Da’Vine Joy Randolph at the SAG Awards 2024.Photo:Netflix
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Da’Vine Joy Randolphis getting kudos from her fellow actors for her role inThe Holdovers!
Randolph then thanked those who madeThe Holdoverscome to life, including the Focus Features family, its chairman Peter Kujawski and screenwriter Alexander Payne “for your trust and your collaboration.”
“You are truly every actor’s dream,” she continued before shouting out herHoldoverscostars,Paul Giamattiand Dominic Sessa. “To Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa, thank you for your generosity and honesty. Grief is a slippery emotion to capture and I thank you for creating an environment where I felt safe enough to explore the depths of [my character] Mary. How lucky are we that we get to do what we do? Truly, in what other profession are people able to live so many lives and touch so many hearts of those who they have never gotten to meet?”
To conclude her heartfelt speech, Randolph provided an inspirational message to her fellow actors. “For every actor out there still waiting in the wings for their chance, let me tell you, your life can change in a day,” she said. “It is not a question of if, but when. Keep going. Thank you.”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in ‘The Holdovers’.Seacia Pavao/FOCUS FEATURES
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Now aGolden Globe,Critics’ Choice Awardand BAFTA winner, Randolph continues to find awards season success for her work as Mary Lamb inThe Holdovers.
In the film, she plays a cook and grieving mother working at the Barton Academy who stays at the New England boarding school during the holiday season. Opposite rising star Sessa and fellow nominee Giamatti, Randolph delivers one of the year’s most decorated performances.
Inher speech at the Globes, the actress said in part that her character Mary has “changed my life —you have made me feel seen in so many ways that I’ve never imagined, and I hope I’ve helped you all find your inner Mary. Because there’s a little bit of her in all of us.”
Randolph had some stiff competition, with Blunt, Brooks, Cruz, Foster, and Randolph also nominated for the award.
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Blunt, 40, has four prior nominations, with one win for her supporting role in 2018’sA Quiet Place. The British actress’ work as the real-lifeKitty Oppenheimerhelped make Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimerone of 2023’s biggest hits and the highest-grossing biopic of all time.
TheDevil Wears Pradastar added to her list of accolades when she nabbed her firstOscarnomination for herOppenheimerrole on Jan. 23.
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Brooks, 34, records her first individual nod at this year’s SAG Awards forThe Color Purple. She previously scored as part of the decoratedOrange Is the New Blackcast, which won outstanding ensemble in a comedy series three years in a row.
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Cruz’s three prior SAG nods came for her work in the 2006 Spanish filmVolver, the 2008 rom-comVicky Cristina Barcelonaand 2018’s limited seriesThe Assassination of Gianni Versace.
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In a biopic about swimmer Diana Nyad’s quest to swim the Straits of Florida, Foster, 61, plays swim coach Bonnie Stoll,whom she befriended ahead of filming. A testament to their closeness, the Oscar winner captured the former athlete’s mannerisms as she guidesAnnette Bening’s Nyad across the sea.
TheSilence of the Lambsactress attends as a previous SAG Award winner, recognized almost30 years ago for her leading role in 1994’sNell.
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