THE actress Ariana DeBouze wrote history as she became the first afrolatina and open queer woman who won the Oscar for second female role for its incarnation Ανίτας in the “West Side Story”in the remake of Steven Spielberg.
“Imagine this little girl sitting in the back seat of a white Ford Focus. Looking into her eyes, you see a light queer color, an Afrolatina, who found strength in life through art. And that, I believe, we came here today to celebrate “, he stressed while receiving it golden statuette.
“Well, I’m addressing anyone who has questioned their identity, whenever they are in a gray area, I promise: There is indeed a place for us,” he added.
With the Oscar she won, the 31-year-old actress succeeded the legendary Rita Morenowho, like her, hails from Puerto Rico and won the same award in 1962, in the first version of the film.
“I’m so grateful to you, Anita opened the way for you to thousands of Anites like me,” said the 30-year-old to the 90-year-old star, who cheered her along with the rest of the audience in the room.
She had already secured a Golden Globe, the Actors Guild Award and that of the British Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her performance.
De Boose, Afrolatina and openly gaystated in November 2021 “I am America”, “I am a member of almost every marginalized community” in the US.
She prevailed against several possible candidates, Kirsten Dunst in “Dog Power”, Onjuan Ellis in “King Richard”, Judy Dench in “Belfast” and Jesse Buckley in “Lost Daughter”.
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