--- title: Ava DuVernay Barbie Is Part of Latest Crop of 'Sheroes' description: The collection, which was unveiled at Variety's "Power of Women" luncheon Friday, includes Barbie version of famous women canonical: https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-24T20:34:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:57.519Z og:title: Now There's a Barbie of Ava DuVernay og:description: As part of Mattel's "Sheroes" collection og:url: https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a9a41545a1fde2/6987ecd10b72e3c38a6e1b5b/ava-duvernay_doll_4-24.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ava DuVernay barbie doll og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now There's a Barbie of Ava DuVernay twitter:description: As part of Mattel's "Sheroes" collection twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a9a41545a1fde2/6987ecd10b72e3c38a6e1b5b/ava-duvernay_doll_4-24.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now There's a Barbie of Ava DuVernay  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 24, 2015 8:34 PM UTC   by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 24, 2015 8:34 PM UTC Now there’s Barbie doll of _Selma_ director Ava DuVernay as part of Mattel’s new “Sheroes” collection. The collection, which was unveiled at _Variety’s_ “Power of Women” luncheon Friday, includes Barbie version of other famous women like Broadway star Kirsten Chenoweth, actress Emmy Rossum and country singer Trisha Yearwood. “Barbie has always represented that girls have choices, and this spring we are proud to honor six Sheroes who through their trade and philanthropic efforts are an inspiration to girls,” said Evelyn Mazzocco, general manager of Barbie, in a [statement. ](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150424005156/en/Barbie%C2%AE-Celebrates-%E2%80%98Sheroes%E2%80%99-Variety-Power-Women-Luncheon#.VTqbLpTF938)“Started by a female entrepreneur and mother, this brand has a responsibility to continue to honor and encourage powerful female role models who are leaving a legacy for the next generation of glass ceiling breakers.” DuVernay said on Twitter that she loves her Barbie, which comes complete with her trademark braids and sits in a director’s chair: > [](https://twitter.com/AVAETC/status/591678817254645760) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/"},"headline":"Now There's a Barbie of Ava DuVernay","datePublished":"2015-04-24T20:34:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:57.519Z","description":"As part of Mattel's \"Sheroes\" collection","url":"https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/","keywords":["Living","women","Barbie","Toys","Culture","ava duvernay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a9a41545a1fde2/6987ecd10b72e3c38a6e1b5b/ava-duvernay_doll_4-24.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a9a41545a1fde2/6987ecd10b72e3c38a6e1b5b/ava-duvernay_doll_4-24.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ava DuVernay barbie doll","caption":"Ava DuVernay barbie doll","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835078/barbie-ava-duvernay/","name":"Now There's a Barbie of Ava DuVernay"}}]}] ```