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Da'Vine Joy Randolph on 'The Holdovers' and becoming a matriarch

Da'Vine Joy Randolph on 'The Holdovers' and becoming a matriarch

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph just keeps winning — she's won best supporting
actress for her role in The Holdovers at the BAFTAs, the Golden
Globes, and Critics Choice Awards, and now she's up for an Oscar.
And her performance as Mary Lamb, the head cook at a boy's boarding
school in 1970's Massachusetts, really is awards worthy. Mary is
no-nonsense, but loving, and grieving a son who's been killed in
the Vietnam War. It's a moving and subtle portrayal of grief.
Da'Vine says part of the success of her performance is owed to the
quality of the script and of her collaborators, but she also has an
awe-inspiring character creation process. Host Brittany Luse sat
down with Da'Vine to chat about how she conveys a character's
spirit – and the personal stories she drew from to build this
particular performance - while at the same time battling Hollywood
stereotypes about curvy Black women.

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