The Most Famous
ACTORS from Haiti
This page contains a list of the greatest Haitian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 3 of which were born in Haiti. This makes Haiti the birth place of the 86th most number of Actors behind Kazakhstan, and Macao.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Haitian Actors of all time. This list of famous Haitian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jeanne Duval (1820 - 1862)
With an HPI of 56.19, Jeanne Duval is the most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Jeanne Duval (French pronunciation: [ʒan dyval]; c. 1820 – after 1862) was a Haitian-born actress and dancer of mixed French and West African ancestry. For 20 years, she was the muse of French poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire. They met in 1842 when Duval left Haiti for France, and the two remained together, albeit stormily, for the next two decades. Duval is said to have been the woman whom Baudelaire loved most in his life after his mother. She was born in Haiti on an unknown date, sometime around 1820. Poems of Baudelaire's that are dedicated to Duval or pay her homage include "Le balcon" (The Balcony), "Parfum exotique" (Exotic Perfume), "La chevelure" (The Hair), "Sed non satiata" (Yet she is not satisfied), "Le serpent qui danse" (The Dancing Serpent), and "Une charogne" (A Carcass). Baudelaire called her "mistress of mistresses" and his "Vénus Noire" ("Black Venus"), and it is believed that Duval symbolized to him the dangerous beauty, sexuality, and mystery of a Creole woman in mid-19th century France. She lived at 6, rue de la Femme-sans-tête (Street of the Headless Woman) on the Ile Saint-Louis, near the Hôtel Pimodan. Édouard Manet, a friend of Baudelaire, painted Duval in his 1862 painting Baudelaire's Mistress, Reclining. She was, by this time, going blind. Duval may have died of syphilis as early as 1862, five years before Baudelaire, who also died of syphilis. Other sources claim that Duval survived Baudelaire. Nadar claimed to have seen Duval, last, in 1870—by this time she was on crutches, suffering heavily from syphilis.
2. Garcelle Beauvais (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 36.93, Garcelle Beauvais is the 2nd most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: [gaʁsɛl bovɛ], formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to America (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a part of the main cast on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real (2020–2022) alongside Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai for its final two seasons.
3. Meta Golding (b. 1971)
With an HPI of 35.65, Meta Golding is the 3rd most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Meta Golding is a Haitian-American actress.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Haitian actors born between 1820 and 1971. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Haitian actors include Garcelle Beauvais, and Meta Golding. The most famous deceased Haitian actors include Jeanne Duval.
