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“It’s Called Principle, Oscar.”: A Spotlight on Gabrielle Union

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the work of Gabrielle Union into the ol’ VCR.

On October 29, 1972, Gabrielle Union was born. 

She spent the first eight years of her life in Omaha, Nebraska before her family moved to Pleasanton, California. 

Gabrielle Union would go on to attend UCLA, graduating with her bachelor’s in sociology. 

Her acting career started with appearances on shows like Friends and Moesha and iconic teen movies like 10 Things I Hate About You. 

However, her role in B Movies’ favorite, Bring It On, helped push Gabrielle Union’s career forward. 

From there, she landed leading roles in movies like Deliver Us From Eva, Bad Boyz II, and Neo Ned, where she would gain critical acclaim for the latter, including winning the Palm Beach International Film Festival’s award for Best Actress. 

Over the next few years, Gabrielle Union would go on to star in Daddy’s Little Girls, The Perfect Holiday, and Meet Dave, and appear in several music videos and shows like FlashForward, which earned her a nomination for the NAACP’s Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. 

She would then go on to star in the show Being Mary Jane, but I want to specifically call out her performance in Birth of a Nation (2016), where she played a r*pe survivor, a role she took because she’s a r*pe survivor. 

I sincerely can’t express how truly incredible that is. 

Additionally, Gabrielle Union was a guest judge on America’s Got Talent for one season but (allegedly) wasn’t asked to return because she was outspoken about racism. 

So yeah, she’s a badass. 

Gabrielle Union is not just an amazing actor; she’s an author, entrepreneur, and partial owner of Angel City FC. 

That’s not to mention all of her advocacy for r*pe survivors, abortion rights, breast cancer awareness, you name it; she was even named as one of Time 100’s most influential people in their 2020 list. 

There’s not much more that I can say about Gabrielle Union that hasn’t already been said. 

Gabrielle, if you ever read this, thank you. 🖤

Without further ado, here’s some of my favorite Gabrielle Union content:

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