Viola Davis, one of the most incredible and amazing actresses of our time blew our minds away with her acceptance speech at Critics’ Choice Awards. She won Best Supporting Actress for The Fences and by this speech she showed us, why she was the one to win it.
She’s brilliant, she’s stunning and she deserves it.
“Privilege of a lifetime is being who you are,” she said, stating that there is nothing better than staying true to yourself. No matter what you do, no matter how you try to behave to impress people, you will only succeed if you are being you. I’m so proud of her.
Simon’s my right hand man. Having one of those is important. I mean what do you have left without ‘em? A whole lot of work. You have one? Maybe one of these fine people still breathing.
Or did I…
Congratulations to Tatiana Maslany! 2016 Emmy Winner as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her Lead Roles in Orphan Black ♥ Clone Club couldn’t be prouder of you! #EmmyforMaslany
Acceptance speech: “Thank you so much, there are so many people I feel so indebted to… Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, thank you for this incredible dream job. My team, Jennifer Goldhar and Steve Alexander, everyone at BWR. Stephen Lynch, Kathryn Alexandre, our incredible writer’s room. My beautiful cast and crew, I love you, guys. My Tom, my family, thank you so much. I feel so lucky to be on a show that puts women at the center. Thank you so much to the Academy. Thank you.”