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2. She Was “Petrified” While Filming “Window Seat”

Her infamous “Window Seat” music video, in which she stripped naked in the Dealey Plaza, in her hometown of Dallas, TX, was a nerve-wracking experience for Badu. Not because she was running around Texas naked, but because she wondered would her body be negatively critiqued. “I was holding in m stomach so tight, I wasn’t even singing,” she told the audience.”With each walk I tightened my calf…It’s amazing what you think about. I wasn’t thinking about getting arrested or the police or nothing!”

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For 2024’s iteration of MadameNoire and HelloBeautiful’s annual series Women to Know, we knew we wanted to celebrate the people who help make the joys of film and television possible. To create art is to create magic. This year, we spotlight Hollywood Executive’s changing the face of cinema.