Da’Vine Joy Randolph: The Holdovers costume ‘was love letter to black women’

Da’Vine Joy Randolph poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for The Holdovers (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph has said she incorporated familiar aspects of inspirational women in her costume which “felt like a love letter back to black women”.

The US actress won the best supporting actress prize for her turn as grieving cook Mary Lamb in boarding school drama The Holdovers, in which co-star Paul Giamatti plays grumpy teacher Paul Hunham.