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Pearlena Igkowbe is the first Black woman to lead a major television studio. As the president of Universal TV, she single-handedly oversees 24 series including comedies Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project and Superstore. She also directs dramas such as Chicago Fire and its spinoffs, Shades of Blue, Bates Motel and Pure Genius, among numerous others. Now she's working on the second installments of the Wizard of Oz: Emerald City. Black royalty at its finest.

Pearlena Igkowbe

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