Black Chicago Woman Magazine

Shout out to Chicago native, Shonda Rhimes!

How Shonda Rhimes and Olivia Pope Changed TV With ‘Scandal’ Before Shonda Rhimes’ sensational ABC drama debuted, a black woman had not led a primetime drama in nearly 40 years. How has Olivia Pope’s legacy changed TV?

RENATA NOELLE WALSH
Black Chicago Woman

"The Final Interrogation" short film.

Dynamic, with awe-inspiring looks, Renata Noelle Walsh is a diamond. She is a talented actress, accomplished radio and television personality and model. She started her professional career as a radio personality for Clear Channel. Acting and Modeling has always been a secret passion of Renata’s and when you see her photographs and versatile film work, it shows. Her look and spot-on sense make for an interesting and beautiful composition that one finds hard to take their eyes off of. She can be seen in print ads for Carol's Daughter, HPStore.com, the Four Seasons, Sally Beauty and Wal-Mart as well as appearing on hit Television Series “The Game,” “House of Payne” and “Teen Wolf” and many more.

Congratulations to Chicago's Own Beautiful Brown Girl, Lyric Ross, on her role as Déjà, on NBC's "This is Us"

Chicago's Own, Lyric Ross as Déjà, on "This is Us" Did we really need another reason to love NBC's Emmy-Award winning drama, "This is Us?" No. Not really. But we have one! Chicago's own beautiful brown girl, Lyric Ross. Lyric debuted last Tuesday as Déjà, the foster child of Randall and Beth Pearson. She delivered the poignant