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.
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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
Loretta Young
Loretta Young was the first A-list movie star to headline a television series.
June Mathis
As one of the first screenwriters to include details such as stage directions and physical settings in her work, Mathis saw scenarios as a way to make movies into more of an art form. In 1920, she headed Metro’s scenario department, the first female executive at that studio.
Catalina D’Erzell
Mexican novelist, poet, journalist, playwright, silent film actress, screenwriter, and composer
Mimí Derba
Mexican actress, singer, writer, screenwriter, editor, director, and film producer
Fay Sargent
20th century Irish singer, actress, and journalist
Cate Shortland
Australian screenwriter and director
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward was one of Hollywood’s most successful film stars from the late 1940s through the early 1960s.