Viola Davis wins Best Supporting Actress | 89th Oscars (2017) 

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Yasss!💛🦋

Fuk Meryl Streep

I have been amazed by Viola Davis for years. What an amazing actress. As soon as I heard that Viola was going to work on Shonda Rhimes project "How To Get Away With Murder" I knew she would win an Emmy. And when I saw her performance in Fences I knew that she would win the Oscar. And Jeffrey is right. The scene with Viola and Meryl in Doubt was nothing short of spectacular. It was like a Master Class in acting.

Indeed ❤️

Brittney Washington yes!!!

Brittney Washington and she till this day never, got her skin lighten or anything, Naoimi Camble,Whoppie, same thing, love your self, your skin!!! Just wanted to say that!!

@@katricejohnson9849 and why should she. This is our skin that god gave us.

On ANY skin looks beautiful 😁!!!

+American cutie you haven't studied the colour wheel, then, have you?

I think everybody said that

Miles Munroe

@@sd3564 shut up. Viola is one of a kind

@Amanda Cerny your funny lol nobody said anything negative about her you seem like a really negative person

@@sd3564 you did. Everybody said what? Shut up you imbecile

That's awesome

I knew. She deserved it then too. What a brilliant performance by an astute and valued actress. Definitely a woman of substance and character that matters.

So did Denzel

Tony, Emmy n Oscar I LOVE HER

wait, this mean she only needs a grammy to be an EGOT artist omg

tigana DEAD ASS

SAME

Viola! Finally!!!

tigana Yea she is incredible

1 deep breath and I would be wiped OUT! She is amazing!

Moonman best comment!!

lol...yeah, by earning it!

I hate u 😂

Moonman fuck you 😂 and that is how you get away with murder

Just started to watch htgawm within a few days and i'm already at s4 and this comment made me smile hahaha

Yah she has EOT that's awesome.

All this time I thought the G stood for Golden globe. Smh learned something new lol

Whats the t stood for?

@@meteor.h A Tony award - for broadway theatre

@@riannekellyreyes2290 thankkssss

I think the medical industry, cops, military, fireman would beg to differ.

@@OscarMPG1 The Medical Industry and Fire Department save lives. The Police Force protects lives. The Military ends lives. But artists are the only ones that really show what it means to live life in all its forms. Birth, Joy, Love, Death. Viola’s right.

@@OscarMPG1 They actually saves lifes as oppose to telling different stories about LIfe

@@rexvincentvalencia Drs deal with Birth, Joy, Love and Death too. I think the medical profession is really a profession of "life".

@@OscarMPG1 don't be a sanctimonious dk

Minus the religious references. Bit of a downer.

@@djandreal why is her faith s downer to u?

@@shelbygwiza9861 because she's rubbing it in everyone's face with such disregard to those who do not believe in her god. I also hate how she believe god is responsible for her achievements instead of giving credit to herself and the supporting people around her. God is never brought up when tragic events happen though. Religious people seem to only mention him for the good and positives. Makes no sense.

@@djandreal no disrespect meant by what I am about to say but that is the most stupid thing I have heard. You said it’s HER god so why does she need to regard other beliefs into her own, she’s not going to mention the gods of different faiths then apologise to the atheists as well. She’s not being an advocate just stating what she believes in and isn’t forcing that on anyone else. You are clearly resentful to God or a higher power or whatever but with her faith she believes that she was put on this right path by God and those actions got her to winning that Oscar; that isn’t discrediting herself just uplifting who she believes is responsible

@@shelbygwiza9861 no offense but your assumption is laughable at best. I clearly don't believe in god or any supernatural entity so how could I be mad at god? I just find it really sad that people still believe in fictional characters in this day and age. Have you read the Bible? Does it sound plausible to you? It's clearly a bunch of fairytales and it floors me how people do not question all the horrible and cruel things god did in the old testament. I mean, honestly, wake the fuck up! There are thousands of religions out there, has it ever crossed your mind that maybe they're nothing but made up stories? I just find it annoying when people thank "god" for their personal achievements.

Bach the 1st she always gives a good speech

You're not lying.

Was!

Up until the part where she says acting is the only profession that celebrates life.

@@Whoa802 fucking pretentious

Indeed, was looking for someone to acknowledge his intro...

@@cressreeves171 Joe Pesci, Best acceptance speach ever. Casual

Truly.. 🤩🤩🤩

he is SO SEXY

Yes, it was amazing! Beautifully said

completely right

When I saw her in out of sight with Clooney and López I knew she was going to win the Oscar! I hate being right! 😍😍

I agree she is a tremendous artist

FACTS

Maybe not suicide squad lmao, but she is underrated

She's beautiful period.

Lebron Almighty how is that racist? Viola does have beautiful skin. Maybe because it was coming from a person with lighter skin tone. If She was black would the comment still be a racist comment?

yes,

Hailey Niskanen De La Puente Absolutely Stunning! Like chocolate silk........ ❤️

A beautiful black sister! Kudos!

She and Meryl are besties. Absolute best and dearest friends.

the shade of the cameraman

Hit like if you thought Nicole Kidman deserved to win

Hit like if you thought Octavia Spencer deserved to win

Hit like if you thought Naomie Harris deserved to win

Hit like if you thought Michelle Williams deserved to win

Wow it's true you are savage, damn, why so extreme?

I heard it first from Myles Munroe, great motivational message.

It was definitely Dr Myles Munroe.

Definitely first voiced by Dr. Myles Munroe.

That’s powerfully written.Make it happen brother.Good will

SuperJonz I love Les!!!

They always say that you should never meet your idol in person, but how awesome it is for Viola Davis to actually have a very close friendship with Meryl Streep, her biggest acting role model?! That’s just life goals right there.

Viola Davis’s performance in Fences was actually a lead in my opinion. Viola should have been nominated and win for Best Actress while Naomie Harris should have won Best Supporting Actress for an actual supporting role.

It hits hard. If you create for love and for the legacy you wanna leave, that phrase hits so hard.

What about Doctors and Nurses?

I know right?! Made me tear up.

@@brucecrawford4948 They don't celebrate life, they save lives.

James Ultron They celebrate new life when babies are born & they celebrate life when they cure someone of a disease, etc.

That Observation really resonated.

If her and Angela Bassett star together, they will break media

I’m crying too and the way her husband looks at her with great admiration

Her speeches are always so POWERFUL

That was a wonderfully spoken acceptance of an Oscar, and no crying over here too

I’m crying too

Yeeeees 😭😭😭

Mariolittle13 and you have the worst grammar in the world.

Luke S. And you have the worst punctuation in the world.

Best black actresses

She is

Spencer Higham me too, but Meryl ....

Now we have to wait for Amy Adams and Michelle Williams...

Gemnist thank god there is someone remembers michelle williams another me

Gemnist Nah. Annette Bening, Glenn Close and Isabelle Huppert deserves to win their 1st Oscar first before Amy Adams and Michelle Williams.

Yeah, you're right.

Emma is always terrific when it comes to supporting her costars. That’s probably one of the reasons why Viola decided to campaign in the Supporting Actress category instead for Lead Actress. I guess why compete against a good friend for the same award when you both can win in different categories.

Both Emma and Viola have remained good friends long after working on The Help. The 2017 Oscar ceremony was kinda cool because it reunited Emma, Octavia, and Viola during the award season and seeing the support they had for each other was wonderful to see.

Manoli S. Brasil.

Manoli S. Brasil.

Manoli S. Recife Brasil.

Dammm! Now that's acting!

Yes!!

Hell yeah

Yeaaah love this 😍

She looks really beautiful 😍

That red compliments are perfectly 💋

Honestly awards should always be based on talent, effort and impact. Awarding based on appearance is just racist in another form

It made me smile

I had tears rolling down my eyes and a wide smile. Cheers

Captain o my captain🖤

Yeah, I didn't understand. Why didn't she get best actress? Wasn't she on the screen almost as much as Denzel was?

@@zenamatthews9380 It was a strategic decision. All signs pointed to Emma winning best actress for La La Land, so putting Viola in supporting was a 100% chance she would win because the rest of the supporting actresses paled in comparison. Putting her in lead would risk her not getting anything at all. The real shame is Denzel not winning best actor.

@@BelleBlack1 thank you! He wasn't as good as her in my opinion.

She committed category fraud so she could win. She feared Emma Stone and since she was so thirsty she went supporting.

@Faye Lasher thanks for clearing it up. But Casey Definitely deserved that Oscar

hahaha same

Ha so do I

It’s the wig 😂🗣

I was confused too. Had to google to make sure I didn't miss the adoption of Emma Stone by Viola and Julius. You never know, hollywood is crazy if you don't keep up with the everyday hustle bustle.

Lmao!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@pavelmedbery3055 😂😂😂😂

I found that statement a little weird at first. What does she mean? That only actors celebrate life and people in other professions don't? Isn't there a lot of self-entitlement in that claim? Or does she mean that all human life-stories are celebrated by the art of acting?

@@musicalmattress1053 obviously this is what she meant

@@musicalmattress1053 I thought she meant the story tellers, everyone involved in making and creating stories whether it's TV, theater, Broadway, movies or another medium I am not aware of.

I actually found this statement horribly tone-deaf. There are plenty of professions out there celebrating what it means to live a life--people who work really hard to celebrate and foster the lives of ordinary people. This stood out to me as another example of actors patting themselves on the back. The rest of the speech was excellent, and I like to believe Ms. Davis intended that comment differently than it came across. But, I'm sorry, to suggest that only artists celebrate what it means to live a life is preposterous.

@@kevinconnor6035 How do other professions outside of filmmaking "celebrate" what it means to live a life? Other professions SERVE human life and PROTECT but they don't celebrate living a life in terms of their profession and work

I understand you, but she was the main actress in Fences, but she wasn't for the storytelling. It alredy happened, for exemple Jennifer Connelly for A beutiful mind.

Jeigo Lim How is she not supporting? The main focus of the movie was Denzel Washington. It was HIS story. Everyone else was supporting.

Viola did Supporting because it increased her chances

It’s very difficult for a black actress to win the Best Actress, only Halle Berry did it, the rest just won the Supporting. The Academy would rather give Meryl Streep her 3rd Oscar than give Viola her first 5 years ago.

Her role is supporting in the film, whether you like it or not. Still better than Alicia Vikander mix-up last year.

A.S Alfred who else did this happen to?

Example: Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon

Exactly, the academy does this all the time.

@@nandimillett8406 Lupita did it!

Whoopi Goldberg for "Ghost."

Wendy Shipp Its Cynthia Erivo who is going to be Harriet

Yeah....we'll debate that one until the end of time. Just like with Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls.

TheOGKSJ From my perspective, it was fair for Jennifer to be nominated for Supporting Actress. Because Deena was the protagonist and Effie was more of a neutral character.

I think if Beyoncé had been campaigned as supporting she would have been nominated as well - I remember hoping at the beginning of that season that all 3 Dreams would have been nominated

Jennifer was lucky! Had they nominated Meryl in the proper category that year for Devil...Prada Jennifer would have gone home empty handed!

She probably didn’t want to compete against Emma, who is a personal friend and former coworker.

Ant B me too!

Viola is representing Black people, especially African Americans. She is not up there representing people of color, nor little brown or Hispanic kids (the ones who are racist against Blacks like Viola). Stop trying to create a fairy tale to make yourself feel better. Hispanics, for the most part, are racist & colorist.

@@ExquisiteKinkyCoils I dont know what you mean by Hispanic, but there are black hispanics as well, as white hispanics, as well as indigenous hispanics, or even hispanics with asian feature. So is kinda of weird and oversimplyfing the concept of being hispanic that USA citizens use.

@@alejandropradilladuarte3407 lets not play games, ok? By default, white Hispanics are the ones I'm taking about. Since when are indigenous Hispanics & Black Hispanics every mentioned in the media by white Hispanics? Hardly ever. The colorism & racism with Hispanics is an utter mess. Let this be the last time you assume to have an upper hand.

@@ExquisiteKinkyCoils yeah sure i mean i live in Colombia and im Colombian , and im pretty sure we are not as racists as you say we are... But sure I guess you know more about being a latino than me. Just Please stop oversimplyfing, latinoamérica is pretty big and have a lot of countries in it, it is annoying as hell when we are threated as an homogenous group, for example in Brazil they dont even speak spanish, in Aruba they speak papiamento... So we are not all the same. And im sorry, but im pretty sure that racism between white hispanics and black people is not the main problem to solve regarding racism in USA.

@@alejandropradilladuarte3407 if you're going to have a thin-skin, then don't engaged in a debate. Truth is, Hispanic America, good Lord, have terrible racism, & you can't even be honest about it when attempting to respond. I know about Latin America, & will speak on it. Hispanic & Latin American's messy history & current state of racism & colorism is not hidden, except by people like you. My goodness, fix your own messy backyards before posting to me, hypocrite.

GeniusDolphin she was so happy for her. That speech changed my life

They worked together on The Help. And everyone loves Viola.

I know, they are both leads in The Help

Along with Octavia Spencer

She was totally uncomfortable ha ha

Meryl won because of Campaigning by Miramax and Harvey Weinstein. Well that didn't age well. But she won the Oscar mostly because of her work not being recognised since Sophie's Choice. I feel she should have got her third Oscar for The Devil Wears Prada. That would have made Voila won for help. And Michelle Williams for Manchester by the Sea.

@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi Yeach ,She deserve for the devil wears prada, not the iron lady

remembering that Meryl couldn't either. I believe her reaction revealed the Academy messed that one up (again)

Depending on who the woman are in the main category, the studio may put them in supporting if they feel she has a better chance of winning.

...I'm back again...in awe of course = you are amazing.

You'll win one day again 😇

@@trinisun thank you ❤

@@peppesz9974 ❤

same

Why this remind me of Ariana Grande "Thank you, next" lyrics "I've loved and I've lost"

And Will Smith should play Mr Obama.

Yes

I can see that

Damn you predicted it

WELL DAMN SHE IS!!!!

she will one day! her ending scene in Manchester by the Sea broke my heart

elmofreak91 Agreed!

Michelle and Amy Adams. I really hope to see Laura Linney too.

GuiK Me too.

GuiK i thought i was the only one who never forgets about Laura Linney today haha. Cheers, mate!