Tracee Ellis Ross Is The First Black Woman To Win In Her Golden Globe Category In 35 Years

January 9, 2017 admin Celebrity Gossip 0

1. Every single one of the nominees for the 2017 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy or Musical showed up to the awards Sunday night ready to slay.

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross arrives at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, January 8, 2017, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. / AFP / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actress Gina Rodriguez attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer…
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actress Issa Rae attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer…
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actress Rachel Bloom attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer…

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2. But only one could walk away with the award itself. And when Tracee Ellis Ross took home the award for her role as Bow on Black-ish, she also made history.

But only one could walk away with the award itself. And when Tracee Ellis Ross took home the award for her role as Bow on Black-ish, she also made history.

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3. Ellis Ross just became the first black woman to win the award since Debbie Allen won for the Fame TV show in 1982.

4. Allen tweeted her support of Ellis Ross and Issa Rae — the two black women nominated in the category — earlier in the week, congratulating both on a potential win.

6. In her speech, Ellis Ross said, “This is for all of the women, women of color, and colorful people, whose stories, ideas, thoughts, are not always considered worthy and valid and important. But I want you to know that I see you. We see you.”

In her speech, Ellis Ross said, "This is for all of the women, women of color, and colorful people, whose stories, ideas, thoughts, are not always considered worthy and valid and important. But I want you to know that I see you. We see you."

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8. Here’s to less of a gap between wins for black women next time.

Here's to less of a gap between wins for black women next time.

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