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AchievementMarch 27, 2022· arts

Ariana DeBose Wins Academy Award, First Afro-Latina Oscar Winner

Ariana DeBose won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in 'West Side Story,' becoming the first Afro-Latina and the first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar. Her victory speech, in which she named her intersecting identities, was widely celebrated as a historic moment of representation.