<P> Avery is best known for her performance as Shug Avery in the 1985 period drama film The Color Purple for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role . She continued appearing in films include Blueberry Hill (1988), White Man's Burden (1995), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Meet the Browns (2008), and Proud Mary (2018). In 2013, Avery began starring as Helen Patterson, lead character's mother, in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane . </P> <P> Margaret Avery was born in Mangum, Oklahoma and raised in San Diego, California, where she attended Point Loma High School . She then attended San Francisco State University, where in 1985, she earned her degree in education . While working as a substitute teacher in Los Angeles, Avery began making singing and acting appearances . </P> <P> Avery is best known for her role as Shug Avery in the 1985 film The Color Purple . Her performance in this screen adaptation of Alice Walker's prize - winning novel The Color Purple earned Avery an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress . </P> <P> Among the plays Avery appeared in were Revolution and The Sistuhs . In 1972 for her performance in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, she received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress . </P>

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