brown/darkskin actresses to cast as teens since mainstream media likes to pretend it’s difficult to find them...

marsai martin (15)
lyric ross (16)
skai jackson (18)
sydney mikayla (17)

diamond white (21)
riele downs (18)
shahadi wright joseph (15)
letitia wright (26)

coco jones (22)
trinity stokes (14)
ama qamata (21)
khosi ngema (19)

birgundi baker (28)
tsion habte
asha bromfield (24)
karidja touré (26)

lovie simone (21)
china anne mcclain (21)
ryan destiny (25)

cannot believe i almost forgot the beautiful madina nalwanga from queen of katwe give this girl her flowers and plenty of roles she is so talented and at only 18!

justine skye (24)
jaida-iman benjamin (26)
precious mustapha
shanice williams (23)

and i have no idea how old zahra bentham is but she’s cute as hell i think she could play a character in their late teens for sure

tanyell waivers and ashleigh murray are both 30+ but i’d still say it’s reasonable to cast them as teenagers honestly

yandeh sallah (20)

better yet, actresses like lidya jewett, mariah gordon, and saniyya sidney are only 13! and teens playing teens gives teen viewers a more realistic image of themselves to relate to