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The actress, who was raised in Queens, New York, also shouted out the other women before her and proudly celebrated her heritage in her acceptance speech on Sunday.
\"My grandmother came to this country in 1961. I am a proud child of immigrant parents with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands, and I'm the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the last. I hope,\" she said during the speech.
Saldaña revealed to \"GMA\" backstage that she had been under the weather, but still planned to celebrate the evening and enjoy some of her favorite food.
Although Saldaña is \"usually\" in \"bed by 9,\" she said, \"My kids are in the hotel, they're waiting for us, so obviously there'll be a lot of celebration. I am going to have to stay out, I have to celebrate them as well -- and then I'll probably have a lot to eat.\"
The first dish on her mind? \"Obviously rice and beans, because I'm Dominican. But then also, you know, I'm a New Yorker, so any kind of Asian food around town.\"
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