Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria and actor, author and producer Mindy Kaling have been named to The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100’ listing for ‘setting field workplace data, filling arenas and placing Hollywood again to work’.

The two Indian-Americans, together with a number of different ladies executives, performers and powerhouses from the business have been honoured on Thursday as “women who over-delivered in 2023, setting the standard for success in the shifting cultural marketplace”.

Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016 and was named Chief Content Officer of Netflix in January 2023 — a transfer that made her chargeable for the streaming service’s TV and movie output.

She is chargeable for hits together with ‘Bridgerton’, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, ‘Lupin’ and ‘Cobra Kai’.

In her current function, Bajaria manages a $17 billion annual content material finances and oversees groups in 27 international locations.During the previous 12 months, she has introduced Netflix’s 238 million members a few of its hottest titles, together with ‘The Night Agent’ and ‘Wednesday’ — the service’s most watched English-language unique ever and a giant contributor to the streamer’s 03 Emmy nominations.

Bajaria lately secured 67th spot on Forbes listing of the 100 Most Powerful Women within the World for 2023, alongside US Vice President Kamala Harris and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Born in London and having spent her childhood in Britain and Zambia, Bajaria moved to Los Angeles on the age of 8.

Prior to becoming a member of Netflix, Bajaria was president of Universal Television the place she made historical past as the primary girl of color to supervise a studio.

Kaling started her skilled profession as an intern on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” following which she moved on to put in writing and carry out in quite a lot of sketch comedy reveals, together with “Matt and Ben”.

In 2004, she was employed as a author and performer on the hit tv present ‘The Office’, and went on to create and star in her personal tv present, ‘The Mindy Project’, which premiered in 2012.

She continues to put in writing and produce on ‘Secret Lives of College Girls’ whereas she ramps up improvement due to a cope with Amazon MGM Studios for titles in her Mindy’s Book Studio ebook membership, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.

On the performing entrance, Kaling voiced Velma in Max’s controversial however renewed animated Scooby-Doo collection of the identical identify. She continues to point out up on ‘The Morning Show’.Earlier this yr, President Joe Biden honoured her with the distinguished National Medal of Arts, one of many highest awards given to artists and humanities patrons by the US authorities.