Trivia: Studied at the Piven Workshop in Evanston, IL. Joined the Shattered Globe Theatre in Chicago in 1998. Was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson award for his work in the Shattered Globe Theatre's production of Frozen Assets. Made his Broadway debut in the 2006 production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

Trivia: Father was in the foreign service and the family moved around a lot, living in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Nigeria, Panama, London and Washington, DC. Sang at New York restaurants with a jazz musician while in college and did backup vocals for a number of recording artists. Was awarded the Robin Williams Scholarship that covered tuition for her final two years at the Juilliard School, and while there, once played Mark Antony in Julius Caesar. Skipped her 2007 graduation from Juilliard to shoot The Express (2008), the sports bio about Heisman-winning running back Ernie Davis. In 2012, she was awarded the Beah Richards Rising Star Award at the Pan African Film Festival. Portrayed baseball star Jackie Robinson's wife, Rachel, in the 2013 sports biopic 42. Involved in the charitable organization ASTEP (Actors Striving to End Poverty).

Trivia: Spent parts of her childhood in the Mexico, the United States, France and London. Received the CCP award in 2008, for being the most promising actress in London. Made her television debut in 2008 playing Vanessa in Terminal. Appeared in stage productions of Avenue Q and The Sound of Music.

Trivia: A native of Silver Spring, MD, suave and clean-cut actor Michael Ealy appeared on-camera from the late '90s. He began on the small screen, with guest appearances on network programs including Law & Order and ER, but scored his breakout role with a much-favored turn as Ricky Nash, a convict-in-the-running with several past charges against him, in the predominantly African American ensemble comedies Barbershop (2002) and Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). The billing in these projects was somewhat prescient: Ealy continued to take challenging and unique supporting roles and gradually worked his way up the Hollywood ladder, openly declaring himself in no hurry to become a top-billed star. Additional projects included the action sagas 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and S.W.A.T. (2003) and the psychological thriller November (2003), but Ealy netted much greater acclaim -- and flexed some impressive dramatic muscle -- with his portrayal of Teacake in the Oprah Winfrey-produced telemovie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005). He then landed the incredibly demanding and edgy lead role of Darwyn Al-Sayeed, a terrorist plotting an attack on the United States, in the Showtime original miniseries Sleeper Cell (2005). In 2008, Ealy starred opposite Will Smith and Rosario Dawson in the earnest suicide drama Seven Pounds, directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness). Ealy took on a leading role as a Bishop hiding in a small Italian village that opposes the Nazi cause in Spike Lee's acclaimed war drama Miracle at St. Anna (2008), and co-starred with Julianna Margulies and Michael J. Fox in the CBS television series The Good Wife the following year. In 2010 he played a supporting role in the crime thriller Takers, and starred in the romantic comedy Think Like a Man in 2010.

Trivia: Jesse Williams earned his acting chops studying at Temple University and appearing in several off-Broadway plays. He soon transitioned into on-camera work, appearing in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and on shows like Greek and Beyond the Break. He would go on to appear in Red Tails and The Cabin in the Woods. Williams joined Grey's Anatomy in 2009 as a recurring guest star, before being promoted to a series regular the following season. In 2013, he appeared in Lee Daniels' The Butler as as civil rights activist James Lawson.