Claire Donald
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's right.
Hattie McDaniels was the first black actor, I think, overall to win an Oscar.
Okay, yes.
Yeah, and so Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman to be nominated for Best Actress.
Got it.
Because Hattie was best supporting.
That's right.
So they read one of Shonda's scripts.
They loved it.
And she was hired.
And she wrote the HBO film introducing Dorothy Dandridge in 1999, which I haven't even heard of this movie.
I wonder if it's on HBO.
I'm sure it is.
Because it was critically acclaimed.
And Halle Berry won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes and at the Emmys.
And the film itself won multiple awards.
So I'm sure it's still on there.
Yeah.
And so from this film, Shonda has the credibility that she needs to move forward.
So her next move is that she writes one of the most important films of our lifetime.