Ariana Debose

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Already a Tony-nominated triple-threat on Broadway and a member of the original cast of Hamilton, Ariana DeBose shot to Hollywood stardom with an electrifying performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist gets together with the actress to talk about that role that won her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. (Original broadcast date: February 27, 2022)

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.
0:06.6	My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.
0:09.9	Today we revisit a favorite conversation with Ariana DeBoes.
0:15.1	Let me update that for you.
0:16.6	Oscar winner, Ariana DeBoes.
0:18.4	You see, when we sat down together a few months ago, she had just won the Golden Globe award
0:23.6	and been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her extraordinary
0:28.2	performance in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.
0:31.6	Since then, we're happy to report she won the big trophy along with just about every acting
0:36.3	trophy you could win during this year's award season.
0:40.0	We sat down at one of her favorite Broadway haunts, the kind of place she would dip in
0:43.8	after a big show in musicals like Hamilton.
0:47.2	Perhaps you've heard of it.
0:48.4	A great conversation with someone who's so talented and so easy to root for having her
0:54.0	big moment.
0:55.2	Ariana DeBoes.
0:56.8	Oscar winner.
0:58.1	Right now on the Sunday Sit Down podcast.
1:01.3	Ariana, thank you for doing this.
1:02.5	Oh my gosh, you're kidding.
1:03.5	Thank you for having me.
1:04.5	It's so great to meet you and also to be at the center of this is your life with Hamilton
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