Actress Octavia Spencer, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award for ‘The Help,’ poses in the press room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood, California.
The 39 year-old racked in awards this season, for her portrayal of the outspoken maid in the popular 2011 release. She also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role this year. View her Oscar’s acceptance speech below.
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Ddddddaaaaaammmmnnnnnn, Congrats Octavia
Just Fabulous!!! I cried when her name was called.
That is wonderful ! Congrates ♥ !
Good for her; her hard work has paid off. Congrats!
You truly deserved this,she’s come a long way in her career….she’s truly blessed
Congrats!!! & she looked amazing
She looks so beautiful! Congrats Octavia! Well deserved.
congrats to octavia, truly amazing film & actress
What a great moment.
Awww <3
First I will say congrats to you my Beautiful sister, Next I will say why is it that Oscar awards are given when a great black actor is betrayed as a villain or a maid to the white people. This is always the case, check the history.. Thank God we do count thou it is sad how we do,I hope this changes one day.
Yep… Mamies and Bucks
Ok, congrats BUT….why do we always win Oscars for playing slaves (Denzel), destitute mothers (Halle & Monique), and maids (Hattie & Octavia)? Aren’t black folks sick of seeing this type of behavior rewarded as if that’s all we’re meant to be??? Wake up people!
True, but so what? Who else is going to play them? Who else is going to accurately tell these stories to a seemingly unaware White audience? Plus, these films are actual movies, not that n*gga sh*t we tend to be used to a la Tyler Perry and the likes with underdevloped characters and story lines. Congrats to her nonetheless.
@Lulu you’re acting like black-women actually have a choice to play these roles these are the only roles that black women can get in Hollywood period its quite pathetic that you as a black woman find absolutely nothing wrong with this.you never see the white Jewish woman playing as a maid never you black women worship the white man and it shows
LOL! It is sad that Hollywood only allows certain roles for black women.
@hellrazer Yes…they have the choice to take the role, or not take the role, so get mad at them if you want to be on your Civil Rights bull. And these aren’t the only roles Black women can get in [White] Hollywood. I don’t believe Viola Davis portrayed either in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which was also nominated this year. It’s hard as it is to get your foot in the door when you’re a serious Black actor/actress, I’m just saying I see nothing demeaning about it. Now if you feel like the Academy is only honoring for those roles only, then let’s get some better movies out that present us in another light. Key word, BETTER.
@Lulu please name a role almost every role the black woman has gotten in Hollywood has been her being subservient to a white person or her playing as a lesbian or a damn coon if her winning an Oscar really makes you proud then you’re a good slave. You have a white man as your husband don’t you that’s why you like movies about black women serving whites.go do a Google search and your obtuse ass will see that homowood has Been criticized for only giving black women maid roles.that’s what most of you black women want is for the white man to have sympathy on your simple behinds and to put you in his kitchen. Hollywood has petray
H@Lulu please name a role almost every role the black woman has gotten in Hollywood has been her being subservient to a white person or her playing as a lesbian or a damn coon if her winning an Oscar really makes you proud then you’re a good slave. You have a white man as your husband don’t you that’s why you like movies about black women serving whites.go do a Google search and your obtuse ass will see that homowood has Been criticized for only giving black women maid roles.that’s what most of you black women want is for the white man to have sympathy on your simple behinds and to put you in his kitchen. Hollywood has portrayed black women ass maids since the 1930′s sis and they started with Hattie Mc Daniels
sad, but so true….Halle should’ve won for ‘Dorothy Dandridge’ not ‘Monsters Ball’!
It!’s 2012 and black-women are still honored to receive an award for playing a d*MN maid.Where are all these bitter black-women that complain about how they’re perceived by this society ? Nowhere to be found they show up on these blogs just to berate black-men,but how can black-men respect black-women when they degrade themselves like this ill tell you this as a black-man after last night I don’t have any respect for black-women it will not surprise me if the lord starts giving black-men women of other nationalities because this is completely unacceptable,lol the white-man probably laughs at the sexual favors this Octavia woman had to perform in order to win that damn Oscar lol
I understand your sentiments, but the funny thing about this comment is that you said, “you won’t be surprised if the l*rd actually gave [you guys] women of other nationalities”. Do you even know why women of other “nationalities” behave the way they do???? One is because they have a good amount of leaders in their community. GOOD male leaders who actually love and take care of them. Women mirror their men and the way they are treated by their men, I’m certain you already know this. So if you think black women are terrible, their men must be worse. Remember, you are the head. Also remember that Blacks, especially in America, have a different history from other groups, hence our behavior. Besides, black men have already been dating out in terms of “race” at a high rate, so no need to wait on the l*rd for that one.
How can the blackman lead his community when you black women have your heads stuck up martin Luther kings ass, I believe that you’re selling wolf tickets because you pretend to respect power but you have no knowledge of how the black man has been systematically broken down by this satanic society.you black women will go running back to the white mans feminist movements the minute the black man gets his act together women love wicked men and you do too when this society falls you’ll look back the same way lots wife did those men of the other nations never had there businesses snatched from under them the way the black man has by the white man do you even know why integration is pushed into the black community the way is ? Its to dismantle the same black community that you claim to respect black people most specifically black women have turned black business -hood into anti black establishment they are afraid of pissing of the white man now go teach some of your I love the black man wisdom to the white man and maybe he will finally keep some of his promises that he made to black people you hate the black man just like everyone else go read the curses of deuteronomy and tell me its not talking about us
@cheers Arent you that same idiot that Judah always dismantles, I’m typing this on my phone so I can’t get as deep as I want to
LOL he dismantled me?? Well so far he’s dismantled most people, so that’s irrelevant. And btw, you’re not fooling anybody. I love how you brought out the curses listed in the book of Deuteronomy. Why are Blacks living out those curses now??? Because they DISOBEYED G*d!!! The troubles we are facing now is simply the result of our disobedience. The way black women and men interact with each other is something that necessarily can’t be controlled. There is no need for me to get upset whenever something happens, especially when why it happens is clearly understood. This doesn’t mean that I “love” white men. And why is it whenever a black woman speaks she’s considered a feminist??? Can you bring forth one point I stated that goes along with the “feminist” mantra? I definitely understand how the black man was “systematically broken down”, but many of you guys tend to forget that when you want to tear black women. The behavior of most black women is only a result of what has happened to black men over the years. That’s why I stated that women “mirror” their men. And no, I am not selling “wolf” tickets lol. But if you want some, I know someone who does…
@cheers if the curses are not talkng about our people then please bring fourth proof,the black woman shall be saved through childbearing not though goddess worship, you really want a man to worship you and that proves that you’re a feminist no man unless he’s some homosexual has to stoop down to his woman’s level because he’s the head like you said lol you should stop condemning yourself with your own tongue because most of the things that you stated in regards to the black woman respecting the black man are all Biblical ma’am I suggest you sit down with your local pastor and go over those curses
No offense, but can you read??? I did state that the curses were speaking about our people. Didn’t I state that “the troubles we are facing now is simply the result of our disobedience”, hence, the reason we are cursed?? There is no doubt we are the people of the bible, unless someone else comes by to prove this wrong. Where did I say that I want a man to worship me??? I think you’re looking for a fight. I don’t have a “local pastor” btw…
@ cheers I got it wrong because you have problems expressing yourself ,it sounded like you disagreed with me because you’re so double minded.like I said IM ON MY PHONE SO ITS HARD TO VIEW THE SMALL TEXT THATS DISPLAYED ON MY TOUCHSCREEN DUMB ASS!
Lol I’m not even 21 yet and I’m on here dropping science
LOL you know good and well you’re in your 50s LMBO!!!! Talkin’ bout some “you can’t read small text” Please…You simply have trouble comprehending because you’re allowing anger to cloud your judgement.
@cheers I’m glad that you believe that I have the wisdom of a man in his fifties lol thanks for the compliment,go somewhere and masturbate it’s late and we all know that like most black women you don’t have a man Lol
LOL stated you’re in your fifties because you can’t “see”. Nothing more. And that last statement is only true for your sisters in America. I can’t believe you would stoop this low, grandpa. But whatever…
@cheers everyone can see that you’re a liar and a humongous ignoramus you have problems expressing yourself
@cheers what’s your nationality are you even black huh
Who cares what I am. And how many times did I state in my commentary that I am a black woman?
Well my comments are being moderated, but it doesn’t matter what I am.
You black women are lucky I’m on my cellphone because I would really go in on your ass
LOL well thank goodness you’re on your cellphone then
Lol, I believe you’re one of these bugged out afro-centric black women
I’m not ‘bugged out’ lol. I agree with you on most of your points, you just have a wrong way of conveying them. Is their something wrong with being afro-centric?? Would you prefer that I be more “euro-centric”? LOL
Suck my d.ick
Yup, typical black man. And this is the same mouth you use to preach about G*d. Interesting…
What Scripture says I can’t get my dck sucked huh and how am I typical? Because I love oral sex you do not know me so don’t assume any thing about me or my lifestyle, I probably make more money than you do sis
And what scripture says that you can?? Typical in the fact that you just have to insult black women whenever you get the chance. Blacks love to break each other. I’m sure you make more than I do (drug dealers make mad bread), I don’t dispute that LOL…
@cheers songs of Solomon 2:3
Don’t misconstrue the l*rd’s words. The Song of Solomon is a figurative book. That practice was something Europeans started. It’s unclean.
@ cheers nigg@ please it is what it is oral sex has existed in every culture since the beginning of time just Google it man,disprove that Scripture and where are your Scriptures Einstein?
Goodnight cheers
LOL whatever kneegrow. You can do whatever you please to. Me bringing out a scripture to disprove that would be irrelevant because it’s not that serious.
LOL goodnight.
Okay, are you seriously listening to yourself??! You sound very ignorant. How could you blame black women? It’s not our fault that we don’t get honored as much as we should and that we don’t have as many opportunities for roles in Hollywood. Octavia received an award because of her phenomenal performance in The Help understand? It is sad to see that we (the black community) don’t get enough acknowledgements for our work not only in the acting career but in other things we pursue. Don’t be a hater it doesn’t look good at all and makes you sound dumber by the second. Just be proud that this beautiful BLACK woman was honored even though she may be of the few. And you MUST be a racist since you want to bash on black women so bad? I bet you can’t wait to get to a computer loser.
Are black women above reproach, you live in a damn dollhouse
great job! she worked her little lane bryant granny panties off and she has finally arrived!
Damn right
I don`t understand why some are getting all upset about the way Hollywood does business when it comes to blacks. Hollywood, land of ILLUSION, is only a reflection of society when it comes to people of color. Some of you seem to be dislusional thinking that Hollywood is separate from society in general…some of you need to abandon your obtuse mindset. Besides, what does it really mean to be given a statue from The Jews? Do we need them to validate us as humans too?
Shalom
THEY ARE BRINGING BACK THE FAT BLACK MAMMIES AND MAIDS AS PART OF THE AGENDA. THEY ARE NOT GIVING ANY GLAMOROUS BLACK ACTRESSES ANY AWARDS, PERIOD. REMEMBER MORGAN FREEMAN IN DRIVING MISS DAISY? SAME THING. IF YOU WANT AN OSCAR YOU HAVE TO PLAY SOMETHING DEMEANING. NOTICE THEY DID NOT GIVE DENZEL AN OSCAR FOR PLAYING MALCOM X OR WILL SMITH FOR PLAYING MOHAMMED ALI. INSTEAD HE GOT ONE FOR PLAYING A CROOKED COP. PURE IN YOUR FACE RACISM.
so happy for her
Me too.She deserved it. Enough said.
What’s wrong with being happy for a person that’s worked hard in his/her career? Why even bring up race or nationality? People can be so closed minded and judgmental about everything. At least she WAS acknowledged. Damn smh. Take your drama somewhere else. @HELLRAZER no one is living in a damn doll house but yourself.
F.UCk off nitwit
she looks GORGEOUS in that dress.
I’m sorry I had to say it, however Congrats on the win!!
And we’re supposed to be happy for this? nursemaiding white folks? ppphtt
yes she really deserve it