After Cicely Tysons performance in the two-part CBS drama Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All earned her a spot in the very first Best TV Movie/Miniseries Actress SAG Award lineup it took 26 years for another Black woman to be recognized by the organization for an actual miniseries.
The subset started by Tyson in 1995 now includes five actresses with the latest entrant being Monster The Jeffrey Dahmer Story cast member Niecy Nash Betts. If she takes this year’s prize, Nash Betts will be the fifth Black woman to ever prevail in this category and the first to be honored for a multi-part limited program. Besides Tyson and Nash Betts the remaining three Black actresses who have been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for their work on miniseries are Michaela Coel I May Destroy You 2021 Kerry Washington Little Fires Everywhere 2021 and Cynthia Erivo Genius Aretha 2022. These five performances account for 24% of the 21 Black female ones ever recognized in this category the rest of which were in one off telefilms.
The four Black TV movie stars who will have preceded Nash Betts in winning this award are Alfre Woodard Piano Lesson 1996 Miss Evers Boys 1998 Halle Berry Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 2000 S. Epatha Merkerson Lackawanna Blues 2006 and Queen Latifah Life Support 2008 Bessie 2016. Others who have been nominated for telefilm performances in recent years include Audra McDonald Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill 2017 Washington Confirmation 2017 Tyson The Trip to Bountiful 2015 and Angela Bassett Betty and Coretta 2014.
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