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Debbi Morgan

Biography

Debbi Morgan is an American film and television actress. Born in Dunn, North Carolina, she grew up in the Bronx and began her screen career with a role in Cry Uncle! (1971). She had early television roles in the 1970s and became widely recognized as Angie Baxter Hubbard on All My Children, playing the part from 1982 to 1990. In 1989 she became the first African American winner of the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Her film credits include Eve's Bayou (1997), which brought her an Independent Spirit Award, plus Coach Carter (2005), She's All That (1999), and Color of the Cross (2006). She also appeared in The Hurricane (1999) and Love & Basketball (2000), and later in Sextuplets (2019), Merry Liddle Christmas (2019), and Divorce in the Black (2024). She played Estelle Green in Power and Power Book II: Ghost from 2014 to 2021.

75years old

Turns 76 on September 20in 342 days

  • Born Dunn
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Deborah Ann Morgan and Deborah Morgan-Weldon

Movie Career

Films
17
Career span
53 years1971 to 2024

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  1. A first

    Debbi Morgan played Angie Baxter-Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children. In 1989, she was the first African American to take home the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

  2. A first

    Morgan played the same character, Angie Hubbard, on three different soap operas, making her one of the few performers to do so.

  3. Beyond film

    Morgan and Darnell Williams, who played Jesse Hubbard, co-hosted a music video show called New York Hot Tracks during the mid-1980s.

Debbi Morgan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Hurricane1999 Biography, Drama, Sportas Mae Thelma

    IMDb rating 7.6109K votes

  2. Coach Carter2005 Drama, Sportas Tonya

    IMDb rating 7.4196K votes

  3. Eve's Bayou1997as Mozelle Batiste Delacroix

    IMDb rating 7.213K votes

  4. Sextuplets2019as Janet

    IMDb rating 4.511K votes

  5. Love & Basketball2000as Nona McCall

    IMDb rating 7.227K votes

  6. She's All That1999as Ms. Rousseau

    IMDb rating 6.0115K votes

  7. Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black2024as Gene

    IMDb rating 4.74.1K votes

  8. Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart2016as Evelyn Braxton

    IMDb rating 6.2749 votes

Most often with

Bresha Webb appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Debbi Morgan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$297 million

6 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 17 films: 6 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 7Never in cinemas
  • 1Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    She's All That1999as Ms. Rousseau
    $103M34.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Coach Carter2005as Tonya
    $77M25.9% of the total
  3. 3
    The Hurricane1999as Mae Thelma
    $74M24.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Love & Basketball2000as Nona McCall
    $28M9.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Eve's Bayou1997as Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
    $15M5.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Relative Strangers2006as Mrs. Manoire
    $155K0.1% of the total

Awards

Five awards and honors from 1989 to 2010, one of them major.

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Debbi Morgan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
1989Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesAll My ChildrenWon
Other honors
2010NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama SeriesAll My ChildrenWon
2009NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama SeriesAll My ChildrenWon
2002NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesSoul FoodWon
1998Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting FemaleEve's BayouWon

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