In 1943, the actress from Manor Park, London, took to a lectern at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where she spoke for a whopping five minutes – that is, in comparison to the roughly 45-second window winners are given today (though many go beyond this time).
The first Black person to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel in 1940, who received the award in a segregated hotel, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Ronan, at the age of only 30, has received several nominations, for films including Atonement, Brooklyn, Lady Bird and, most recently, Little Women.
Then there’s Winona Ryder, one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses in the ’90s, who won nominations for an earlier adaptation of Little Women (1994), along with one for The Age of Innocence (1993).
And from everybody I met or worked with, truly, I have received such ready kindness that for quite a long while I couldn't believe that it was true, but tonight you have made me feel that you have really set the door of your friendship wide open and that welcome is officially on the mat, and that is why I'm so happy.
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