Ariana DeBose takes home Best Supporting Actress at Critics Choice Awards
dailymail.co.ukAriana DeBose raved about her West Side Story co-star Rita Moreno as she accepted the accolade for Best Supporting Actress at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday.Both DeBose and Moreno were up for the award, and in her speech DeBose, 31, honored her co-star as she accepted the honor from London.'I wrote some things down and yet my phone is over there,' Ariana, who was recognized for her work playing Anita, the same role Rita played in 1961's West Side Story, began in her speech. 'That's unfortunate.
You know, thank you, thank you to the Critics Choice Association. Critics, you matter, and I am so, so, so grateful for your support of West Side Story. 'You made space for me to thrive beside you': Ariana DeBose raved about her West Side Story co-star Rita Moreno as she accepted the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday'There were so many people who questioned whether or not this film should be reimagined, and you rallied around us, you loved on us, every single one of us, and I am very, very grateful for that, so thank you.
To my fellow nominees, you are also stinking glorious and I love you so much! You inspire me, and especially one fellow nominee, the great Rita Moreno,' she said.'You made space for me to thrive beside you.
I am not in front of you, I am not behind you, I am beside you, and that is the greatest gift you could have ever given me. 'You know, the last thing I'm going to say, because you never know who is watching, to all young people, it doesn't matter how you identify, or who you are, you are unique, you are talented, you are seen, you are valued, you are loved, and you matter.
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