Black Action Figures

(This page is under construction. As such, it may be pitifully short for a while. Thank you for your patience while it's in progress.)

Comics and popular media in general are lacking in many areas, one of those being representation of people of color, whether they are Black, Latina or Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islanders (or API), or Indigenous. Here is a collection of Black characters, immortalized in plastic.

* **Aveline de Grandpré** (voiced by Amber Goldfarb), Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
* **Beetle** (Janice Lincoln), Marvel Comics
* **Bumblebee** (voiced by Teala Dunn), DC Comics Super Hero Girls
* **Cyan Simmons** (played by Sydni Beaudoin), came packaged with Wanda (as a toddler)
* **Cyberwoman** (played by Caroline Chikezie), Torchwood (S1, ep4)
* **Darla** (played by Meagan Good), Shazam!
* **Domina**, Spawn: Reborn (this is a repaint of an earlier [caucasian] figure)
* **Domino** (Neena Thurman, played by Zazie Beetz), Deadpool 2
* **Dora Milaje** (played by many incredible actors), Black Panther (this figure came with three different heads, buy three, build three different guards)
* **Fallon** (voiced by Deborah Allison), Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
* **Fatality**† (Yrra Cynril), DC Direct: Green Lantern Corps
* **Florence Griffith-Joyner**, Starting Lineup: Timeless Legends
* **Gail** (played by Rosario Dawson): from Sin City; two versions full color and black/white (greyscale)
* **Gamora**\* (played by Zoe Saldana), Guardians of the Galaxy
* **Garona Halforcen**\* (played by Paula Patton), Warcraft [movie]
* **Guinan**\* (Whoopi Goldberg), Star Trek: The Next Generation
* **Hawkgirl** (Kendra Saunders), DC Comics: Earth 2
* **Ikora Rey** (voiced by Gina Torres), Destiny 2
* **Jackie Joyner-Kersee**, Starting Lineup: Timeless Legends
* **Jannah** (played by Naomi Ackie), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
* **Lily Sloane** (played by Alfre Woodard), Star Trek: First Contact
* **Luminara Unduli**\* (played by Mary Oyaya), Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
* **Maggie** (voiced by Cherise Boothe), Evolve (video game)
* **Martha Jones** (played by Freema Agyeman), Doctor Who
* **Martia**\* (played by Iman), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
* **Michonne** (played by Danai Gurira), The Walking Dead, more than one version
* **Misty Knight** (played by Simone Missick), Luke Cage (TV), The Defenders, Iron Fist
* **Monica Rambeau** (played by Teyonah Parris), WandaVision, The Marvels
* **Nakia** (played by Lupita Nyong'o), Black Panther
* **Netossa** (voiced by Diane Pershing), She-Ra: Princess of Power
* **Niobe** (played by Jada Pinkett Smith), The Matrix Reloaded
* **Okoye** (played by Danai Gurira), Black Panther (BAF from the Black Panther first wave of movie figures)
* **Onyx**, Golden Girl and the Guardians of the Gemstones
* **Patty Tolan** (played by Leslie Jones), Ghostbusters
* **Princess**: The Walking Dead, NYCC exclusive (2 color versions: full color and greyscale/bloody)
* **Quick Charge** (AKA Dr. Sara Kamen, voiced by Yvette Nicole Brown), from an American Netflix animated series, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
* **Rue** (played by Amandla Stenberg), The Hunger Games
* **Sasha Williams** (played by Sonequa Martin-Green), The Walking Dead
* **Shard Bishop**††, Marvel Comics: X-Men
* **Sheryl Swoopes**, Starting Lineup
* **Shonti** (voiced by ?), Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
* **Shuri** (played by Leticia Wright), Black Panther
* **Stass Allie**\* (played by Lily Nyamwasa), Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
* **Storm** (Ororo Munroe, played by Halle Berry, Alexandra Shipp), X-Men (first 4); Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix (Shipp)
* **Uhura** (played by Nichelle Nichols, Zoe Saldana), Star Trek (the original series and many movies, Saldana in the rebooted series)
* **Val** (played by Thandie Newton) Solo: A Star Wars Story
* **Valkyrie** (played by Tessa Thompson), Thor: Ragnarok
* **Vixen** (Mari Jiwe McCabe, played by Megalyne Echikunwoke, voiced by Gina Torres), DC Comics, Arrow (season 4), Justice League Unlimted
* **Wanda Simmons**, (played by Theresa Randle) The Art of Spawn
* **Zoë Washburne** (played by Gina Torres), Firefly

† The character is an alien, but certainly has what most would consider a Black skin tone in the comics. She makes the list.

\* The actor who plays the character is Black, but the character is an alien and may not be. She makes the list.

†† The character is Indigenous Australian, and not all of the Indigenous people of Australia consider themselves to be Black. I don't know how Marvel treats her or her brother Bishop, other than that they are native Australian.

### For further reading

Here's a website dedicated to Black Action Figures (not just the ladies), with reviews, a gallery (though it appears to be broken), and some comic book stuff.

### Gallery

FallonFatalityFlorence Griffith JoynerGuinanJackie Joyner KerseeLily SloaneMartiaShardShontiStormUhuraDomino (Deadpool 2 movie)Domina (Spawn Reborn repaint)GailGarona (Warcraft movie)Quick ChargeZoë WashburnWarrior LilithWanda (Art of Spawn)ValPrincess