Juliana Ukiomogbe is a freelance journalist. Her work has been published in ELLE, Vogue, Essence, W, Marie Claire, Architectural Digest, Allure, Glamour, i-D, Interview, InStyle, and several other outlets.

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Most Recent

Lupita Nyong’o Is ‘Honored’ to Be Your Helen of TroyELLE

Taraji P. Henson’s Next ActVogue

Elena Rose Moves From Songwriting to Center StageELLE

Mason Gooding Isn’t Your Typical Hollywood HeartthrobInStyle

10 Years Later, ANTI Is Still Rihanna’s Magnum OpusELLE

Phoebe Gates Wants to Make You a Smarter (and More Sustainable) ShopperELLE

How Two New Art Exhibitions Are Spotlighting Black Queer HistoryW

Teyana Taylor’s Answered PrayerVogue

Damson Idris on His New Jewelry Line and the Success of F1ELLE

How Costume Designer Tanja Caldwell Nailed Forever’s West Coast StyleEssence

The Brooklyn Twins Behind The New York Liberty’s Championship RingsBrooklyn Magazine

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Latest Exhibition Is a Family AffairW

Amy Sherald’s Black BeautyVogue

Where Creatives Travel to Get InspiredMarie Claire

How the Whitney Museum Brought Alvin Ailey’s Legacy to LifeArchitectural Digest

Spring’s Most Surprising Trend? Elevated AthleisureELLE

Maximilian Davis Is Redefining Hollywood GlamourELLE

Covers

Lupita Nyong’o Is ‘Honored’ to Be Your Helen of TroyELLE

History Is Speaking Through Danielle DeadwylerELLE

Anok Yai Is One of OneELLE

Taraji P. Henson Is Driven by a Passion to Help OthersELLE

Issa Rae Is Not Willing to CompromiseELLE

Profiles

David Jonsson Is a Master of TransformationELLE

Sophia Roe Is Fusing Food With FashionELLE

Trans Lawmaker Sarah McBride on the Privilege—and Pressure—of Making Political HistoryELLE

Akwaeke Emezi Won’t Tell You How to FeelELLE

Abby Phillip Is Bringing Empathy to Cable NewsELLE

Raul Lopez Is Doing It for the CultureELLE

Tyler James Williams, Now on His Own TermsELLE

Photographer Melissa Alcena Documents Her Home Country at its Most Purei-D

Kendall Bessent’s Portraits Offer an Intimate Look at His Own ‘Black Mecca’i-D

Columns

Look Back At It: A monthly column she started at ELLE where she interviewed Black actresses about their most iconic film and television roles:

Kerry Washington Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Taraji P. Henson Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Regina Hall Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Sanaa Lathan Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Vanessa Williams Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Lauren London Looks Back at Her Most Iconic RolesELLE

Rough Draft: A weekly column she started at Interview where she interviewed authors about their writing practices:

The Writer and Cultural Critic Zeba Blay is Putting Her Shadows on the PageInterview

Inside Phoebe Robinson’s ASMR- And Diet Coke-Fueled Writing ProcessInterview

The NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony’s New Memoir Is Brought to You by Wine and CigarsInterview

Inside Marlowe Granados’ Glitzy Debut Novel, Happy HourInterview

“Writing Can Be a Spell”: Nichole Perkins on Total Literary ImmersionInterview

Ashley C. Ford Wants to Have Dinner with Zora Neale Hurston and Faith RinggoldInterview

Hanif Abdurraqib’s Favorite Poets are Muhammad Ali and Allen IversonInterview