The first Oscar handed out at the 94th Academy Awards was a historic one, with Ariana DeBose winning Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita in West Side Story.
The 31-year-old actress became the first openly gay woman of color to win an acting Oscar, sending hope to the LGBTQ community in her heartfelt speech at the Dolby Theater.
DeBose beat out Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Judi Dench (Belfast), Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog) and Aujanue Ellis (King Richard) for her first Oscar.
Oscar winner: The first Oscar handed out at the 94th Academy Awards was a historic one, with Ariana DeBose winning Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita in West Side Story
Speech: DeBose beat out Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Judi Dench (Belfast), Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog) and A ujanue Ellis (King Richard) for her first Oscar
DeBose was largely considered the odds-on favorite to win the Oscar, winning a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award en route to her Oscar win.
The actress took to the stage wearing a custom gown/tuxedo hybrid by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino while dazzling in De Beers diamond jewellery to accept her first Oscar.
DeBose was clearly trying to process the big, win, beginning with, ‘Yikes. Okay. Oh, my word. What is this?’
Favorite: DeBose was largely considered the odds-on favorite to win the Oscar, winning a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award en route to her Oscar win
Hybrid: She took to the stage wearing a custom gown/tuxedo hybrid by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino while dazzling in De Beers diamond jewellery to accept her first Oscar
‘You know what, now you see why Anita says I want to be in America, because even in this weary world that we live in, dreams do come true. And that’s really a heartening thing right now,’ she added.
‘If I took the time to say thank you to every single beautiful person who has lifted me up on the stage, you’ll find people would be sitting here until next Oscars, so I’m going to going to do that, but allow me to say it was the summer of a lifetime and I am the most privileged and grateful to have spent it with all of you,’ she continued.
She went on to thank her director, Steven Spielberg, adding, ‘My god, thank you, Steven Spielberg, you’re stuck with me,’ while also thanking screenwriter Tony Kushner, producer Kristie Macosko Krieger ‘and the divine inspiration that is Rita Moreno, you’re staring at me right now and I’m so grateful, you’re Anita paved the way for tons of Anitas like me. And I love you so much.’
Dream come true: ‘You know what, now you see why Anita says I want to be in America, because even in this weary world that we live in, dreams do come true. And that’s really a heartening thing right now,’ she added
Thanks: ‘If I took the time to say thank you to every single beautiful person who has lifted me up on the stage, you’ll find people would be sitting here until next Oscars, so I’m going to going to do that, but allow me to say it was the summer of a lifetime and I am the most privileged and grateful to have spent it with all of you,’ she continued
She wrapped up her speech by thanking her family, including her mother, who was in attendance with her, adding, ‘I love you with my whole heart. This is as much yours as it is mine.’
She also thanked her, ‘tribesmen, my family, my loves, Sue, Jonathan, Anthony, I can’t do what I do without each and every one of you,’ before addressing her LGBTQ community.
‘Lastly, imagine this little girl in the back seat of a white Ford focus. Look into her eyes, you see an openly queer woman of color and Latina who found her strength in life through art. That’s what I believe we’re here to celebrate,’ she said to applause.
Family: She wrapped up her speech by thanking her family, including her mother, who was in attendance with her, adding, ‘I love you with my whole heart. This is as much yours as it is mine’
‘So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity, ever, ever, ever, or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this: There is indeed a place for us. Thank you to the academy and thank you all,’ she concluded.
DeBose started her career on the stage and she made her television debut on So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, making the Top 20 that season.
She joined the ensemble of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s iconic musical Hamilton and starred in movies such as Seaside, A Smartphone User’s Guide to Etiquette and Prom, along with the TV series Schmigadoon.
She’ll next be seen in Argylle with Henry Cavill and Samuel L. Jackson, I.S.S. with Chris Messina and Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe.
Question: ‘So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity, ever, ever, ever, or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this: There is indeed a place for us. Thank you to the academy and thank you all,’ she concluded
Career: DeBose started her career on the stage and she made her television debut on So You Think You Can Dance in 2009, making the Top 20 that season
Ensemble: She joined the ensemble of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s iconic musical Hamilton and starred in movies such as Seaside, A Smartphone User’s Guide to Etiquette and Prom, along with the TV series Schmigadoon
Coming soon: She’ll next be seen in Argylle with Henry Cavill and Samuel L. Jackson, I.S.S. with Chris Messina and Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe
OSCARS 2022: WINNERS
BEST PICTURE
Belfast (Focus Features)
Coda (Apple) – WINNER
Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Drive My Car (Janus Films/Sideshow)
Dune (Warner Bros)
King Richard (Warner Bros)
Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
The Power Of The Dog (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
History: Coda became the first ever streaming film to win Best Picture as it upset The Power Of The Dog
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – WINNER
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst- The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – Coda – WINNER
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
J.K Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Kodi Smitt-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Amazing: Troy Kotsur became the first male actor to win an Oscar for Coda
COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella (Jenny Beavan) – WINNER
Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini)
Dune (Jacqueline West)
Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)
West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Belfast
Dune – WINNER
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
ORIGINAL SCORE
Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
Dune (Hans Zimmer) – WINNER
Encanto (Germaine Franco)
Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Sian Heder) – WINNER
Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe)
Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve)
The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Shining moment: Sian Heder earned Best Adapted screenplay for the film as it went three for three on the night
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) – WINNER
Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota)
Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
King Richard (Zach Baylin)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Affairs Of The Heart
Bestia
Box Ballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper – WINNER
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye – WINNER
On My Mind
Please Hold
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car – WINNER
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette) – WINNER
Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau)
The Power of the Dog (Grant Major & Amber Richards)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh)
West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard – WINNER
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
All eyes on her: Jessica Chastain finally won her first Best Actress trophy for her titular role in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
DIRECTING
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
FILM EDITING
Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)
Dune (Joe Walker) – WINNER
King Richard (Pamela Martin)
The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)
Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum)
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye – WINNER
House Of Gucci
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto – WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells VS The Machine
Raya And The Lost Dragon
ORIGINAL SONG
Be Alive — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
Dos Oruguitas — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
Down to Joy — Van Morrison (Belfast)
No Time to Die — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die) – WINNER
Somehow You Do— Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Not a bad guy: Billie Eilish and brother FINNEAS earned Best Original Song for No Time To Die from the James Bond film of the same name
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball – WINNER
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Writing with Fire
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune – WINNER
Free Guy
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Epic: Dune swept the technical awards as Greig Fraser is shown accepting the Best Cinematography gong
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune (Greig Fraser) – WINNER
Nightmare Alley (Dan Lausten)
The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel)
West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)
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