Paloma Diamond
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Paloma Diamond is a fictional character created by New Zealand comedian Julian Sewell in a comedy skit in which he portrayed “Every Best Actress Award Intro.” Diamond first appeared in April 2023 but became a viral meme on TikTok and Twitter / X in January 2024 as people acted and posted content as if she was a real actress being nominated for an Oscar.
Origin
On April 10th, 2023, New Zealand comedian Julian Sewell posted a skit on TikTok[1] titled “Every Best Actress Award Intro” in which he portrayed some fictional characters' reactions while they were being introduced in an award ceremony. One fictional character in particular, the actress Paloma Diamond, looks fairly confident that she'll win the award. The post (shown below, left) amassed 19 million plays and 3 million likes in a year.
A few days later, Sewell uploaded a new video finishing the skit by revealing who won the award for best actress (shown below, right). Paloma Diamond[2] appears disappointed and angry after being defeated by a newcomer actress, which garnered more than 4 million plays and 714,000 likes in a year.
@juliansewell #oscars #academyawards #actress #bestactreas #speech #awardspeech #awards #winners #acting #hollywood ♬ original sound – Julian Sewell
@juliansewell Replying to @DianaP #oscars #bestactress #palomadiamond #lorelailynch #janefarroway #justinasorgen #taylorwitherfork ♬ original sound – Julian Sewell
Spread
The character saw a significant rise in virality on social media after some award ceremonies like the Oscars, BAFTA and other events started to reveal their 2024 nominees early that year. Comedian Julian Sewell[3] hopped in on the award ceremony trend and posted a new version of his comedy skit on January 17th, 2024, showing the actress Paloma Diamond (shown below, left) being nominated for her role in "Breathe." The post received roughly 2.3 million plays and 350,000 likes in a week.
Shortly after his new video was uploaded, people started to comment on his nominees as if they were real actresses, as user @hugeasmammoth.films[4] shared their thoughts on January 23rd on Diamond's chances of winning in the "Best Actress" category. The video (shown below, right) amassed over 595,000 plays and 128,000 likes in a day.
@juliansewell #oscars #oscars2024 #palomadiamond #lorelailynch #bestactress #actress #actor #acting #academyawards #oscar #hollywood #goldenglobes #sag #criticschoiceawards #la #us #fyp ♬ original sound – Julian Sewell
@hugeasmammoth.films y’all can’t convince me the film lorelai lynch was nominated for was good. anyways here’s the round table: @Julian Sewell . Love Paloma Diamond and Sasha Alexander. #palomadiamond #oscars #bestactress #oscars2024 ♬ original sound – Nirupam
The character also became a prominent topic on X, especially after the 2024 Oscars nominations were revealed. For instance, on January 20th, 2024, X[5] user posted a fan edit of the actress replying to a tweet asking for people to mention "an actress who is long overdue for an Oscar." The post (shown below) received over 900,000 views and 3,500 retweets in four days.
PALOMA DIAMONDpic.twitter.com/3hOJiZgKp9 https://t.co/3vrnKugAQu
— kath (@paralyzedhvart) January 21, 2024
Various Examples
PALOMA DIAMOND BIGGEST SNUB OF THE YEAR pic.twitter.com/dGx5NozT5G
— 𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 (@EmmaTolkin) January 24, 2024
@nicholas_flannery Happy 90th birthday Paloma #palomadiamond #nicholasflannery #oscars2024 #sheneedsthis ♬ original sound – Nicholas Flannery
@jblu93 We all should enjoy something as much as Alaska enjoyed this. #alaskathunder5000 #alaskadragqueen #rupauldragrace #dragrace #alaska ♬ original sound – the queeniest queen
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External References
[1] TikTok – juliansewell
[2] TikTok – juliansewell
[3] TikTok – juliansewell
[4] TikTok – hugeasmammoth.films
[5] X – paralyzedhvart
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