Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Carmen Jones" ya zama nasara a duk duniya, a ƙarshe ya sami sama da dala miliyan 10 a ofishin akwatin kuma ya zama ɗayan fina-finai mafi yawan kuɗi na shekara. An zabi Dandridge don Kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi kyawun 'Yar wasa, ta zama Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka na farko da aka zaɓa don babban rawar. A 27th Academy Awards
wanda aka gudanar a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1955, Dandridge ta raba ta Oscar gabatarwa tare da Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, da Jane Wyman. Kodayake Kelly ta lashe kyautar don aikinta a "The Country Girl", Dandridge ya zama abin mamaki a cikin dare. A bikin Oscar na 1955, Dandridge ya ba da lambar yabo ta Academy don Shirya Fim ga editan "On the Waterfront" Gene Milford.