Rita Moreno sat down with the TODAY Show’s Hoda Kotb to reflect on the impact of becoming the first Latina to win an Oscar over 60 years ago for her role as Anita in West Side Story.“People [were] yelling out the windows, ‘She did it!
She did it!’ And, you know, as a friend of mine said, what they were really saying was, ‘We did it,’” Moreno shared in the interview, set to be premiered as part of the NBC’s primetime special, Inspiring America: the 2022 Inspiration List, airing Saturday, May 7.Rita Moreno reveals she was in the crowd during MLK Jr.’s 1963 ‘I Have a Dream’ speechOscars 2022: Latinos shining at the 94th Academy Awards red carpetAriana DeBose wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actress!
Makes history as the first Afro-Latina with an Academy Award“I had chills from everything she’s been through,” Kotb stated. “She’s an icon.”Moreno is also the first and only Latina to have an Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy.
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