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Here Are All the Beautiful Black Women We’d Love To See As Black Draculas ASAP

Here Are All the Beautiful Black Women We’d Love To See As Black Draculas ASAP

Who said Dracula had to be a man? We all know women do it better and our picks will only reassure you of that.

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 Lisa Bonet arrives for Apple TV+ world premiere of “SEE” at the Fox Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on October 21, 2019. (Photo by Nick Agro / AFP)
Lisa Bonet arrives for Apple TV+ world premiere of “SEE” at the Fox Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on October 21, 2019. (Photo by Nick Agro / AFP)
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Ahhh, spooky season. A time where cosplaying as creepy characters becomes to norm and mischief abounds. Speaking of, we thought it’d be a little fun to engage in a little mischief of our own and fantasize about a handful of fine women (and we mean that both in the talent and in literal physique) who we want—no, NEED—to play Black Women Dracula. Why Dracula? Well, because, why not? Blade was just the tip of the iceberg, there’s so much more to explore—especially when there’s never been a Black woman vampire story to begin with.

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Let’s kick things off real good with Lisa Bonet. How she’s managed to look more and more seductive year after year, the world may never know. But what we might be able to handle is seeing play Dracula in a film or series soon. It’s time we see her back on our screens.

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Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett attends the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to end AIDS at The Beverly Hills Hotel on September 21, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.
Angela Bassett attends the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to end AIDS at The Beverly Hills Hotel on September 21, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.
Photo: Emma McIntyre/WireImage (Getty Images)

Absolutely yes on Angela Bassett. She’s already the Queen Mother, so why not kick things off with her as Black Woman Dracula. She rules/ruled Wakanda beautifully, she could rule Dracula’s world, too.

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Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Focus Features’ “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.” at Regal LA Live on August 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Nicole Beharie attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Focus Features’ “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.” at Regal LA Live on August 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic (Getty Images)

Nicole Beharie may be shining brightly on The Morning Show on right now, but she could definitely be a ruler of the Dark World as a Black Dracula. I dare you to convince.

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Dominique Fishback

Dominique Fishback

Dominique Fishback attends Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” premiere at Kings Theatre on June 05, 2023 in New York City.
Dominique Fishback attends Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” premiere at Kings Theatre on June 05, 2023 in New York City.
Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images)

Dominique Fishback already proved she could play a villain with depth and nuance in Swarm, so there’s no doubt in my mind that she could be Dracula.

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Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyong’o

 Lupita Nyong’o attends 76th Annual Tony Awards - Arrivals on June 11, 2023 at United Palace Theater in New York City.
Lupita Nyong’o attends 76th Annual Tony Awards - Arrivals on June 11, 2023 at United Palace Theater in New York City.
Photo: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan (Getty Images)

Lupita Nyong’o is drop-dead gorgeous. That should be all the convincing you need.

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Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer attends the 2023 Music in Action Awards Hosted by the Black Music Action Coalition at The Beverly Hilton on September 21, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.
Keke Palmer attends the 2023 Music in Action Awards Hosted by the Black Music Action Coalition at The Beverly Hilton on September 21, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.
Photo: Leon Bennett (Getty Images)

Picture it: Keke Palmer as a dramatic yet seducing and hilarious Dracula. She’s a jack of all trades and master of many so it’s abundantly clear she’d bring her signature flair to this.

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Tati Gabrielle

Tati Gabrielle

Tati Gabrielle attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
Tati Gabrielle attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images)

All Hail Tati Gabrielle as Prudence! If her role on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina wasn’t enough to make you run to the nearest production studio to make them put her in a Black Dracula film, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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Regina King

Regina King

Regina King attends the 11th Hamilton Behind The Camera Awards at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on November 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Regina King attends the 11th Hamilton Behind The Camera Awards at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on November 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo: JC Olivera/FilmMagic (Getty Images)

Regina King may be known as Treacherous Trudy in The Harder They Fall, but if given the chance to be a Delightful Dracula, she’s gonna murk that too.

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Gina Torres

Gina Torres

Gina Torres attends the Critics Choice Association’s 2nd annual celebration of Latino Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on November 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Gina Torres attends the Critics Choice Association’s 2nd annual celebration of Latino Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on November 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic (Getty Images)

Now I know what you’re thinking: Gina Torres is supposed to play Morticia Adams in the Black Adams Family remake. And she can still do that. However! Allow me to submit her for Dracula. I know you can see it! Let’s not go back and forth here.

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Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City.
Kerry Washington attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City.
Photo: Theo Wargo for Karl Lagerfeld (Getty Images)

Kerry Washington excelled as a “fixer” on Scandal which means we’re more than overdue to see her as some sort of Dracula destroyer.

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Angelica Ross

Angelica Ross

Angelica Ross during a photocall for her Broadway debut as “Roxie Hart” in the hit musical “Chicago” at The CIVILIAN Hotel on August 24, 2022 in New York City.
Angelica Ross during a photocall for her Broadway debut as “Roxie Hart” in the hit musical “Chicago” at The CIVILIAN Hotel on August 24, 2022 in New York City.
Photo: Bruce Glikas (Getty Images)

We already know what Angelica Ross brings to the horror game, as seen during her time on American Horror Story. So it’s beyond time for her to take centerstage as Dracula.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

 Sheryl Lee Ralph attends Project Angel Food’s 2023 Angel Awards Gala at Project Angel Food on September 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
Sheryl Lee Ralph attends Project Angel Food’s 2023 Angel Awards Gala at Project Angel Food on September 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
Photo: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage for Project Angel Food (Getty Images)

Given Sheryl Lee Ralph’s filmography and TV stints, she’ll bring a certain sense of dramatic-esque, je ne sais quoi to the role that very few women can bring. And that’s something I need to see not now, but RIGHT NOW.

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Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana attends the screening to launch the new Paramount+ series “Special Ops: Lioness” at Tate Britain on July 11, 2023 in London, England.
Zoe Saldana attends the screening to launch the new Paramount+ series “Special Ops: Lioness” at Tate Britain on July 11, 2023 in London, England.
Photo: John Phillips (Getty Images)

Now that Zoe Saldana’s taking a break from playing Gamora in the MCU, maybe she can trade her green skin for a pair of fangs and get her Dracula on.

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Lashana Lynch

Lashana Lynch

 Lashana Lynch attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England.
Lashana Lynch attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England.
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Even though I’m still mourning the loss of Lashana Lynch’s character Izogie from The Woman King so I feel like the only way to give me some form of justice by making her Dracula. I mean just look at her face, that’s top-tier Dracula material!

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Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira attends the AMC Networks’ 2023 Upfront at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2023 in New York City.
Danai Gurira attends the AMC Networks’ 2023 Upfront at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2023 in New York City.
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We all know Danai Gurira was hella convincing as Okoye but I already know seeing her as Dracula would just do my heart good.

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Viola Davis attends the “Monster” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2023 in Cannes, France.
Viola Davis attends the “Monster” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2023 in Cannes, France.
Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images)

It’s Viola Davis. ‘Nuff said.

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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union launches a New Adventure Training Program at Great Wolf Lodge on September 14, 2023 in Garden Grove, California.
Gabrielle Union launches a New Adventure Training Program at Great Wolf Lodge on September 14, 2023 in Garden Grove, California.
Photo: Monica Schipper (Getty Images)

Gabrielle Union may have found The Perfect Find recently, but she excels as a badass. And as a beautiful, badass Dracula? She’ll effortlessly slay at it.

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Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard attends the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala at New York Hilton on December 06, 2022 in New York City.
Alfre Woodard attends the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala at New York Hilton on December 06, 2022 in New York City.
Photo: Mike Coppola for 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala (Getty Images)

Alfre Woodard is a legend and one that has never met a role she didn’t body. And I know Black Dracula would be yet another notch on her already decorated belt.

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Zoe Kravitz

Zoe Kravitz

Zoe Kravitz attends the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 26, 2023 in Paris, France.
Zoe Kravitz attends the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 26, 2023 in Paris, France.
Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis (Getty Images)

Picture this: Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz as her Dracula-esque parents who have to rein in her blood-thirsty daughter a.k.a. Zoe Kravitz as she starts school. It’s genius and it keeps this storyline all in the family.

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

 Gugu Mbatha-Raw attends Apple TV+’s “Surface” premiere at The Morgan Library on July 25, 2022 in New York City.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw attends Apple TV+’s “Surface” premiere at The Morgan Library on July 25, 2022 in New York City.
Photo: Dia Dipasupil/WireImage (Getty Images)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw may be currently tracking variant across multiple timelines, in Loki, but when she’s done, she ought to think about taking on Black Dracula. She has an intensity that will bring some much needed spice to that role.

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Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz attends the “Full Circle” premiere during the 2023 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 11, 2023 in New York City.
Zazie Beetz attends the “Full Circle” premiere during the 2023 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 11, 2023 in New York City.
Photo: Dia Dipasupil for Tribeca Festival (Getty Images)

Zazie Beetz already showed us her dangerous killer side in Bullet Train, its time to up the ante with her and give her fangs and a fierce cape!

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Indya Moore

Indya Moore

Indya Moore attends the 2023 Ali Forney Center A Place At The Table Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on May 12, 2023 in New York City.
Indya Moore attends the 2023 Ali Forney Center A Place At The Table Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on May 12, 2023 in New York City.
Photo: Arturo Holmes (Getty Images)

I have no doubt in my mind the beautiful threat Indya Moore would pose as Black Dracula. I’ve been missing them on my screens, it’s time to put the spotlight back on them right where it belongs!

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Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan visits the IMDb Portrait Studio at Acura Festival Village on Location at Sundance 2023 on January 23, 2023 in Park City, Utah.
Sanaa Lathan visits the IMDb Portrait Studio at Acura Festival Village on Location at Sundance 2023 on January 23, 2023 in Park City, Utah.
Photo: Corey Nickols for IMDb (Getty Images)

Much all the beauties mentioned before her, Sanaa Lathan’s easy-on-the-eyes looks is sure to ensnare anyone who dares try to stop her Black Dracula rule. And that’s something we all need to see!

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