Jeffrey Wright reveals why his late mother was the first person he thanked after receiving his first-ever Oscar nomination
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When actor Jeffrey Wright found out that he had been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, there was only one person he immediately wanted to thank – his late mother. As he revealed in anemotional interviewwithExtra, upon receiving the news the first thing he did was turn to a picture of her. “The first person I acknowledged was my mom. There’s a picture of her …
