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A former teacher and scriptwriter, Julienne Aisner was running a Paris film company when the Nazis occupied France. The 43-year-old Aisner was recruited in January 1943 by an SOE officer to rent apartments for arriving SOE agents, welcome them to Paris and provide them with false documents—identity cards, ration cards, and work permits—that she obtained.

Allison Janney

American actress

Michelle Obama

American first lady, lawyer, bestselling author and producer

Michelle Buteau

American comedian, actor and writer

Sonia Boyce

Sonia Boyce became the first woman of African descent to represent the U.K. at the Venice Biennale in 2022, the year she turned 60.

Hattie McDaniel

The first African American to win an Oscar

Googoosh

Iranian megastar who catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution