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Home • Celebrity

ESSENCE.com's Exclusive Celebrity Portraits of 2014

Stars flocked to ESSENCE this year to share and celebrate their success. Check out our portrait gallery of the most interesting celebs to visit our offices in 2014.
By Michael Rowe · Updated October 27, 2020
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Lisa Leslie

Former WNBA superstar Lisa Leslie stops by ESSENCE for a visit.

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Erica Ash

Actress Erica Ash stops by for a visit.

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Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin

DeVon Franklin and actress Meagan Good attend stop by the ESSENCE office to promote his new movie, Annie.

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Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox stops by ESSENCE to talk about her hit show, Orange Is The New Black.

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Jay Ellis

The sexy newcomer stopped by ESSENCE to talk about his experience filming The Game and his new movies November Rule and My Favorite Five.

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Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams stops by ESSENCE to talk about her new album, TV show and holiday beauty rituals.

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Estelle

Estelle stopped by ESSENCE to give us a taste of her new music.

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Lyriq Bent

Actor Lyriq Bent stops by ESSENCE to talk about his role in the Aaliyah biopic and the upcoming slavery saga, Book of Negroes.

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Boris Kodjoe

Boris Kodjoe stops by ESSENCE to talk about his role in the new film, Addicted.

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Gina Prince -Bythewood

Love & Basketball Director Gina Prince-Bythewood stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her film, Beyond The Lights.

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Kimberly Elise

The gorgeous Kimberly Elise stopped by ESSENCE to give us the scoop on season 2 of her hit VH1 show, Hit The Floor.

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Jazmine Sullivan

Jazmine Sullivan stops by ESSENCE to give us a prview of her upcoming album, ‘Reality Show’.

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman stops by ESSENCE to talk about his new movie, Get On Up: The James Brown Story.

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Erica Campbell

The beautiful and talented gospel artist stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her debut solo album, Help!.

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Carla Hall

Carla Hall, Top Chef & Co-Host of The Chew stops by ESSENCE to dish about opening her first restaurant in New York City.

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LeCrae

LeCrae stops by ESSENCE to talk faith and to give us a preview of his new album, Anomaly.

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K. Michelle

K. Michelle stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her latest projects and her upcoming performance at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival.

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Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen stops by ESSENCE to talk about her holiday spectacular, The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker on BET.

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Rob Riley

 Hit The Floor star Rob Riley show us his hard body on a special visit to the ESSENCE Office.

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Astro

Astro from season one of the X-Factor stops by to talk about his new album, “Computer Era” and his role on FOX’s Red Band Society.

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Kem

KEM stopped by ESSENCE to promote his new music and talk about his 2014 ESSENCE Festival performance.

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Avery Sunshine

Avery Sunshine stops by ESSENCE to give us a preview of her new album, The SunRoom.

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Goapele

Singer Goapele stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her upcoming album.

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Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix from NBC’s The BlackList stops by ESSENCE to talk about the success of the show.

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Romany Malco

Romany Malco stopped by ESSENCE to talk about his new film, Think Like A Man Too.

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

The beautiful star of the movie Belle stops by ESSENCE for a visit.

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Tessa Thompson and Justin Simien

Actress Tessa Thompson and Director Justin Simien stop by ESSENCE to talk about their film, Dear White People.

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Michael Ealy

Michael Ealy stops by for a special vist.

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Eric Roberson

Eric Roberson stops by ESSENCE to give us a preview of his upcoming album, ‘The Box’.

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Chenoa Maxwell, Kiyah Wright, Bershan Shaw and Tiffany Maxwell

The stars of OWN’s new reality series, Love In The City stop by ESSENCE to give us the scoop on the show.

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Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter stops by ESSENCE to talk about beauty and the second season of The Haves and The Have Nots.

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EJ Johnson

EJ Johnson stops by ESSENCE to talk about his fabulous life and his new reality show, Rich Kids of Beverly Hills.

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Kelly Price

Kelly Price talks new album, R&B Divas, and Backlash from Mariah Carey fans.

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Sevyn Streeter

singer Sevyn Streeter graced us with a special visit prior to her performance at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival.

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RonReaco Lee and Jessie T. Usher

RonReaco Lee and Jessie T. Usher stopped by to talk about their new show, Suvivors’s Remorse.

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Arlen Escarpeta

Arlen Escarpeta stopped by ESSENCE to talk about his new movie, Into The Storm and his upcoming role as Bobby Brown in the Whitney Houston biopic, I will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story.

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Ann Nesby

Ann Nesby stops by to talk about her album, Living My Life.

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LeToya Luckett

LeToya Luckett stops by to chat about her new role on VH1’s Single Ladies.

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Zendaya

Zendaya stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her Disney Channel movie Zapped and the Aaliyah movie. 

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Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint stops by ESSENCE to talk about her new role as Lieutenant Joanna Reece on ABC’s Forever.

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Aloe Blacc

Singer Aloe Blacc stops by ESSENCE to talk about his music and his role in the new James Brown biopic, Get On Up.

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Joe Morton

Joe stopped by to give us a taste of his new album, Bridges.

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Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo stops by ESSENCE to give us a preview of his new album, “Non Fiction”.

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Xosha Roquemore

Xosha Roquemore of Fox’s The Mindy Project stops by ESSENCE for a visit.

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Adrienne C. Moore

Adrienne C. Moore aka “Black Cindy” from Orange Is The New Black takes a break from filming the third season to vist ESSENCE.

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Faith Evans

Faith Evans stops by ESSENCE to talk about her new album, Incomparable.

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Jay Pharoah

SNL’s Jay Pharoah stops by ESSENCE with Orbit Gum on #ObitCoffeDay to help keep our breath fresh.

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Tank

Tank stops by ESSENCE to talk about his upcoming album, “Stronger” and his main stage performance at the 2014 ESSENCEFest.

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Timothy Bloom

Musician Timothy Bloom stops by ESSENCE to give us a preview of his self-titled album.

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SWV

SWV stops by ESSENCE to talk about their new reality show on WETV, SWV: Reunited.

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Nico and Vinz

Norwegian duo Nico and Vinz stopped by to give us a preview of their upcoming album, Black Star Elephant and an impromtu performance of their blockbuster hit, “Am I Wrong”.

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Somi

East African Jazz and Soul singer Somi stopped by  to perform music from her Album, “The Lagos Music Salon”.

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Peter Thomas, Appolo Nida and Greg Leaks

RHOA husbands Peter Thomas, Appolo Nida and Greg Leaks came by for a chat.

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Edwina Findley

Actress Edwina Findley stops by ESSENCE to talk about her show, If Loving You Is Wrong.

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Mali Music

…newcomer, Mali Music who’s powerful vocals and lyrics make him the perfect add to your playlist. Check out his single, Beautiful.

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Kandi Burruss

The Real Housewives of Altlanta star stops by ESSENCE to talk about her Bravo wedding special.

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Alexandra Shipp, Jordan Calloway and LeToya Luckett

Alexandra Shipp, Jordan Calloway and LeToya Luckett stop by ESSENCE to promote their new VH1 move, Drumline: A New Beat.

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Lyndie Greenwood

The beautiful Lyndie Greenwood of FOX’s Sleepy Hollow stops by ESSENCE for a visit.

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Alvester Martin

Singer Alvester Martin stopped in to promote his upcoming album.

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Taj Mowry

Taj Mowry stopped by to talk about his latest projects.

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Raheem Devaughn

Raheem Devaughn gave us a preview of his upcoming album, Love, Sex & Passion.

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Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill stopped in to talk about his new alubm, Game Changer.

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Brie Bythewood

Brie Bythewood stops in at ESSENCE to talk about her role on Bravos’ Blood, Sweat and Heels.

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Liv Warfield

Liv Warfield stopped by to talk about her new projects.

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LaToya Jackson and Jeffré Phillips

LaToya Jackson and Jeffré Phillips stop by ESSENCE to promote their reality show on the OWN Newwork, Life with LaToya.

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Allen Maldonado

Allen Maldonado stops by ESSENCE to talk about his role opposite Denzel Washington in The Equalizer.

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Sisqo

Sisqo stops by to promote his new album, Last Dragon.

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Daisy Lewellyn and Mica Hughes

Daisy Lewellyn and Mica Hughes stop by to talk about their new show Love, Sweat and Heels.

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David Ajala

The British actor stops by ESSENCE to talk about his new ABC series, The Black Box which premiered in April 2014.

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Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones of Sleepy Hollow stops by ESSENCE for a visit.

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