Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Thomas Q. Jones

The Being Mary Jane cast finds themselves in the hot seat.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Thomas Q. Jones - Check out Lift Every Voice this Sunday at 10A/9C to see the cast members of Being Mary Jane take the hot seat. (Photos from left: David Buchan/Getty Images, RobinLori/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Thomas Q. Jones - Check out Lift Every Voice this Sunday at 10A/9C to see the cast members of Being Mary Jane take the hot seat. (Photos from left: David Buchan/Getty Images, RobinLori/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

Also Known as Val  - Salli is featured on Season 2 of Being Mary Jane as Valerie, Mary Jane’s frenemy that she acquired through her relationship with David. Spoiler alert! Mary Jane made it pretty clear though that Val could make an exit stage left now that she and David are finito. Yikes! (Photo: BET)

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Also Known as Val - Salli is featured on Season 2 of Being Mary Jane as Valerie, Mary Jane’s frenemy that she acquired through her relationship with David. Spoiler alert! Mary Jane made it pretty clear though that Val could make an exit stage left now that she and David are finito. Yikes! (Photo: BET)

Also Known as 'Cutty Buddy'  - It's certainly primetime on Being Mary Jane when MJ's "Cutty Buddy," aka Brandon, makes his sexy appearance. Mary Jane's list of men in her life never disappoint in the looks department, that's for sure!  (Photo: BET)

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Also Known as 'Cutty Buddy' - It's certainly primetime on Being Mary Jane when MJ's "Cutty Buddy," aka Brandon, makes his sexy appearance. Mary Jane's list of men in her life never disappoint in the looks department, that's for sure!  (Photo: BET)

I Will Follow, Wednesday at 9P/8C - Omari Hardwick's helping one woman move on. Take a peek at a few other leading Black actors in the game today!Encore on Thursday at 11A/10C.(Photo: Kandoo Films)

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Acting Chops - Salli Richardson-Whitfield has a lengthy career in acting, from lending her voice in the animatedTV show Gargoyles, starring in the Ava DuVernay directed film I Will Follow, picking up roles in I Am Legend and Antwone Fisher and snagging the lead role in the Syfy series Eureka. (Photo: Kandoo Films / Forward Movement)

Rushing the Field  - Thomas Q. Jones has retired from the NFL, but not without making a name for himself as one of the "top 25 all-time leading rushers in NFL history" with teams, such as the: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs.  (Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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Rushing the Field - Thomas Q. Jones has retired from the NFL, but not without making a name for himself as one of the "top 25 all-time leading rushers in NFL history" with teams, such as the: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs.  (Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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Up Next... - Make sure you catch Stitchers, a new show that is coming to ABC Family, where Salli Richardson-Whitfield will be playing Maggie. (Photo: ABC Family)

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Up Next... - Make sure you catch Stitchers, a new show that is coming to ABC Family, where Salli Richardson-Whitfield will be playing Maggie. (Photo: ABC Family)

Up Next...  - Thomas Q. Jones snagged a role in the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton alongside newcomers Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell and O'Shea Jackson Jr. The film follows the revolutionary story of rap group NWA. coming from the hood of Compton, Calif., and making it through music, the streets and much more.

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Up Next... - Thomas Q. Jones snagged a role in the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton alongside newcomers Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell and O'Shea Jackson Jr. The film follows the revolutionary story of rap group NWA. coming from the hood of Compton, Calif., and making it through music, the streets and much more.