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Lights, Camera, Action! ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits 

Tons of black boy joy and black girl magic came from the celebrities at this year's ESSENCE Fest 2017.
By Danielle Kwateng-Clark ·
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Seriously. ESSENCE Fest 2017 was basically a mecca for Black excellence this year. At the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Mercedes-Benz Superdome and events thoroughout the city, celebrities were out and about hosting events and just enjoying summer in New Orleans. See all the celebrities who came out for this year’s festival, in the portraits below! 

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Ava DuVernay
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Kofi Siriboe
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Sir The Baptist
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Larenz Tate
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Selenis Leyva
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Jay Ellis
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Marlon Wayans

Wayans’ birthday is July 23.

Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Tank
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits

Greg Noire

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Blair Underwood
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Yvonne Orji
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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India Arie
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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LeToya Luckett
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits

Greg Noire

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Dasha Polanco
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Ari Lenox
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Joseph Sikora
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Boris Kodjoe
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Ebonee Davis
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Rocsi Diaz
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Ashley Blaine Featherson
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Brandon P. Bell
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Marque Richardson
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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MC Lyte
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Miss Lawrence
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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DeRon Horton
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Chloe x Halle
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Adrienne C. Moore
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Dennis Haysbert
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Craig Robinson
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Lynn Whitfield
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Napoleon Da Legend
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Demetria McKinney
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Elle Varner
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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Keith David
Lights, Camera, Action: ESSENCE Fest 2017 Celebrity Portraits
Greg Noire
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