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Desreta Jackson (born April 19, 1971) is a Virgin Islander actress, producer and entrepreneur. She is best known for her role as Young Celie in the movie The Color Purple . [ 2 ]
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.
Desreta Jackson, Akosua Busia, Phylicia Pearl, Halle Bailey as Young (Getty Images, Warner Bros.) Celie's loving younger sister, Nettie, has an important role in the movie because she's one of the ...
Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30, 1961, usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award and Tony Award winner known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. [2]
Whoopi Goldberg, Desreta Jackson, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Táta Vega, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Willard Pugh, Rae Dawn Chong, Laurence Fishburne, Grand Bush, Dana Ivey, Leon Rippy, Bennet Guillory, James Tillis and Leonard Jackson. Based on the epistolary novel of the same name by Alice Walker.
Bill Nunn. William Goldwyn Nunn III (October 20, 1953 – September 24, 2016) was an American actor known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, Robbie Robertson in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film trilogy and as Terrence "Pip" Phillips on The Job (2001–02).
Leonard Jackson (February 7, 1928 – December 22, 2013) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He had roles in several PBS television series for children, and also acted in several films, including The Brother from Another Planet , Car Wash , and The Color Purple .
Busia was born in Accra in 1966. She is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (from 1969 to 1972) [3] and a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, [4] a subgroup of the Ashanti, making Akosua a princess too. [5]