It was 2:30 a.m. for Danielle Brooks when she got the call that she had been nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in The Color Purple.
Brooks is in New Zealand currently working on the Minecraft movie and had her phone on “do not disturb” while the Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning. When her husband and 4-year-old daughter called and told her she did it, she was almost certain she knew what they were talking about but wanted to hear the exact words.
The actress’ nod for Sofia (a role she also received a Tony nomination for when she was in the Broadway production) marks the only Oscar nod for The Color Purple. While Brooks says she’s honored and humbled to represent the film in such a big way, she notes she didn’t do it alone.
“No one can do a project by themselves,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I did not get here on my own. I can’t act by myself. I’m surely not holding boom mics and picking out costumes and doing choreography on my own. So, I just I just feel like I’m doing this for everybody. I’m hoping that we can garner a win for the efforts of everybody that was a part of this beautiful production.”
Brooks is up against Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), America Ferrera (Barbie), Jodie Foster (Nyad)
and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) for the best supporting actress Academy Award at the March 10 ceremony in Los Angeles.
Below, Brooks shares her thoughts on the Oscar nomination, how The Color Purple has been the gift that keeps on giving and how Sofia taught her to own her power and validate herself, which is something she says she didn’t have when she first entered the industry.
Congratulations on the nomination! How are you feeling?
Oh my God. Yes, thank you. I feel like The Color Purple has been the gift that keeps on giving. I am in awe of this moment that I’m living in. I’m living in it. It’s not a…
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