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MICHAEL TAMSURIYAMIT, REPORTER:
It was a fairytale dream come true for actress Ariana DeBose at this year’s 94th Academy Awards.
Already the owner of a BAFTA and Screen Actor Guilds Award, The Academy crowned DeBose as “Best Supporting Actress,” for her role as Anita in “West Side Story.”
With her win, DeBose officially becomes the second Latina to win an Oscar at the nearly century-old Academy Awards.
She joins the ranks of fellow actress Rita Moreno, who is the only other Latina to ever win an Oscar, coincidentally for her performance as the original Anita in “West Side Story” back in 1961.
DeBose also makes history as the first openly queer woman of color to be nominated and ultimately win an Oscar award.
And for 21-year-old Allison Cachay Narva, who is Latina and queer herself, she says DeBose’s win meant the world to her.
ALLISON CACHAY NARVA, MAIN TALENT:
There's so many times working in theater, working in what I really love and have loved for so long, where you feel like you don't belong. To be literally the second Latina to have ever won an Oscar, like, that's insane to me. Seeing her there is like, it felt really great. It felt like there's a possibility, like she’s holding place for us.
TAMSURIYAMIT:
And when accepting her award, DeBose made sure to emphasize that there is indeed a seat and place for everyone at the table.
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