
Angela Elayne Gibbs
Actor · b. 1954 · Detroit, Michigan USA
Angela Elayne Gibbs is an actress and writer. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Angela has a diverse background in the entertainment industry that spans 5 decades. As an actor, her credits include recurring roles on "Hacks," "On My Block," and "SWAT." As a regular on Aaron McGruder's "Black Jesus," her character, Ms. Tudi, broke out as one of the leads. Her films include "Love Jacked," in which she starred with her mother, Marla Gibbs; "Stone Cold Christmas"; and "Straight Outta Compton," in which she portrayed Ice Cube's mother. As an acting coach, Gibbs has worked with Alejandro G. Inarritu, coaching on both his Oscar-winning films, "Birdman" and "The Revenant." Gibbs coached newcomer Demetrius Shipp for the role of Tupac in the upcoming "All Eyes On Me," and Richie Merritt on "White Boy Rick" for critically-acclaimed director Yaan Demange. While attending the American Film Institute, Gibbs cast the short film, "Last Breeze of Summer," that won an Academy-Award nomination, and she received AFI's Mary Pickford Award for directing. Her short film "Ties That Bind" won the HBO Shorts Award, was featured during BET's Best Short series, and won Best Short at the prestigious Pan African Film Festival. When Angela produced the play "227," the success buzz caught the attention of Norman Lear, who helped develop it into the NBC hit series. Angela is the recipient of two NAACP Image Awards for producing "227" and for the Broadway play "Checkmates," starring Denzel Washington and Ruby Dee. Gibbs wrote the Trumpet Awards for its first 10 years and taught at Spelman College's Drama Department. Angela is developing two features that she will direct.
Series24
TV7.6CrimeDramaFrom murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
NCIS
2003 · 2.6K votes
TV8.2DramaFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · 11K votes
TV7.6CrimeDramaA Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 1.4K votes
TV8.2CrimeDramaDr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Bones
2005 · 3.6K votes
TV7.9MysteryDramaLooking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Desperate Housewives
2004 · 2.1K votes
TV7.5Action & AdventureDramaThe exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · 1.3K votes
TV8.0CrimeAction & AdventureA Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.
S.W.A.T.
2017 · 1.6K votes
TV7.9DramaComedyAdrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
Monk
2002 · 1.3K votes
TV8.3DramaAn emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Chicago Med
2015 · 1.3K votes
TV8.2DramaWhile running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
Suits
2011 · 5.9K votes
TV8.2DramaFollows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.
This Is Us
2016 · 1.7K votes
TV7.2DramaCrossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Crossing Jordan
2001 · 167 votes
TV7.9CrimeDramaPerhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · 506 votes
TV7.2DramaEveryone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.
Scandal
2012 · 623 votes
TV7.2DramaHotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
Nip/Tuck
2003 · 539 votes
TV7.9MysteryDramaHarry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.
Bosch
2015 · 765 votes
TV7.5ComedyDramaExplore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
Hacks
2021 · 394 votes
TV8.2DramaAction & AdventureA group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.
Station 19
2018 · 1.6K votes
TV8.1DramaAction & AdventureNearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K., takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world - one that could very well end his life.
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020 · 1.2K votes
TV7.5DramaThe trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
Parenthood
2010 · 189 votes
TV7.5DramaMysteryWhen Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Revenge
2011 · 858 votes
TV7.5DramaStef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their lives are disrupted in unexpected ways when Lena meets Callie, a hardened teen with an abusive past who has spent her life in and out of foster homes. Lena and Stef welcome Callie and her brother, Jude, into their home thinking it's just for a few weeks, until a more permanent placement can be found. But life has something else in store for the Fosters.
The Fosters
2013 · 340 votes
TV7.6CrimeDramaAn anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
American Crime Story
2016 · 1.1K votes
TV7.2ComedyDramaFollows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Insecure
2016 · 230 votes
Movies23
Movie8.6MusicDramaThe story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.
Michael
2026 · 4.4K votes
Movie7.8DramaMusicIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · 4.3K votes
Movie6.4ComedyRomanceAll the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · 609 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
Drumline
2002 · 584 votes
Movie5.7ActionCrimeDuring a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.
Fled
1996 · 269 votes
Movie5.2ThrillerHorrorA rich brother and sister are crazed killers. She lures men into her bed, and he attacks them and murders them. A detective is assigned to find the killers and bring them in.
Party Line
1988 · 24 votes
Movie4.6ActionComedyA pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.
Number One with a Bullet
1987 · 12 votes
Movie5.7ActionCrimeAfter federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · 76 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaIn this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.
The Blue Knight
1975 · 1 votes
Movie5.0RomanceDramaEver since getting off a prestigious cable television series, Frank Cooper has been coasting through life distracting himself with women, booze and blow, while auditioning to play stereotypical gang members and drug dealers. But the minute he meets Mali Waters, a sports agent living for the present, his whole world changes.
She Taught Love
2024 · 12 votes
Movie4.9ActionDramaA young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.
The Naked Cage
1986 · 31 votes
Movie6.7HistoryDramaThis made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boycott
2001 · 18 votes
Movie6.7RomanceComedyA holiday encounter with a forsaken boyfriend forces money-grubbing Mia Stone to re-examine her past, present and future.
A Stone Cold Christmas
2018 · 8 votes
Movie4.8DramaThrillerA group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Together Brothers
1974 · 6 votes
Movie6.2ComedyTV MovieWhen Army Colonel Griff Carson (Dean Cain) returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet (Kristy Swanson) and two teenagers, Kim (Galadriel Stineman) and Ollie (Alec Gray).
Operation Cupcake
2012 · 12 votes
Movie4.2ThrillerDramaSexy young nurses administer a special kind of therapy on their daily rounds as they battle a drug ring operating outside the hospital.
The Young Nurses
1973 · 11 votes
Movie5.6DramaAn ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.
Max Rose
2016 · 9 votes
Movie6.9ThrillerJeremy Chue is a picture-perfect teenager. He is talented, has the perfect grades, a well-off family, and attends a prestigious Washington, D.C. private school. At least that is how he appears. After losing his twin brother in a mass shooting, Jeremy takes matters into his own hands, holding a teacher hostage and looking to teach America a lesson it will never forget.
Honor Student
2023 · 6 votes
Movie9.0DramaTV MovieThe director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
The Healers
1974 · 1 votes
Movie4.4HorrorThrillerIn this eerie hospital chiller, a medical student wakes up in an isolation room, gravely ill with no idea how she got there or how to get out. Trying to make sense of her plight and save herself, she finds the hospital staff distinctly unhelpful.
Isolation
2011 · 8 votes
Movie6.3A world-famous black celebrity is detained at a mysterious psychiatric facility following his erratic behavior and political activism.
5150
2021 · 3 votes
MovieRomanceComedyFor the 10 interns who sign up to be part of the online dating site BestMatch.mate, spending their summer playing Cupid turns out to be less satisfying than they expected. For one thing, they have a rash of crazy clients to deal with … not to mention their own interpersonal problems. Shoentel Scott, Dennis Addison and Victoria Esher co-star in this independent romantic comedy directed by husband-and-wife team Carl and Vivian Adams.
Soulmates
2004
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A semi-autobiography of comedian Na'im Lynns life