DeBose wins same award as Rita Moreno, her predecessor in the same role in West Side Story

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Ariana DeBose has won the Oscar for best supporting actress at the 94th Academy Awards, currently under way at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles.

DeBose won the prize for her role in the Steven Spielberg-directed West Side Story remake, in which she plays the key role of Anita, the girlfriend of Sharks gang leader Bernardo, and sings the famous number America. In the original film Anita was played by Rita Moreno, who also won the best supporting actress Oscar for the role in 1962.

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Source: The Guardian