Viola Davis Wins BAFTA, Slams President Donald Trump In Her Acceptance Speech
Viola Davis, who won BAFTA Award for theBest Actress in Supporting Role, speaks up for diversities in Hollywood.
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Celebrated
Hollywood
actress
Viola
Davis,
won
the
BAFTA
Award
for
Best
Supporting
Actress,
for
her
splendid
performance
in
the
movie
Fences.
However,
the
actress
seemed
mostly
indulged
in
the
fact
that
more
number
of
black
actors
have
got
the
Oscar
nominations
this
year.
Davis,
who
always
talk
about
bringing
diversities
in
Hollywood
and
in
favour
of
more
number
of
African-Americans
in
the
movie
industry,
also
took
a
dig
at
the
US
President
Donald
Trump
and
said,
Trump
doesn't
know
anything
about
acting.
"Anyone
who
labels
Meryl
Streep
'overrated'
doesn't
know
anything
about
acting." Said
Viola
Davis
in
a
statement.
Viola
Davis
had
to
fight
for
this
British
Laurel
with
the
likes
of
Naomie
Harris
from
Moonlight,
Hayley
Squires
from
I,
Daniel
Blake,
Nicole
Kidman
from
Lion
and
Michelle
Williams
from
Manchester
by
the
Sea.
While
talking
about
bringing
more
diversities
in
films,
Viola
Davis
said,
there
is
still
a
significant
gap
remaining
in
the
industry
to
appreciate
talents
from
all
spheres
irrespective
of
skin
colour.
"I
believe
what
still
is
a
deficiency
is
that
we
have
one
year
a
plethora
of
American-American
movies
and
then
the
next
year
nothing," Davis
said
in
a
statement.
Davis
also
shared
her
concerns
for
her
five-year-old
girl
Genesis,
during
her
speech.
"She
has
to
understand
that
she's
gotta
be
the
change
she
wants
to
be.
She
can't
assume
people's
minds
have
been
woken
up
--
we
see
that
in
the
political
climate
now.
We
have
to
be
the
instrument
of
change
now."
Said
Davis.