2023 Oscars: “Wakanda Forever” costume designer Ruth E. Carter makes history at star-studded event

• Ruth E. Carter made history at the 2023 Oscars.
• She became the first black woman to win two Oscars.
• She also talked about her mother who recently passed away.

At the 2023 Oscars, Ruth E. Carter recently made Oscar history.

The 62-year-old became the only Black woman to have two Oscars after winning her second one for Best Costume Design at this year’s ceremony for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Her achievement comes after Mahershala Ali won two Oscars in 2019, and Denzel Washington became the first Black man to win two in 2002.

Carter began her victory speech by thanking “the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman.” Carter received her first Oscar for Black Panther, which was Wakanda Forever’s predecessor in 2018.

“She endures, she loves, she overcomes. She is every woman in this film. She is my mother,” Carter continued before disclosing that her mother, who was 101 years old, had lately passed away.

This past week, Mabel Carter became an ancestor,” she went on. “This film prepared me for this moment.”

“Chadwick, please take care of Mom,” she then yelled, addressing the late Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, to whose memory Wakanda Forever paid great respect.

Carter added, “Together, we are reshaping how culture is represented,” after thanking Wakanda Forever director-cowriter Ryan Coogler and co-producer Nate Moore for their “vision.”

“The Marvel family, Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, and their arsenal of genius. Thank you. I share this with many dedicated artists whose hands and hearts helped manifest the costumes of Wakanda and Talokan,” Carter said. “This is for my mother.”

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