Viola Davis delivered a heartfelt speech about her daughter and being a proud African-American actress and winner at this year's Screen Actors Guild awards.

On accepting her win for lead actress in drama, "How to Get Away With Murder," Davis thanked the show's producers for thinking "a mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old, dark-skinned, African-American woman who looks like me," the Huffington Post reports.

"And thank you to all the people who love me exactly how God made me," Davis said.

Watch Davis' full SAG 2015 awards acceptance speech below.

Davis' speech about being casted as a dark-skinned woman in a television lead role comes on the heels of controversy surrounding the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Variety reports "not one actor of color was nominated for the upcoming Academy Awards" which has prompted critics, performers, and social media users to speak on the need for Hollywood diversity.

Prior to Davis' speech, actress, Jessica Chasten delivered a speech about Hollywood diversity at the Critics' Choice Awards on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

"Today is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, so it got me thinking about our need to build the strength of diversity in our industry, and to stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas," Chastain said.

"Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' ... And I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up. Thank you."

Social media users have also engaged in the discussion on the lack of diversity in Hollywood by creating the Twitter hashtag, #OscarssoWhite to shed light on the Academy Awards's favoritism over white actors and white-produced films.

Check out some of the tweets below.

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