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Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives

Meet the writers, hair stylists, costume designers, and all around creatives who are setting the standard today.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
By Aramide Tinubu · Updated March 9, 2022

Just a few short years ago, the entertainment industry was stifling creatives of color. Now, Black women in powerful positions—from directors’ chairs to C-suites—are presenting fresh narratives and taking their rightful place in the field. As Hollywood catches up to our expertise, we’re showing the world who we really are.

Meet the writers, hair stylists, costume designers, and all around creatives who are setting the standard today.

01
Ashley Nicole Black
Writer, Producer Known For: Writing and acting in A Black Lady Sketch Show and serving as a writer and producer on the second season of Ted Lasso.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
02
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer Known for: Being the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
03
Michelle R. Cole
Costume Designer Known for: Receiving eight Emmy nominations for costume design over the span of her 30-year career.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
04
Leah Daniels-Butler
Casting Director Known for: Casting such projects as All American, Empire, The Perfect Find and On the Come Up.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
05
Obehi Janice
Writer Known For: Her play Ole White Sugah Daddy is currently being developed into a series with Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
06
Mia Neal
Hairstylist Known for: Becoming the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, along with Jamika Wilson. They won for their collective work on Ma’ Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
07
Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Writer Known for: Being tapped to write Marvel’s Blade.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
08
Marci Rodgers
Costume Designer Known for: Earning a Costume Designers Guild Award Nomination for Excellence in Period Film for BlacKkKlansman.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
09
Jamika Wilson
Hairstylist Known for: Becoming one of the first Black women, along with Mia Neal, to take home an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
10
Sharen Davis
Costume Designer Known For: Receiving the Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television award for ‘Westworld’ at the 21st Costume Designers Guild Awards.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
11
Araxi Lindsey
Hairstylist Known For: Winning a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling on Black-ish.
Black Women In Hollywood To Know: Creatives
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