Successful Black Women: Lena Waithe

The actress, producer, and screenwriter made history last year as the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing for her work on

, for an episode based on her own experience coming out as a lesbian. She’s already changing the television landscape, with her Showtime series

and her upcoming series

—starring a queer black woman as the protagonist—which TBS just ordered as a pilot.

-Black Enterprise