Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - "Carmen Jones" ghọrọ ihe ịga nke ọma n'ụwa nile, n'ikpeazụ na-akpata ihe karịrị nde $ 10 n'ọfịs igbe ma ghọọ otu n'ime ihe nkiri ndị kasị baa uru n'afọ ahụ. A họpụtara Dandridge maka Academy Award maka Best Actress, na-aghọ onye mbụ African-American họpụtara maka ọrụ na-eduga. Na 27th Academy Awards
emere na Machị 30, 1955, Dandridge kesara nhọpụta Oscar ya na Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, na Jane Wyman. Ọ bụ ezie na Kelly nwetara ihe nrite maka ihe nkiri ya na "The Country Girl", Dandridge ghọrọ onye ama ama n'otu abalị. N'emume Oscar nke 1955, Dandridge nyere onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke "On the Waterfront" Gene Milford Academy Award maka nhazi ihe nkiri.