After the Oscar Academy announced the list of nominees in various categories At the 2024 awards ceremony, actress Lily Gladstone’s name was cemented in the history of the entertainment industry. With a nomination for Best Actress in a role of a real historical character ‘Mollie Kyle’ or ‘Mollie Burkhart’ from the blockbuster movie Killers of the Flower Moon from Paramout Pictures and Apple TV+ that made her Became the first Native American or ‘Native American’ to be nominated for the award in that category. In more than 95 years, there have been Native American actors nominated. But no Native American actor or artist has ever won an Oscar. But actor Wes Studi previously won Honorary Awards in 2019 for his work in over 30 films.
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Actress Lily Gladstone on the red carpet at the 2024 Governors Awards.
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Actress Lily Gladstone on the red carpet at the premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes International Film Festival.
In addition to Lily, Killers of the Flower Moon is nominated for several other Oscars, including Best Directing, Best Cinematogaphy, and Best Costume Design, including the third nomination for legendary actor Robert. De Niro for his role as William King Hale in the Best Supporting Actor category. There’s no sign of a leading actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio, who transforms into a young man from the 1920s who marries Molly through the skillful planning of his uncle William. He killed Osage family members and friends one by one in an Oklahoma town in an attempt to take Native wealth from the discovery of oil fields. All of which are actual events. And this case was also the birth of the FBI organization that successfully closed the first case. It remains to be seen whether Lily can win this big award and make history as the first Indigenous woman to win an Oscar on March 10th.
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Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Killers of the Flower Moon
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Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro in the movie Killers of the Flower Moon
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Native American actors playing an Osage family in Killers of the Flower Moon
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Robert De Niro, Lily Gladston and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Killers of the Flower Moon.
Information: New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter
Photo: Apple TV+ and Paramount Pictures
