Black Actors Who Survived Scary Movies
Sanaa Lathan, AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
In this photo, Lathan’s character Alexa Woods looks scared poopless. As she should, since she’s cornered by an alien. But Woods — like any heroine — stops being a scream queen and victim, and starts kicking butt for her survival. She even teams up with the Predator to stop the aliens.