Montgomery, Alabama native Octavia Spencer brought home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Help… or in The Help language, ‘Minny don’ won her an Oscar!’
And Viola Davis, although losing Best Actress to Meryl Streep for Iron Lady, made an even bigger statement by ditching her wigs and rocking a stylish natural ‘do.
See the look:
Before the Oscar event her husband, Julius Tennon, told her about her wigs:
“If you want to wear it for your career, that’s fine, but in your life wear your hair. Step into who you are! It’s a powerful statement.”
Davis told InStyle about whether she would return to wigs:
“We’ll see. I think I’ll change it up every once in a while. It gives me flavor. It makes me feel like I’m spicing my life up a bit.”
Check out the full list of winners (below):
Best Picture: The Artist
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Short Film (Animated): The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Short Film (Documentary): Saving Face
Short Film (Live Action): The Shore
Writing (Original Screenplay): Midnight In Paris, Woody Allen
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Descendants, Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Music (Original Song): “Man Or Muppet,” The Muppets
Music (Original Score): The Artist
Visual Effects: Hugo
Animated Feature: Rango
Documentary Feature: Undefeated
Sound Mixing: Hugo
Sound Editing: Hugo
Film Editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Makeup: The Iron Lady
Costume Design: The Artist
Art Direction: Hugo
Cinematography: Hugo
That natural hair on Viola is just splendid!
Viola is looking gorgeous. I am so happy for Octavia though.
What do you call an awards organization that nominates a friend all the time? Viola did well, except I wish it was for a more renowned role.
It was literally ‘The Help” vs “Margaret Thatcher” – a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? What do you expect. We act like folks in this country still don’t look up to that old “Empire?” It’s more than friends voting @Kessy, its ties, its kinship!
Come on Mrs. Streep did well! She’s a great actress.
yah right. Yah, there are 7 great actresses i can name on finger right now, and sure she’s one of them but her movie Iron Lady scored a putrid 6.3/10 compared to The Help that scored, 8.0/10 on IMDB for example. Everywhere you look, The Help scores better. So I don’t get it, except the voters want to honor some kin @Brinisha. Lol. We get it, LOL.
No joke!
I remember The King’s Speech. They shd know by now that we’ve seen the pattern, and we kinda know where their allegiances lie — haha.
Viola shdn’t have expected it anyway… she got the NAACP, right? that works!