We’re so excited for Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba for their SAGS 2015 wins in the best Female Actor in a Drama Series and best Female Actor in a Comedy Series respectively. Both ladies looked amazing! See their dresses and acceptance speeches below.
Viola Davis SAGS 2015 Acceptance Speech
Viola’s speech spoke directly to the lack of diversity on TV and her gratefulness for being considered for a the role in the first place… “I’d like to thank Paul Lee, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Pete Nowalk for thinking that a sexualized, messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old dark-skinned African-American woman who looks like me.”
Uzo Aduba SAGS 2015 Acceptance Speech
Aduba, who plays Suzanne, aka “Crazy Eyes,” in Netflix’s hit show Orange is the New Black gave an emotional, tear-jerking speech. She thanked her co-stars saying, “Oh my God. I really, truly do not know what to say,” she said, choking back tears. “I just wanna say thank you so much to the Screen Actors Guild for this incredible honor. I want to thank Jenji Kohan for writing a show like this and putting something like this on television, not just for myself but for our incredible team of actors to be seen in such a beautiful way.”
We hope this celebration of diversity on TV continues well into 2015. 2014 was also a great year on network television.
