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Ariana DeBose on Her Historic Oscar Win award: ‘I Knew This Moment Mattered’
The Women in Hollywood award recipient discussed her experiences as a woman of colour in Hollywood.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Ariana DeBose : Ariana DeBose, the Best Supporting Oscar winner, understood the significance of her victory as a woman of colour. She was anxious about life after the victory, but it has pleasantly pleased her. In her address at ELLE’s Getty Center celebration, the Women in Hollywood honoree spoke on her professional path, the pressure she felt to represent her community, and what working in the business as an Afro-Latina has actually been like for her.
Ariana DeBose, the Best Supporting Oscar winner, understood the significance of her victory as a woman of colour. She was anxious about life after the victory, but it has pleasantly pleased her. In her address at ELLE’s Getty Center celebration, the Women in Hollywood honoree spoke on her professional path, the pressure she felt to represent her community, and what working in the business as an Afro-Latina has actually been like for her.
Ariana DeBose on Her Historic Oscar
Kerry Washington, who played her co-star in DeBose’s Prom, introduced her as “TK.”
DeBose’s own comments paid homage to the other performers who supported her, her journey, and what lies ahead. Here is a link to her entire speech:
Oh my goodness! I shed a lot of tears, and right now, I feel a lot of things. I want to express my gratitude to ELLE, Kerry, my angel, and everyone else there for this wonderful award. Since this award is for impact, I watched Mamma Mia! for the forth time before starting to think of what to say. After that, I set to work. I started reflecting on all the events and individuals that had had an impact on me, and I realised that impact is somewhat a matter of interpretation.You might allow a compliment make you feel secure or you could let a critical remark stay in your heart forever. Alternately, you may use that negativity as fuel to fan the flames of your imagination.
This is how I discovered that lesson. When I performed on Broadway, I accepted gigs that I "had no business" accepting. I don't know what I was thinking when I was 21 and understudied Diana Ross in Motown the Musical. When you're stepping into such legendary shoes, you have to sing, act, and sound like a legend while doing it. I had the option of listening to the numerous internal and external voices that told me I had no place in that position or that, to be really honest, I wasn't Black enough to hold it.Instead, I hurled their whispers onto the flames after hearing them. The burning forced me to do the tasks I had to complete and that I was confident I was capable of completing.
And there I was in a movie with Kerry Washington and, umm, Meryl Streep when I was filming The Prom? I have once again seen Mamma Mia! 5,000,000 times. I had mentally prepared myself to be that Broadway actress who no one had ever heard of or cared about, but Kerry warmly welcomed me and said, "Hi, I'm Kerry, and I'm here for you." I simply remember being anxious, but she is not only made me feel at home on that set, she also helped me realise that I had something to contribute. She didn't just tell me that I belonged; she really demonstrated my belonging.. She assisted in making room for me, and I kept making room for myself. She was correct, too. I did.
There was a part of me that truly believed I had no business taking on the character of Anita in West Side Story, working with Steven Spielberg, or reviving a part that had been made famous by the brilliant Rita Moreno. But if I'm being really honest, I'd say that the comparisons and other people's opinions about us were my biggest challenges, not the performance, the music, or the position. Rita did a good job of setting the tone and teaching me how to have an influence on others around you. She helped create room for me and is educated, knowledgeable, and insightful.
The encouragement I received from the incredible women's community and the people in this industry really made it easier for me to handle the strain I was under. The pressure was real for me since being Afro-Latina was a big deal. And what about that? Quite rightly, it ought to have been. As an Afro-Latina who didn't see much of herself on television while growing up, I was aware of the importance of this moment. My biggest worry after winning was that I would be used as a poster child for all these things and that I would somehow be told, "Thank you for checking all those boxes for us; now please take your Oscar and go away."But that didn't occur, and for some strange reason, I'm still here, still being asked to play important roles, and still getting invited to really remarkable and joyful events like this one.
Since there seems to be this idea that there are so little possibilities and places for us to exist, I was honestly concerned when I first started in this industry that other women of colour may not be friendly or welcoming to me. But that's not how it's worked out for me.
When I initially started in this field, I was genuinely worried that other women of colour may not be kind or welcoming to me because there appears to be this sense that there are so few opportunities and spaces for us to exist. But for me, things haven't turned out that way.
Thank you, Kerry, for teaching me that.
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