1. When she thanked all the women who have helped her get to where she is now:
2. And then, when she channeled Okoye and empowered an entire room of strong women:
3. When she and Lupita Nyong'o continued to be the very best friends both on-screen and off:
4. When she rocked this look at the Black Panther premiere:
5. When she adorably referred to the plays she's written, Eclipsed and Familiar, as her children:
6. When she celebrated all the little girls cosplaying as Okoye:
The future is bright! #WakandaForever #DoraMilaje #BlackPanther
7. When she thoroughly embarrassed Lupita by dancing for her birthday:
8. When she talked about her favorite fan interaction since Black Panther was released:
9. When she took a moment to be in awe of her play finally making it to Broadway:
10. When she hung out with the other kick-ass Marvel women:
11. When she completely SLAYED on the Oscars red carpet with her fellow Black Panther cast members:
12. When she talked about what was important to her when creating a new piece of art:
13. When she celebrated 100 episodes with her Walking Dead family:
14. When she shared this TBT:
Life of the party...back then anyway! #Puberme #PuertoRicoRelief @StephenAtHome
15. When she took a short break from killing walkers with Norman Reedus:
16. When she showed us exactly how she reacted to seeing herself completely bald for Black Panther:
17. When she talked about Black Panther's success:
18. And then, when she spoke about the importance of the female characters:
19. When she dressed up with Lupita and Daniel Kaluuya for a Coming to America party:
20. When she told Stephen Colbert where she would want to spend a zombie apocalypse:
