Viola Davis Feels Black Nominees Deserved To Be At The Oscars

Renowned American producer and actress, Viola Davis opens up regarding the increase in number of black nominees in Oscar this year in comparison to last year.

The actress stressed on the fact that it is not any kind of compensation drawn to balance the act of nominating more whites in the Oscar last year. However, the actress feels that all the blacks deserved the nominations that they received this year..

"There's a lot of typecasting -- age, sex, colour, dark-skinned, light-skinned," said Viola Davis who grabbed the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.'

"Response to #OscarSoWhite? No. I think that every nominee from Naomie Harris to Octavia Spencer to 'Hidden Figures' to 'Fences' to 'Moonlight' to Mahershala Ali are up there because they deserve to be there." Said Viola Davis in a statement.

Davis says, there might be a lot of people thinking about the black nominees entered this year's Oscar based upon the 'Response to #OscarSoWhite', rather it is the performances of the black artists which fetched them the Oscar entry tickets.

"They're not there because of the colour of their skin. They put in the work. So the answer to that is no," added Viola Davis.