrayed the recurring character of Liz Lawrence in Season 4 of "The Good Wife"; a role that she reprises as a main cast member in the spinoff series "The Good Fight". In 2013 she performed the role of Mother Superior in "The Sound of Music Live!" opposite Carrie Underwood as Maria. She has twice been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayals of Susie Monahan in "Wit" opposite Emma Thompson in 2001 and for her performance of Ruth Younger in "A Raisin in the Sun" in 2008. In 2016 she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill" for HBO in which McDonald portrayed jazz legend Billie Holiday. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program in 2015 for her work hosting the program "Live from Lincoln Center". On film she is best known for her portrayals of Maureen in "Ricki and the Flash" (2015) opposite Meryl Streep and Madame de Garderobe in the 2017 film version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". She has been nominated five times for the NAACP Image Awards for her work in television and film.