To quote Teyana Taylor’s own song “WTP”: “I believe that there’s a big future out there with a lot of beautiful things.” Oh, like winning a nationally televised acting award? Taylor won Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her work in One Battle After Another at this year’s Golden Globe awards, making her the presumptive front-runner at this year’s Oscars. “Oh my God, I almost didn’t even write a speech,” Taylor said when she got to the stage. “My babies! My babies are upstairs watching. Y’all better be off them damn phones and watching me right now!” Taylor won out over some stiff competition, most notably Amy Madigan as Aunt Gladys in Weapons, who won last week at the Critics Choice Awards.
In her speech, she thanked everyone who helped her make One Battle, including her director PTA. “To Paul ‘Let ’Em Cook’ Thomas Anderson!” she said, “Thank you for your vision, your trust, and your brilliance. My gratitude is endless. I love you, we love you, and thank you so much for holding space for me and our entire cast.” She finished her speech with a message “to my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight.” “Our softness is not a liability,” she told them. “Our depth is not too much. Our light does not need permission to shine. We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter and our dreams deserve space.” Now that’s the kind of speech that people just might want to award all season.
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