[Applause] The Oscar goes to Mar Bonita Jamie Marino Regina. [Applause] [Music] K. [Applause] So, I am thrilled to be back on this stage to present this year's Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and I am beyond proud to be able to talk about one of my besties. So, in Niad, Jodie Foster brings a physical intensity coupled with deep concern and care as Bonnie Stoll to Diana Nyad's fierce best friend, motivator, and serious ass kicker. And speaking from personal experience, all of those qualities are very real about Jod as well. There is no one you would rather have your back than the multi-talented Jod Foster. In the last moments of Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt's character Kitty Vising Oppenheimer refuses to shake the offered hand of the man who betrayed her husband. Though it was years later, her eyes had lost none of their fury. If you saw only that extraordinary moment, you would know why Emily Blunt is nominated.

tonight Emily. I am so proud to be your friend, friend, and I am shaking my head in wonder at the beautiful, heartbreaking, and hellbent depths that you brave to play Kitty Oppenheimer. When we meet Mary in the cafeteria in the holdovers, we can feel the unspoken grief simmering under her surface. Dine, my friend, your performance is a tribute to those who have helped others heal in spite of their own pain. It's also a tribute to your grandmother, whose glasses you wore in the film. What an honor to see the world through her eyes and yours, America. America, your powerful Barbie monologue is perhaps the most talked-about moment in the most talked-about movie of the past year. Your words and the passion with which you delivered them about the most impossible standards females must try to live up to galvanized not only women but everyone with a pulse, America. From one woman to another, congratulations on your tour de force, Danielle Brooks. When you were 15 and saw The Color Purple on Broadway with your

father a spark ignited in you, and that spark brought you here today. From making your Broadway debut 10 years later as Sophia to almost 10 years after that, giving this transcendent performance on the big screen where we don't just see Sophia's strength, but we see her vulnerability as well. You have earned this full-circle moment, my friend, and the Oscar goes to Devine. [Music] This is the first Oscar win and nomination for [Applause] [Music] Diney. [Music] God is so good. God is so good. You know, I um, I didn't think I was supposed to be doing this as a career. I started off as a singer, and my mother said to me, Go across that street, street to that theater department. There's something for you there. And I thank my mother for doing that. I thank you to all the people who have stepped in my path and has been there for me, who has 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, and I thank you. I thank you for seeing me, Ron Van Lou. 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, you said that's fine, we're going to forge our own path, you're going to lay a trail for yourself. I am so grateful to all the women who have been by my side: Colen C, Barbara Brockley, Tracy Brenan, Sarah Fargo. I have to give a special shout-out to my publicist, and I know y'all said don't say nothing about no publicist, but you don't have a publicist like I have a publicist. You have been by my side through the entire thing, and I am forever grateful. 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 so much. [Music]

Da'Vine Joy Randolph Wins Best Supporting Actress for 'The Holdovers' | 96th Oscars (2024)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph Wins Best Supporting Actress for 'The Holdovers' | 96th Oscars (2024)