Danielle Brooks discovered a artistic technique to convey that she is making historical past on the 2024 Oscars.
The 34-year-old actress graced the purple carpet on Sunday, March 10, sporting “26” on her nails. The quantity signifies that she is the twenty sixth Black girl to ever be nominated for Finest Supporting Actress on the Oscars.
Brooks wore the sentimentally detailed nails with a strapless black Dolce and Gabbana robe that featured a corset-like high, a deep thigh slit and an extended prepare that splayed out to the aspect.
She wore her shoulder-length hair down and parted to the aspect. For glam, she sported black winged eyeliner, lengthy lashes and dewy basis.
Brooks is nominated for Finest Supporting Actress for her function in The Colour Purple. She is nominated alongside 4 different actresses, together with Emily Blunt for her function in Oppenheimer, America Ferrera for her function in Barbie, Jodie Foster for her half in Nyad and Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph for her function in The Holdovers.
The Colour Purple tells the poignant story of Celie (Fantasia Barrino), a Black girl within the early twentieth century American South, who overcomes oppression and abuse to seek out her voice and self-worth. Brooks performs Sofia, Celie’s assertive and resilient sister-in-law.
The Colour Purple was surprisingly snubbed at this 12 months’s Oscars. Brooks is the one actor from the movie to be nominated for an Oscar, and the movie itself didn’t garner any nominations.
In an interview with Leisure Tonight revealed on February 12, Brooks revealed how she feels about her nomination in gentle of this reality.
“We will’t predict what’s going to occur however this is able to be an enormous win, not only for me, however for all the folks concerned [in the movie],” Brooks informed the publication, including, “I’m tremendous humbled, however there’s so many individuals that I need this for — particularly as a result of The Colour Purple has left such a stamp on American cinema that I believe it’s deserving of it.”