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Da’Vine Joy Randolph wins best supporting actress Oscar for The Holdovers

Randolph triumphs for her role as a grieving mother in the Alexander Payne-directed film also starring Paul Giamatti

Randolph, who played school cafe manager Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster(for Nyad), Emily Blunt(for Oppenheimer) and Danielle Brooks(for The Color Purple). The Oscar was presented to Randolph by a quintet of previous winners: Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Rita Moreno and Regina King.

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