Ariana DeBose

2022 - 3 - 28

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Straits Times"

Oscars: Ariana DeBose wins best supporting actress for West Side ... (The Straits Times)

This is the second time the role of Anita has earned the best supporting actress award. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

"I am damn near a member of just about every marginalised community." This is the second time the role of Anita has earned the best supporting actress award: Rita Moreno in 1962 became the first Latina actress to win an Oscar for her performance in the original West Side Story (1961). LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - Ariana DeBose won her first Academy Award on Sunday (March 27) for her supporting role as Anita in director Steven Spielberg's remake of classic musical West Side Story.

“Red is punchy and so is our girl”: Ariana DeBose's stylists on her ... (Vogue Singapore)

Ariana Debose—the 'West Side Story' actress hit the red carpet swathed in a custom Valentino couture gown selected by her stylists.

“It’s a house that directly aligns with our morals and values,” adds Zadrian. “Pierpaolo has always been doing the work.” “The trousers were important to her,” says Sarah, who reveals that Ariana’s face “lit up” when she saw them. The pair was also adamant that the West Side Story star’s look should translate as effortlessly confident in years to come.

Ariana DeBose Embraced Comfort With Her Oscars Look (Vogue.com)

DeBose, who documented her getting-ready process for Vogue below, says playing dress up and doing glam are one of her favorite parts of attending awards shows, ...

(It had a giant bow at the back; talk about a dress that makes an exit!). As for what’s next for the star on the rise, now that the Oscars chaos has officially wrapped? “I'm still breathing in the joy of the moment,” says DeBose. “It will take me a bit of time to process, but for now, it's all about the joy and the people I got to share it with.” To accept her accolade, DeBose wore a red-hot look by Valentino that certainly made her look the part of a true Hollywood star—but more importantly, she says it was surprisingly comfortable. When Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars last night, for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s movie-musical West Side Story, the star made history as the first openly-queer Afro-Latina to win in her category.

Ariana DeBose becomes the first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar. (unknown)

It is her first Academy Award. The outcome was expected but historic nonetheless as the 31-year-old actress becomes only the second Latina to nab an Oscar. The ...

DeBose is also the first openly queer star to win an acting Oscar. 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. Ariana DeBose becomes the first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar.

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DeBose is also only the second Latina woman to win an acting Oscar... after Rita Moreno, for West Side Story.

Rita Moreno for West Side Story. (She’s also only the second actor born in the 1990s to win, after Jennifer Lawrence, but that’s more just weird, and not “deeply infuriating.”) Tonight’s ceremony is actually only the first time in 20 years that an openly queer performer has even been nominated for an acting award (Kristen Stewart, who’s up for Best Actress for Spencer, is in a similar boat to DeBose). The most “recent” was Ian McKellan’s nomination for his performance in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. And while we’re cataloguing baffling information, let’s also consider that DeBose is now only the second Latina to have won an acting Oscar, after... DeBose won, of course, for her performance in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, where she took on the role of Anita. (DeBose was quick to namecheck both fellow Anita Rita Moreno in her acceptance speech, as well as Spielberg, who she reminded was now “stuck with her.)