Regina King wins Oscar for best supporting actress for If Beale Street Could Talk

Actor receives accolade for her role as a mother in Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk

Regina King has won the best supporting actress Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk.

It was King’s first Oscar nomination, and she triumphed in a field containing Amy Adams, who played Dick Cheney’s wife Lynne in Vice, and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone who played Sarah Churchill and Abigail Masham, respectively, in The Favourite. King was the strong favourite for the award, having taken the Golden Globe for best supporting actress. However, she lost the Bafta to Weisz, and was surprisingly not even nominated for the Screen Actors Guild award.

Related: Beale Street's Regina King: 'Awards season is like a new full-time job!'

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