Congratulations are in order for Da’Vine Joy Randolph 37, who took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Holdovers’.
According to PEOPLE the actress completed her award season sweep with a triumph!
The award was presented by five of the category’s past winners: Regina King, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o and Mary Steenburgen.
“God is so good,” Randolph, already in tears, began her speech.
“I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” she said. “I started off as a singer. And my mother said to me, ‘Go across that street to that theatre department. There’s something for you there.’ And I thank my mother for doing that.”
She continued, “I thank you to all the people who have stepped in my path and been there for me, who have ushered me and guided me. I am so grateful to all you beautiful people out here. For so long, I’ve always wanted to be different, and now I realize I just need to be myself.”
“I thank you for seeing me.”
“Ron Van Lieu, I thank you. When I was the only Black girl in that class, when you saw me and you told me I was enough. And when I told you, I don’t see myself, he said, ‘That’s fine. We’re going to forge our own path. You’re going to lay a trail for yourself,’ ” said Randolph, also thanking “all the women who have been by my side.”
She concluded, “I pray to God that I get to do this more than once. I thank you for seeing me. Have a blessed night. Thank you.”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s acceptance speech for her first #Oscar
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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 10, 2024
The moment it was announced:
Da'Vine Joy Randolph wins the award for actress in a supporting role at the 2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/2p5zrSx4yK
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 10, 2024
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph tearing up while Lupita Nyong’o praises her on the Oscars stage…I need a moment pic.twitter.com/GnLL3Eg99o
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) March 10, 2024
With Golden Globe, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG Award wins, Randolph swept awards season for her work as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers. She plays a cook and grieving mother working at the Barton Academy who stays at the boarding school during the holiday season.
Randolph recently told PEOPLE how she’s staying grounded leading up to Oscars night, calling it “unknown territory” for her.
“Everyone is just saying pace yourself, try to stay as present as possible, stay hydrated and take good care of yourself because it’s a marathon,” she said of award season.
The star added of the nomination, “I haven’t fully processed it, but it was overwhelming in the best way possible. And to feel all of the love and the support has been so tremendous.”
“I think it’s just a beautiful reminder. It’s bigger than us. What we do actually really matters, it helps people and it makes people happy or feel seen or heard,” Randolph added. “That’s why I do what I do.”
Congratulations to her!
