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Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer made in to W Magazine’s best performance issue that highlights twenty of “this years brightest stars.” Both women were brilliant in The Help and garnered Octavia a Golden Globe for best supporting actress.

Viola speaks about being typecast: “No matter what, people don’t think of me for glamorous parts. I’ll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty dress, and they still think of me as depressed or embattled. Hopefully, that will change.”

Octavia says unlike Minny, she can’t cook: “I don’t know how to cook or bake or prepare anything in the kitchen, and my character, ­Minny, is a fantastic cook. That was the hardest part of playing her. I don’t know how to do anything other than get a plate from the cabinet and stick something in the microwave.”

Octavia Spencer Wins “Best Supporting Actress” At Golden Globe For “The Help”

Viola Davis Wins “Best Actress” At Critics Choice Awards For “The Help”

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