Da’Vine Joy Randolph is having a life-changing week.
The Holdovers actress, 37, took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Lamb, a grieving cafeteria manager, in the film.
And she looked fabulous accepting the award in a light blue sequin custom Louis Vuitton gown.
According to Variety, she partied until 5:45 am after her big win.
She was understandably sleepy the next day, but cheerfully told the outlet: ‘I’ve got the keys to the castle now!’
Da’Vine is a bit shell-shocked over her win, admitting: ‘I was taught to make a lot out of very little. It’s exciting to have access to resources and opportunities, especially for a woman of color.’
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is having an excellent week. The Holdovers actress, 37, took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Lamb, a grieving cafeteria manager, in the film
And she looked fabulous accepting the award in a light blue sequin custom Louis Vuitton and, according to Variety , partied until 5:45 am after her big win
The outlet asked the Dolomite Is My Name star how she was feeling the morning after her win.
‘I feel grateful. I feel seen. I feel loved. I feel respected. I feel like the time and work that I’ve put in matters. I feel excited for the future,’ she gushed.
‘Growing up as somebody who didn’t have much, imagine when you get a lot: It’s exciting. To have access and to be a woman of color is a very big deal,’ she explained.
The Rustin star shared about how she likes to have nods to women of color in her role and in The Holdovers, wore her grandmother’s glasses.
‘Every role that I do, I always leave subliminal love letters to women of color in the details. You can go back and check my résumé — every single role, there’s a connection to someone I know personally, someone in history, a fellow actress,’ she revealed.
‘And I love it, because those who know, know. Ultimately what I’m doing is I’m just implanting moments of connection and honesty. And so her glasses were an artifact for me so that if and when I ever got off track or got derailed or lost the connection, the thought of my grandmother and who she was and what she suffered through, those glasses would put me right back.’
She is the only entertainer in her family, adding: ‘There’s no sense of entertainment in my family. Sometimes I feel like an oddball, because I don’t even know where this is coming from. But they’ve always been supportive. They’ve always seen greatness within me and have always nurtured that.’
She was understandably sleepy the next day, but cheerfully told the outlet: ‘I’ve got the keys to the castle now!’
Da’Vine is a bit shell-shocked over her win, admitting: ‘I was taught to make a lot out of very little. It’s exciting to have access to resources and opportunities, especially for a woman of color’
The outlet asked the Dolomite Is My Name star how she was feeling the morning after her win. ‘I feel grateful. I feel seen. I feel loved. I feel respected. I feel like the time and work that I’ve put in matters. I feel excited for the future,’ she gushed
‘Growing up as somebody who didn’t have much, imagine when you get a lot: It’s exciting. To have access and to be a woman of color is a very big deal,’ she explained
The Rustin star shared about how she likes to have nods to women of color in her role and in The Holdovers, wore her grandmother’s glasses. ‘Every role that I do, I always leave subliminal love letters to women of color in the details’; seen with Robert Downey Jr, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy
Here the star is seen in a scene from The Holdovers with Dominic Sessa
The busy actress is grateful for all her success and wants to uplift Black storytelling.
‘I will always pay tribute to, honor, uplift and be a part of Black storytelling, but I need to infiltrate and get in the spaces where we’re not,’ she said.
‘I want to be in a Wes Anderson movie just ’cause. I want to be in a David O. Russell movie just ’cause. Coen brothers. I’ve never seen us there. Because that’s when I think we can really bring about educating and creating real change. If we just stay over by ourselves, nothing is going to change,’ she shared.
Da’Vine has two films in post production Shadow Force co-starring Kerry Washington and Method Man and Bride Hard co-starring Justin Hartley and Rebel Wilson.