If any category this award season seemed locked,Denmark it was Best Supporting Actress. Da'Vine Joy Randolph has absolutely dominated, winning a cascade of critics' guild honors — including the Critics Choice Award— as well as a Golden Globeand BAFTA. And tonight, she has won her first Academy Award.
Tonight's win was well-deserved and puts Randolph in a company of only 10 other Black women who have won a competitive Oscar since the Academy of Arts and Sciences' inception, beginning with Hattie McDaniel. She joins the ranks of Jennifer Hudson, Octavia Spencer, Lupita Nyong’o, and Viola Davis. (Notably, after a surprising upset at last year's Oscars, Angela Bassett was awarded an honorary Oscarearlier this year at the Academy's Governors Awards.)
Randolph is no stranger to accolades. In 2012, she earned a Tony nomination for her moving performance as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost: The Musical on Broadway. In 2020, her scene-stealing turn in the comedic biopic Dolemite Is My Namehad film critics taking notice, scoring her Best Supporting Actress winsand Breakthrough Performance awards from a variety of groups. Then in 2022, she scored nominations for her guest turn as a no-nonsense detective in the hit Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. But The Holdovers launched her to a new level of stardom.
Directed by Alexander Payne, The Holdovers centers on an unlikely trio of near-strangers who are stuck together over the Christmas holiday at New England prep school. Paul Giamatti stars as a gruff, insult-slinging professor forced to chaperone a glowering student (Dominic Sessa) whose holiday plans get canceled at the last minute. Randolph plays Mary Lamb, the school's chain-smoking head cook; Mary provides hearty meals for the men while nursing a broken heart for the son she lost in the Vietnam War.
As I wrote in our review of the film, "Far from a tearful Oscar-baiting performance, Randolph (who won much critical acclaim for her supporting role in Dolemite Is My Name) delivers a nuanced performance of muted agony and trembling joy. It's a portrait of grief so real it gives goosebumps."
How to watch:The Holdoversis now streaming on Peacock.
Topics Oscars
Mary Shows Up
Apple is selling fewer iPhones, but it's making tons of money
Thanos: I am not the villain here. Stop saying I'm the villain.
The first severe weather outbreak of 2018 begins Tuesday
The 10 Most Anticipated PC Games of 2016
Kim Kardashian and Ellen DeGeneres try to figure out if Kanye West is happy or not
Tesla Semi is the target of a $2 billion lawsuit
'Avengers: Infinity War' reveals the Children of Thanos. Who are they?
Amazon requires sellers to use more efficient packaging, or pay up
Tesla Semi is the target of a $2 billion lawsuit
Best robot vacuum deal from the Amazon Big Spring Sale
CoinMarketCap gets iOS app, Watchlist feature
The best movies coming to your flights in May
White House Correspondents' Association denounces Michelle Wolf speech
WhatsApp launches 'Advanced Chat Privacy' to protect sensitive conversations
Boaty McBoatface is going to Antarctica in the name of science
How guests will be expected to behave at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding
Everything Mark Zuckerberg had to say about data privacy at F8
Best Fire Stick deal: Save $20 on Amazon Fire Stick 4K
Facebook brags that Messenger has 300,000 business bots
KFC releases Christmas tree decorations for the unrelenting fanNew Google Home feature lets you 'broadcast' messages between devicesThere's a new religion centered around artificial intelligence and it sounds terrifyingWhat is Blake Shelton hiding behind his head?Rotten Tomatoes is hiding its 'Justice League' score, but we have a guessAmazon Alexa and the Echo, Echo Plus, Dot now available in CanadaWhy heterosexuals are so obsessed with height in online datingPikachu actually SPEAKS in the new Pokémon movie and it's weird as hellA 'medicane' forming in the Mediterranean will target GreeceApple disputes YouTuber MKBHD's shocking claim about how Animoji workHere's what they don't tell you about sameThese Xbox Christmas ornaments are adorable, if you can get your hands on oneAmazon has a service to compete with basically every consumer startupGoogle backs music startup to help make more Chance the Rappers'StarCraft' Twitter account fires shots at EAThe sportsYour commute just turned into a workout session on this trainWalmart's robotics partner just raised $17.5 million to fund more store automationWalmart's robotics partner just raised $17.5 million to fund more store automationHere are the most popular Amazon Kindle books of all time My day one Nintendo Switch 2 review: It’s an awesome step forward Colombia vs. Peru 2025 livestream: Watch World Cup Qualifiers for free Best earbuds deal: Save $50 on Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Lunar landing livestream: Watch ispace moon landing attempt live today The Five Stages of Video Game Disappointment Estimating CPU Performance Using Amdahl's Law A List of Oculus Rift & HTC Vive VR Games to Look Out for in 2016 Boisson vs. Gauff 2025 livestream: Watch French Open for free Better Buy: Previous Best Lego deal: Lego F1 Collectible Race Cars 6 Where to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 in person on launch day National Doughnut Day: How to get free doughnuts at Krispy Kreme Venezuela vs. Bolivia 2025 livestream: Watch World Cup Qualifiers for free Spain vs. France 2025 livestream: Watch UEFA Nations League semi final for free How to Watch Netflix with Friends Anywhere (and No, It's Not Illegal to Share Your Password) NYT Connections hints and answers for June 6: Tips to solve 'Connections' #726. How 'And Just Like That…' Season 3 tackles dating app fatigue Apple and Google Tablets Moving to Microsoft Territory Best JBL deal: Save $10 on JBL Go 3 at Amazon From aura farming to Fanum tax: Defining 2025's viral internet slang