The actress plays Okoye, a general of the Dora Milaje army in Black Panther as well as the closest advisor to Chadwick Boseman’s character T’Challa, otherwise known as Black Panther.
And while Black Panther gives us a movie with strong role models and characters, it also serves as a vehicle to highlight the power of women.
The movie has earned over $1.18 billion dollars worlwide and is showing no signs of slowing down, making it this year’s biggest release.
The success of Black Panther worldwide shows that we not only need more diversity on the big screen, but that audiences are craving more equal gender representation as well.