Bisina SomtoDa’Vine Joy Randolph has won the first award of the night: the Oscar for best actress in a supporting role. Randolph won her first Oscar for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers.” Randolph won the best supporting actress statuette Sunday for her portrayal of a New England boarding school cafeteria manager dealing with grief and loss.
Former supporting actress winners, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Rita Moreno and Regina King presented the award and delivered heartfelt notes to each individual nominee.
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“The Holdovers” is also nominated for Best Picture, and both Paul Giamatti (Leading) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Supporting) were nominated for Oscars.
Randolph also won a Golden Globe, a Critics Choice Award, and a BAFTA award for her role in “The Holdovers.” “The Holdovers” tells the story of a morose prep school teacher stuck on campus over the holidays, along with a gifted but rebellious student and the head cook, who is consumed with grief over the loss of her only child. The unlikely trio bonds while emerging from loneliness and shattered dreams.
Randolph plays Mary Lamb, the campus’ chef who is a mother in grief.
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