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1. Welcome To The Club Ladies!

90th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

From actresses to editors to directors, 928 people were invited into the Motion Picture Academy’s class of 2018 as a means to diversify it’s membership. And that they did with 38 percent of invitees being people of color and 49 percent women. So from Jada Pinkett Smith to Regina Hall to Jenifer Lewis, here are 15 Black women who made it into this coveted club. Congrats

2. Jada Pinkett Smith

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3. Tiffany Haddish

2017 New York Film Critics Awards Source:Getty

4. Vanessa Bell Calloway

Essence 9th Annual Black Women In Hollywood - Arrivals Source:Getty

5. Danai Gurira

'Black Panther' European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals Source:Getty

6. Aunjanue Ellis

47th NAACP Image Awards Presented By TV One - Arrivals Source:Getty

7. Regina Hall

2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals Source:Getty

8. Rashida Jones

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9. Jenifer Lewis

49th NAACP Image Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

10. Audra McDonald

'Beauty And The Beast' New York Screening Source:Getty

11. Amandla Stenberg

2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

12. Quvenzhane Wallis

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13. Tika Sumpter

2018 BET Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

14. Joy Bryant

Joy Bryant Source:Getty

15. Joi McMillon, Editor of “Moonlight”

16. Angela Robinson, Director “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” and “True Blood”

Women In Film 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards Presented By Max Mara And Lancome Source:WENN

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.