Lily Gladstone poses during a photocall for the film “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.Photo:PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty
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Lily Gladstone is making history!
On Tuesday, theKillers of the Flower Moonstar, 37, was nominated for Best Actress at this year’s Oscars for her performance as Mollie Burkhart in theMartin Scorsesefilm that also starsLeonardo DiCaprio,Robert De NiroandJesse Plemons.
Gladstone, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and Niimiipuu heritage, is the first Native American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. She’s the fourth Indigenous actress to ever earn a nomination in the category.
Merle Oberon was the first woman nominated in the category in 1935 for playing Kitty Vane in Sidney Franklin’sThe Dark Angel. More than 60 years later, in 2003, Keisha Castle-Hughes was nominated for playing Paikea, a young girl fighting for the respect of her family inWhale Rider.
Lily Gladstone attends the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 3rd Annual Gala.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
The last Indigenous woman to be nominated in the category before Gladstone was Yalitza Aparicio for her role in 2018’sRoma.Aparicio played Cleo, a maid living in Mexico City in the 1970s.
PerVariety, Oberon, Castle-Hughes and Aparicio are British, Kiwi and Mexican, respectively.
Lily Gladstone attends the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
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In October 2023 ahead of the film’s premiere, GladstonetoldThe Hollywood Reporterthat she considered quitting acting before she got cast inKillers of the Flower Moon.
“I had my credit card out, registering for a data analytics course," she said, adding that she worried an acting career wouldn’t be sustainable for her. She was applying for seasonal work at the Department of Agriculture when she got an email from Scorsese about the role.
source: people.com
