Among her prominent comedic predecessors, Diahann Carroll played the title role in Julia from 1968 to 1971. According to Felicia Lee of The New York Times, Pope is the only dramatic protagonist role played by a black woman on American network television since 1974, when Teresa Graves starred as Christie Love in Get Christie Love! for one series. Instead, they are 'gladiators in suits' who mollify or avert a wide array of crises. Some of her employees have law degrees, but do not serve as lawyers.

Among her secrets is her affair with President Grant. Pope is a former lawyer and White House aide. On Scandal, she is a revered fixer who helped United States President Fitzgerald Grant (played by Tony Goldwyn) win office. Bush's Deputy Press Secretary and represented Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. Pope is loosely based on Judy Smith, who served as George H. The character has become a widely watched fashion and style trendsetter. Pope is a Washington, D.C.-based crisis manager who runs her own firm, Olivia Pope & Associates (OPA), that specializes in ' fixing' political situations and scandals. In the series, Pope is played as an adult by Kerry Washington and as a child by Yara Shahidi. The character is partially based on American lawyer, manager and author Judy Smith. This character also played a small role in the series How to Get Away with Murder on its 4th season produced by Shonda Rhimes: where she plays a crisis manager who helped Annalise get her class-action case heard by the Supreme Court. Olivia Carolyn Pope is a fictional character created by Shonda Rhimes for the political drama television series Scandal. President Fitzgerald Grant III (boyfriend)

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