Jiangsu, one of China's most populous and prosperous provinces, has long been known as "the land of water." Situated on China's eastern coast, Jiangsu has developed into one of the engines driving China's economic growth.
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Jiangsu, one of China's most populous and prosperous provinces, has long been known as "the land of water." Situated on China's eastern coast, Jiangsu has developed into one of the engines driving China's economic growth.
A beacon for international maritime technologies Marintec China 2023 kicked off in Shanghai on December 5th, drawing over 2,000 esteemed companies from the shipbuilding and marine engineering industries from more than 30 countries and regions.
Happy Belated Birthday to Former President of Ecuador and the G100 Soul Sister serving as Global Chair for Political Leadership and Transformation.
The Hong -Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is set for an unprecedented trial run for sightseeing starting December 15th,2023.
This Year's COP28 Climate change 2023 event was very Exceptional as the ranks of innovative professional and Entrepreneurs gethered to share articulate ideologies inregards to the best simplified way humanity can fight Climate change to avoid a climate disaster in the future.
Anna Maria Horsford (born March 6, 1948) is an American actress best known for her roles in the film Friday(1995), as Craig Jones' mother Betty, Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013). Horsford was born in Harlem, New York City to Victor Horsford, an investment real estate broker originally from Barbuda and Lillian Agatha (née Richardson) Horsford, who emigrated from Antigua and Barbuda in the 1940s. She grew up in a family of five children. According to a DNA analysis, she has maternal ancestry from the Limba people of Sierra Leone. Horsford attended Wadleigh Junior High School and the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, she got into acting through the Harlem Youth for Change program. Her first job out of high school was with the Joe Papp’s Public Theater, a part in Coriolanus at the Delacorte in Central Park. On October 29, 2011, Horsford was awarded the title of Ambassador of Tourism of Antigua. She is also a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority. Her first major role in television was as a producer for the PBS show Soul!, hosted by Ellis Haizlip, which aired between 1968 and 1973. One of her first TV appearances was in 1973 on the first run syndication game show of To Tell the Truth where she was an imposter for Laura Livingston, one of the first female military police. Horsford made guest appearances on such sitcoms as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sparks, Moesha, The Bernie Mac Show, The Shield, Girlfriends, and Everybody Hates Chris. Horsford currently has a recurring role as Vivienne Avant on The Bold and the Beautiful. For the role, she was nominated for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards. She began playing a recurring role on B Positive in the show's second-season premiere. She also has appeared in the TBS sitcom The Last O.G. featuring Tracy Morgan, as a recurring character (Tray's mother). AWARD NOMINATIONS ▪1988 Image Awards (NAACP) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Amen) ▪2005 Black Reel Award Best Actress Network/Cable Television (Justice) ▪2016 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series (The Bold and the Beautiful) ▪2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The Bold and the Beautiful) ▪2021 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program (Studio City)