Viola Davis has won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 2017 Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on February 26 in Hollywood. The 51-year-old artist was awarded for her performance as Rose, Denzel Washington's wife in Fences.
Davis beat Michelle Williams (for Manchester by the Sea), Naomie Harris (for Moonlight), Nicole Kidman (for Lion) and Octavia Spencer (for Hidden Figures) to the award.
In her speech, Davis said she was always asked: "'What kind of stories do you want to tell, Viola?' I say exhume those bodies and the stories of the people who dream big, and never saw those dreams to fruition. People who fell in love and lost. I became an artist, and thank God I did. We're the only profession who celebrates to live a life. So here's to August Wilson, who exhumed and exulted the ordinary people."
.@violadavis gives #Oscars acceptance speech: Artists "the only profession that celebrate what it means to live a life" pic.twitter.com/6saH17l0di
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.@violadavis gives tearful acceptance speech thanking her family: "I'm so glad that you are the foundation of my life." #Oscars pic.twitter.com/70UvDzlhsM
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Mahershala Ali won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the movie Moonlight. He was nominated against Hell or High Water's Jeff Bridges, Manchester By the Sea's Lucas Hedges, Lion's Dev Patel, and Nocturnal Animals' Michael Shannon.
During his acceptance speech, the 43-year-old actor thanked his wife, Amatus Sami-Karim, who recently gave birth to their first child. He said: "Lastly, I just want to thank my wife, who was in her third trimester during award season. We just had a daughter four days ago. I just want to thank her for being just such a soldier through this process and really carrying me through out it all."
