Issa Rae feels '実証するd' by 黒人／ボイコット Women in Hollywood 栄誉（を受ける）
When Issa Rae watched Oprah Winfrey 存在 栄誉（を受ける）d at Essence magazine's 黒人／ボイコット Women in Hollywood Awards last year, the actress hoped she would one day be 認めるd in the same fashion. But she didn't think it would come this soon.
Rae, Janelle Monae, Aja Naomi King and Yara Shahidi will be 栄誉（を受ける）d Thursday in Los Angeles at the magazine's 10th 年次の awards. Past honorees 含む Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis, Halle Berry, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer.
"I used to say, 'It would be so 冷静な／正味の to be up there,' but I didn't imagine it now," Rae, creator and 星／主役にする of HBO's "Insecure," said in a phone interview. "I was thinking maybe after a couple more films, a couple TV shows under my belt. ... That's really what I thought. It's just so encouraging to be awarded so 早期に in my career. But that's what Essence does. It gets behind and supports 黒人／ボイコット women. Now I feel like I can be on that 旅行."
FILE - In this July 30, 2016 とじ込み／提出する photo, Issa Rae, 星／主役にする of the HBO series "Insecure," 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a portrait during the 2016 Television Critics 協会 Summer 圧力（をかける） 小旅行する at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rae, along with Janelle Monae, Aja Naomi King and Yara Shahidi will be 栄誉（を受ける）d at the magazine's 10th 年次の awards during a 祝祭 dinner hosted by Gabrielle Union on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Los Angeles.(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
This year's awards 認める "Hollywood's Next 世代."
Singer-actress Monae starred in two films up for best picture at the Oscars, "Hidden 人物／姿／数字s" and "Moonlight." King is featured on television's "How to Get Away With 殺人" and Shahidi appears on the sitcom "黒人／ボイコット-ish."
"These women are making their own waves," said Vanessa K. De Luca, editor-in-長，指導者 at Essence. "We think about who's had a stellar year. We think about who's been working 静かに behind the scenes forever and deserves 承認. We think about who are going to be the women to 選ぶ up the mantle. We think about who are new and next. This year, we are taking a look at the new Hollywood."
De Luca said the awards 供給する an 適切な時期 for the actresses to 網状組織 with each other. She said many carve out time in their schedules to make sure they …に出席する the awards, an event Winfrey has called "a sacred place" for 黒人／ボイコット women.
Rae is one of them. The actresses-writer-director calls the event a "社債ing experience."
And she feels 実証するd by the 承認.
"It shows I'm on the r ight path," she said. "This is 基本的に telling me, 'Hey girl, You're up next.'"
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Online:
http://www.essence.com/awards-events/red-carpet/黒人／ボイコット-women-hollywood/10th-周年記念日-2017-honorees
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