Da’Vine Joy Randolph took home best supporting actress for her stirring performance in The Holdovers. In “The Holdovers,” Randolph plays Mary Lamb, a grieving head cook at the New England boarding school where the film sets. She stars alongside Paul Giamatti, who portrays a curmudgeonly prep school professor who’s forced to stay on campus with a handful of students throughout the Christmas break. The film explores the power of finding friendship in unlikely places.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Lupita Nyong’o, Rita Moreno, Regina King and Mary Steenburgen –all previous best supporting actress Oscar winners – appeared on stage to present the award and each delivered a moving speech about one of the current nominees before Randolph was announced as the winner.
During her speech she said, “For so long, I’ve always wanted to be different. And now I realize I just need to be myself. And I thank you for seeing me.”
Her thank-you’s included a special (and, these days, unorthodox) shoutout to her publicist, Marla Farrell.
In addition to the Oscar win, Da’Vine Joy Randolph garnered accolades from BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild, the National Board of Review, as well as critics’ circles.
Randolph has so much more in her for fans in the future.
According to sources Da’Vine Joy Randolph is in the works of acting in a new comedy drama, Bride Hard. The drama is in post production. She will play alongside some of the best comedic actors and actresses like, Rebel Wilson, and Justin Hartley.
Bride Hard, details a mercenary group taking a lavish wedding hostage. Unfortunately, they have no idea what they are in for. The Maid of Honor is actually a secret agent ready to rain hell-fire upon anyone who would ruin her best friend’s wedding.
In addition, she will also play in Shadow Force. Shadow Force, a action drama thriller about an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads. The couple must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops sent to kill them.
