Here’s how Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose could make history
LOS ANGELES — She’s already in some exclusive clubs, but if newly minted Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose (of “West Side Story”) won, she’d join more. She and Rita Moreno, who won the Oscar for playing the same role (Anita) in the 1961 version of “West Side Story,” are now among the rare pairs of actors to be nominated for the same role. They have a chance to become only the third pair to both win. ...
by Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
Feb 08, 2022
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — She’s already in some exclusive clubs, but if newly minted Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose (of “West Side Story”) won, she’d join more.
She and Rita Moreno, who won the Oscar for playing the same role (Anita) in the 1961 version of “West Side Story,” are now among the rare pairs of actors to be nominated for the same role. They have a chance to become only the third pair to both win.
“That’s a really, really exclusive club,” she said. “I’m honored ... I think it [proves]
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