Awards season has belonged to Da’Vine Joy Randolph , whose sharp and poignant performance in The Holdovers has earned her praise from viewers and critics. At this year’s Oscars, all eyes were on the actress, who was nominated for one of the evening’s biggest awards: Best Supporting Actress. She won the accolade, making her the tenth Black actress to do so, following Ariana DeBose, Regina King, Viola Davis, Lupita Nyong’o, Octavia Spencer, Mo’Nique, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg and Hattie McDaniel. “God is so good,” Randolph started her emotional acceptance speech. “God is so good, you know.” She then revealed that acting wasn’t what she envisioned herself doing. “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 to that theater department, there’s something for you there.’ And I thank my mother for doing that,” she recounted. Randolph continued, thanking “all the people who have stepped in my...
