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Thanks to a searing performance in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Regina King is now a first-time Academy Award nominee, an honor she sees as the universe’s nod of approval.

Her peers voiced their approval as well, from a rousing round of applause at the Oscars luncheon to red-carpet interviews singing her praises.

“Everyone loves her because Regina has played so many wide-ranging, diverse characters in her work. She’s brought this full humanity to all of them,” “Beale Street” director Barry Jenkins said.

“Regina’s a stalwart who’s been around for a long time. She’s finally getting her due. She’s been constantly showing up and doing the work,” co-star Colman Domingo added. “I think it’s finally the season of Regina King.”

King said her award season experience was a “wonderful reminder that I am a part of a tribe of artists” and said she was “reminded that I’m in the right place.”

Better put that “Academy Award winning actress” before her name the next time you say it, because Regina King just got.her.things.  Watch our fave flourish with her first Oscar win inside!

Regina King kicked off the most magical night in film with the first Oscar win of the night: Best Supporting Actress for If Beale Street Could Talk!

The stunning Golden Globe and 3-time Emmy winner looked angelic in a white Oscar de la Renta gown as she hit the carpet at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood as a nominee.  Now, after 34 years as an actress, she’s officially an Oscar winner.

She becomes the 8th black woman to win Best Supporting Actress, and she saluted the iconic artist and poet James Baldwin – whose prose was adapted into the Beale Street film – as she tearfully accepted her Award.

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