Donna Langley

Donna Langley, DBE is Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios leading the company’s unified content strategy. In this role, Langley steers greenlight decisions across the enterprise and oversees all entertainment programming and marketing across Peacock, Bravo, and NBC, including primetime and late night. She also continues to spearhead global creative strategy, business operations, production, acquisitions, marketing, and distribution for the portfolio of award-winning Film and Television Studios.

Prior to her elevation, Langley served as Chief Content Officer since 2023 and as sole Chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group since 2019. 

For more than two decades, Langley has established NBCUniversal as the premier home for acclaimed and emerging storytellers, resulting in a consistently diverse and successful slate. As a trusted partner to filmmakers, she’s reinvigorated beloved franchises—including Fast & Furious and Jurassic World—and championed films shaping the cultural zeitgeist, such as Christopher Nolan’s seven-time Academy Award® winner Oppenheimer, Straight Outta Compton, Get Out, Bridesmaids, The Holdovers, and many more. And as a leader in animation, films released by Universal’s Illumination and DreamWorks Animation account for three of the top five animated films of 2024. 

Langley’s vision has paid off, delivering four years of record global profit, including two of the most profitable years in Studio history. In 2023, Langley helped position the Film Group as the No. 1 Hollywood studio in market share globally. Meanwhile, the Television Studios are consistently responsible for more top 10 hits on broadcast TV than any other studio, with over 100 active series currently airing or streaming across 28 platforms around the world.

Over the last few years, Langley’s strategic leadership has played a pivotal role in laying the foundation for the industry’s future success. The Film Group brokered historic agreements during the COVID-19 pandemic securing a new revenue model for the film distribution ecosystem that has generated more than $1.5 billion in consumer spend in a new premium video-on-demand window. Simultaneously, she was one of four studio chiefs—the only female—to lead talks with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, resulting in two extraordinary deals that helped end the dual strikes and get the industry back to work.  

As a result of her unparalleled leadership and achievements, Langley has transcended industry norms to establish herself as a true trailblazer. She was awarded a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) title by the late Queen in her 2020 New Year’s Honour List. In 2024, Langley was recognized by TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” and Fortune’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Business.” Other recognitions include UCLA’s Game Changer Award; the Producers Guild of America’s Milestone Award; the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation Pioneer of the Year Award; and the Women in Film’s Crystal Award for Excellence in Film. 

A passionate advocate for mentorship, Langley is an Ambassador for Vital Voices Global Ambassadors Program and has served on the organization’s Board of Directors since 2013. She has been a part of the vanguard of change in Hollywood and as a result of her commitment to diversity and inclusion, she was recognized by Kering and Festival de Cannes with the Women In Motion honor in 2024. 

Langley serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Film Institute, Motion Picture Association, SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Entertainment Industry Council, and heads USC’s School of Cinematic Arts Board of Councilors. She is a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Television Academy.