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Da'Vine Joy Randolph talks about her Golden Globes win, Oscar buzz and how she channels grief

In "The Holdovers," set against the backdrop of people on a school campus stranded during the holidays, Randolph portrays Mary Lamb, a career manager grieving her son's death in Vietnam.

Her performance marks her first Golden Globe win and has gained her Oscar buzz and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In "The Holdovers," set against the backdrop of a boarding school campus where people are stranded during the holidays, Randolph portrays Mary Lamb, a career manager grieving her son's death in Vietnam. Randolph said she drew inspiration for the role from her own experiences of seeing how grief has shown up in her own family members and in the lives of Black women in her life.

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