Driving Miss Daisy (play) for a 1989 film of the same name starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. All three actors were nominated for Academy Awards, with Tandy winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film received nine nominations total, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Uhry also won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Driving Miss Daisy (play) Driving Miss Daisy is a play by American playwright Alfred Uhry, about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's
Jessica Scheel contest. Because Barrillas was unable to participate in Miss Universe 2010 she was replaced by Scheel. Scheel placed among the Top 15, breaking a 26-year non-placement streak for Guatemala. Jessica would later finish in the Top 10. During the evening gown competition her name was incorrectly given as "Jessica Torres". "Scheel was originally 2nd Runner-Up (or Miss Guatemala International), but competed in Miss Universe after the original titleholder, Alejandra Barrillas, was unable to compete after she injured her left foot in an accident." Jessica Scheel Jessica María Scheel Noyola (born January 13, 1990 in Guatemala) is a Guatemalan model and