Lily Gladstone, nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Mollie Burkhart in the film “Flower Moon Assassins“, spoke about being the first Native American actress from the USA to compete for the award.
“It is circumstantial that I am the first, and I am very grateful. I just know that I won’t be the last, not by a long shot,” she said in an interview with EntertainmentWeekly.
“It's incredible, and a big part of me just wants to say that shouldn't be me. This should have happened much longer ago”, said Gladstone.
“I shared the screen of this film [“Assassinos da Lua das Flores“, de Martin Scorsese] with Tantoo Cardinal, who is from Canada, but this is a border that has passed many of us. I grew up watching performances by Sheila Tousey, with whom I was lucky enough to share the stage at a certain point in my career. Her work in “Thunderheart”, I feel like after that she should have appeared in every film and been nominated for everything. There is no actress alive who surpasses Sheila's talent. She’s one of the true greats,” she added.
This year, Gladstone has already made history by becoming the first indigenous woman to win a Golden Globe. She received the statuette for Best Actress in a Drama, beating out names like Annette Bening (for “Nyad”), Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Greta Lee (“Past Lives”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”) and Cailee Spaeny (“Priscilla”).
At the Oscars, she competes against Annette Bening (for “Nyad”), Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Creatures”).
Despite being the first Native American actress from the USA to compete in the Best Actress category, other indigenous actresses have already won recognition from the Film Academy by being nominated in the same category.
Keisha Castle-Hughes, born in Australia, was nominated for “Whale Rider”, in 2002. Yalitza Aparicio, an indigenous Mexican actress, received the nomination for Best Actress for “Roma”, in 2019. The first indigenous actress to receive a nomination was Merle Oberon, Anglo-Indian, for her performance in “Dark Angel”, 1935.
In the interview with EntertainmentWeekly, Gladstone also cited Keisha Castle-Hughes and her nomination: “I remember when Keisha Castle-Hughes was nominated for “Whale Rider” and I remember how I felt seeing this incredible actress, the youngest and first indigenous woman nominated in the category, tell this story. It seemed so universal and so close to my upbringing, my relationship with my land, with my family, with my father, with my language, all of it.”
The 2024 Oscar awards are scheduled to take place on March 10, at 8 pm, at the Dolby Theater, in Los Angeles, in the United States.
Source: CNN Brasil
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