About
Ebony Obsidian is an American actress. She had a supporting role in the 2018 drama film If Beale Street Could Talk and the following year began starring as Karen Mott in the BET comedy-drama series, Sistas. In 2024, Obsidian played Lena Derriecott Bell King in the war drama film, The Six Triple Eight, earning her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture as well as Outstanding Breakthrough Performance.
Obsidian was born and raised in New Paltz, New York. She is of West Indian and Eritrean descent. She began performing in her childhood but never really saw it as a career. She later went into college for journalism. Obsidian left college while working on three jobs for acting and trained at the William Esper Studio. While studying, she began acting; she appeared in independent films, including The Vixens and Where Hearts Lie opposite Malik Yoba and Clifton Powell, as well as an uncredited appearance in the superhero film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
In 2015, Obsidian starred in Tough Love, a web series that aired on YouTube. The series started as a micro budget project that eventually attracted more than 45,000 unique viewers…
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