Golden Globes 2017 Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis wins - WATCH passionate speech
VIOLA DAVIS has won big at the Golden Globe Awards 2017, scooping Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
Viola Davis emotional Golden Globes acceptance speech
The How To Get Away With Murder legend overcame very strong competition to win the well-deserved trophy for her work in the film Fences.
She swept aside Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) and Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) to emerge victorious.
Watch her acceptance speech below:
Viola Davis WON at the Golden Globes
The 51-year-old gave a heartfelt speech
Viola had previously been nominated four times
It’s not every day Hollywood thinks about translating a play to screen
The 51-year-old had been nominated for four Golden Globes previously: in the same category for Doubt in 2008, for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama in 2011 for The Help, and for Best Actress - Television Series Drama in 2014 and 2015 for How To Get Away With Murder.
She said: ”Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press, this is my fifth nomination… I took all the pictures, went to the luncheon but it’s right on time!
“To all the people who believed in this piece of work… it’s not every day Hollywood thinks about translating a play to screen. It doesn’t scream money-maker, you know?
“But it does scream art. It does scream heart. Thank you to all the wonderful actors… Denzel [Washington], you know I’m a friend and a fan. Thank you for being an extraordinary leader.
She had a rapturous reception from the audience
Golden Globes: Red carpet
“Thank you for saying ‘trust me, and remember the love’.”
Growing emotional, she continued: “And my beautiful husband, my daughter, loves of my life. And to the original Troy; my father, Dan Davies, born in 1936, groomed horses, had a fifth grade education, didn’t know how to read until he was 15…
“But you know what, he had a story that deserved to be told and August Wilson told it. Thank you very much.”
See the full Golden Globes winners’ list here.