"It’s taken a long time for me to feel comfortable calling myself an actor," she said in her acceptance speech.
Ariana Debas gave a prize for excellent performance by a female actor in a supportive role for West Side Story at 2022 SAG Awards.
The actress was nominated with Catrona Balf (Belfast), Kate Blanchet (Nightmare Gley), Kirsten Dandest (The Power of the Dog) and Ruth Negga (passing).
The prize marked the first nomination and victory.
"An actor has taken a long time to feel comfortable. My roots come from the dance world and Broadway phase," she said. Adding to the movie, "Anita, which we look at the screen, took me everything, but I took ten years and I was very proud of her and our film. And I really believe that when you are one of us If you recognize us all in a way. "
Later, he believed in the possibility of representing director Steven Spielberg "not only my talent but also" and "love" and "beautiful cinematic experience" of his cast and crew.
He ended his speech by thanking them all in presence in SAG Awards: "I have seen many of you for a long time. You have inspired me and you continue to do this and I'm just thrilled among you. . "
Debos's victory comes between actress receiving her first Oscars for the best helpful actress.
In the West Side Story, Debos Anita, a San Juan Hill Seastrace and elder sister to the West towards the West Led Maria. This movie starts the classic story between Star-Crossed Lover Maria (Zeglar) and Tony (Ensel Algort) and the rivalry between the gangs, Jets and Sharks, which in the middle of the 1950s, New York Located in the middle of.
Debas also won the Golden Globe for the role.
Backstage, Debas explained that his heart was "fast" when heard that name was called for the category. "I remember that my heart was getting faster ... head to toe," she said. After a reunion with Prom Co-Star Merrill Streep, Debos said, "When they were in a sudden category, I was caught a little bit in the way." Many women who fully inspire me, was already heavy, so let's find out what to say when I went there, let's get up alone, how to get up there because I came very confused ... this one There was a thrilling experience. ,
He also reflected on the role of the story of his West, "It is a respect, it is a respectable, it is an Africa-Latina, the open queue woman, a dancer, a singer and an actor. It is My sign is that I will not last and this is an important part. Whatever the first attached, the name is very special to me but if I am nothing, I will not be the last. "
He continued, "Anita's legacy means a great deal for me for many different reasons. I am still a Broadway girl in the heart and we often talk about Rita Moreno, because we want it mythology, But Og Anita Chita is Riviera on the stage, and I have seen Chita for so long. He made a way to me on the Broadway Stage which I do. To be part of Anita's heritage, in which cheetah and Rita and now Ariana Both are included, it is really special for me. "
Debas also celebrated how Riviera, Moreno and himself are "all different types of Latinus". "And it is beautiful and important because there is no way to be Latina or Hispanic, there are many beautiful ways and I think every one of us has a rule," she said.
In the Hollywood Reporter Cover Story with Debos, Rita Moreno and Rachel Zigler, Debos reflects on the prestigious feeling for the first time, which is reluctant to audition for the prestigious role. "When I thought about Anita, I thought about Rita Moreno, Cheeta Riviera - Debbie Alan and Valley Petiford played a role, but the most famous incarnation of this character is not just like me, and they are beloved. ," where did it go. "I did not know 'I do not know [my place for interpretation, because I have to play him as a black woman.' Otherwise, I did not think anything could be added [role]. It was done, and beautifully. "
28th Annual SAG Award was broadcast on TNT and TBS from Barker hanger in Santa Monica. For the first time, the show will be available on the HBO Max next day.