Oscars: Black Women Have Never Won the Same Acting Prize Three Years in a Row. Could It Happen This Year?

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Once can be written off. Twice can be explained. Three starts to look like a trend. The Academy Awards’ supporting actress race is quietly approaching that kind of tipping point. With Teyana Taylor and Wunmi Mosaku both in contention, the Oscars could soon deliver something that has never happened before: three Black women winning the same acting category consecutively. If Taylor wins for “ One Battle After Another ,” or Mosaku wins for “ Sinners ,” it would mark the first time in the Academy’s