Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that South African actress, Thuso Mbedu, has won BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES at Independent Spirit Awards 2022. (Read More Here).
Meanwhile, The Underground Railroad actress Thuso Mbedu beat out Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts), Jana Schmieding (Rutherford Falls), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) and Deborah Ayorinde (THEM: Covenant) for the female lead honor.
She also gave very short, but incredible speech on stage. She says:
“They told me a number of times to prepare something and I really didn’t,” the first-time nominee and winner began. “First and foremost, thank you to Film Independent for this recognition.
“Thank you to Amazon, to all the executive producers, to my team, Beth, April, Laurie, everyone. Barry is a very collaborative director and it was more about what I found for the character more than anything and him supporting that.”
Blogger Phil Mphela wrote: “AWARDS: Thuso Mbedu wins Spirit Award
Thuso Mbedu was given female lead honors for TV series during the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday.
Netflix series Squid Games’ Lee Jung-jae won for male lead.”
Watch her acceptance speech below.
Video below:
Thuso Mbedu accepts the award for BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES at the @FilmIndependent #SpiritAwards for @TheUGRailroadTV. pic.twitter.com/kzdC7Qs7Hp
— IFC (@IFC) March 7, 2022
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