Viola Davis continues to be a trailblazer –
The Fifth Screen Actors Guild Award yesterday – winning in the best supporting actress in a motion picture category for her role in Fences –
Davis, 51, won the award over Midnight‘s Naomie Harris, Lion‘s Nicole Kidman, Hidden Figures‘ Octavia Spencer and Manchester by the Sea‘s Michelle Williams. (Three weeks ago, she won the Golden Globe in the same category against the same four actresses.
With her latest win, Davis became the first African-American actress and the first woman of color to nab five Actor statuettes.
Source Yahoo.com
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