Oscars 2018 Best Actress nominees share group hug after Frances McDormand’s win

The stars banded together for a warm embrace
Girl power: Meryl Street, Sally Hawkins, Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan lost out to Frances McDormand
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Safeeyah Kazi5 March 2018
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This year’s Oscars Best Actress nominees shared a group hug following Frances McDormand’s win.

The four stars, Meryl Streep, Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan and Sally Hawkins, shared a supportive hug amidst the glitzy ceremony.

During her winning speech McDormand requested all the female nominees in every category to stand in a moment of appreciation and recognition.

The 60year-old was honoured with the accolade at Sunday night’s ceremony for her powerful performance of grieving mother Mildred Hayes in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Group hug: The Best Actress nominees shared a lovely moment
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The actress called on her fellow female nominees to stand as she took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in a bid to highlight the lack of women in the 24 categories.

Speaking at the podium the 60-year-old said: “And now I want to get some perspective. If I may be so honoured to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight, the actors – Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will, c’mon – the filmmakers, the producers, the directors, the writers, the cinematographer, the composers, the songwriters, the designers. C’mon!

“Okay, look around everybody. Look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed.

“Don’t talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days, or you can come to ours, whatever suits you best, and we’ll tell you all about them.

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“I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider.”

She finished by leaving the audience with the words “inclusion rider” – a clause in an actor’s contract that requires the cast and crew be diverse in order to retain the actor.

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