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The Gilded Age star spent years researching and conversing with colleagues to refine the series’ depiction of Black life.
Phylicia Rashad has joined the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton ...
"The Gilded Age" star Denée Benton, actor Jordan Donica and co-writer Sonja Warfield discuss the big moments from Season 3, ...
UnREAL was looking sinister until Denée Benton arrived. The Lifetime series, which aired its second season over the summer, is known for portraying the dirty underbelly of a fictional dating show ...
Denée Benton talks to ELLE.com about 'The Gilded Age,' Peggy's finale reveal, working with Audra McDonald, and advocating for Black women on and off screen.
Actor Denée Benton took aim at Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during Sunday night'sTony Awards ceremony, referring to him as a 'grand wizard' in a pretend slip-up as she made a speech.
Denée Benton is making space for Black characters we haven’t seen before. From Hamilton to The Gilded Age, the actress is portraying Black women from the 1800s with nuance that such characters ...
Denée Benton didn't hold back her strong feelings about Governor Ron DeSantis while on stage at Sunday's Tony Awards. She blasted him as she discussed the award for theatre education.
When The Gilded Age debuted at the start of this year, it set the tone for the cultural mood of 2022: heralding the dawn of New Nostalgia, when the beguiling glamour of the past has never been so now.
Denée Benton is running a little behind for our Zoom call. “I honestly think Mercury’s just laughing at everybody who has plans,” she says apologetically from the backseat of a car.