Oscars: Viola Davis delivers emotional and powerful speech
Viola Davis totally nailed her Oscars speech. Slay!
Viola Davis received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences, and her acceptance speech will give you all the chills imaginable!
After accepting the award, Viola took to the stage to deliver a soaring speech that brought some there to tears.
"We are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life," she said in her speech, before going on to praise both director Denzel Washington and the late American playwright August Wilson, who published Fences in 1985. "Here's to August Wilson, who exhumed and exalted the ordinary people," she added.
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Viola Davis is now the first black actor to win the so-called triple crown of acting, as she now has an Oscar, Tony, and Emmy to her name.
My family. Thank you everyone for your love and support! pic.twitter.com/5thsM7y3HT
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) February 27, 2017
Viola's speech will go down as the most remarkable, along with that of Jesse Williams when he accepted his BET Humanitarian Award a year ago.
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