Empowered Women: Sandra Bullock 82nd Academy Awards Best Actress

For the first time in her acting career Sandra Bullock bagged the 82nd Academy Awards Best Actress in a leading role award for her role as a mom in the movie The Blind Side (here is a movie review). I think the award was meant for her although her other competitors for the Best Actress Award in the Oscars were all good since she already grabbed the best actress for the same movie at the Golden Globe.

What strikes me more during her acceptance speech aside from telling the world what a good kisser Meryll Streep is was when she acknowledge all the mom in the world including hers and I quote:

“Not enough time, so I would like to thank what this film is about for me which are the moms that take care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from. Those moms and parents never get thanked. I, in particular, failed to thank one. So… if I can take this moment to thank Helga B. for not letting me ride in cars with boys until I was 18 because she was right.  I would’ve done what she said I was gonna do.  For making me practice every day when I got home. Piano, ballet, whatever it is I wanted to be.  She said to be an artist, you had to practice every day, and for reminding her daughters that there’s no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love. So, to that trailblazer, who allowed me to have that. And this.”

Now that is a power speech! I hope every son and daughter in the world get that message!

Sandra Bullock started to be known in the 1990’s for her movies like Speed , While You Were Sleeping, Ms. Congeniality and Crash.  She was born July 26, 1964.

In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million.


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