The tribute comes less than a week after Day won the Golden Globe for best actress in a drama trophy for her performance at Hulu’s United States x Billie Holiday, becoming the second black actress to win in the category and the first in 35 years.
Day was the winner of Globo for the first time. She was also nominated for best original song with Raphael Saadiq for the movie’s “Tigress and Tweed”, which is now being broadcast.
Her victory marks the first black winner in the category since Whoopi Goldberg, who became the first black actress to do so in 1986. Halle Berry lost the category because of Monster ball but ended up winning the Oscar in 2002. And Angela Bassett, who was a presenter on Sunday, was the last black actress to win the award for best actress in a comedy or musical, in 1994.
The Black Women Film Network is the oldest non-profit organization focused on preparing black women in the film, television and new media industries. On Saturday, he honored notable industry names, including Day, Debra L. Lee, Rikki Hughes, Mikki Turner, Courtney Neal and Denise Armstrong during their annual BWFN Summit.
The theme of this year’s summit was “The revolution will be digitized: black women leading in new spaces as creators with several hyphenates”. Presented by Cvent, the event celebrated black women in the arts and entertainment industry and featured master classes, seminars and activities that helped connect leading industry leaders with aspiring entertainment professionals. Speakers represented brands such as ColorCreative, BET, WME, NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, Tyler Perry Studios, CNN and Starz.
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.