‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ actress Lily Gladstone makes history as the first Native American woman to win in this category as Emma Stone wins Best Actress at the 2024 Oscars I couldn’t do that.
Stone, 35, tearfully accepted the award for “Poor Things,” but she too seemed surprised by the award. She also suffered a wardrobe malfunction on stage, with her Louis Vuitton dress torn, she told the audience.
This is Stone’s second win in this category, having taken home the golden statuette from “La La Land” in 2017.
Gladstone, 37, who is of Blackfeet and Nez Perce descent, was considered the favorite to win an Oscar on Sunday after winning last month’s SAG Awards for his role in “The Killers.”
The character she plays in the film, Molly Burkhart, is based on a real woman who was a member of the Osage Nation.
Born in Montana, Gladstone grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and then near Seattle, Washington. Other Indigenous actresses have previously been nominated for Oscars, including Keisha Castle-Hughes and Yalitza Aparicio.
The Martin Scorsese-directed film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Original Song, but ultimately lost out to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s Barbie blockbuster, “What Was I?” Made For?” received the award. Still, this nomination made Scott George the first Native American nominated in that category.
The star-studded cast also includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser, Jesse Plemons, and Luis Cansemi.
Gladstone said of his reaction to being nominated: entertainment weekly In January.
“I say this all the time, but it’s not entirely mine. It’s very much about the Osage people, the Blackfeet people, the Nez Perce people, and the indigenous actors that I lean on. It belongs to a lot of people,” she said at the time. “It just so happens that I’m the first, but I’m very grateful. I just know that I won’t be the last, and it won’t be long.”
Gladstone also reflected on being given the title “Most Likely to Win an Oscar” in his 2004 high school yearbook.
“The funny thing is, the only time I posted it was when ‘Some Women’ was getting rave reviews and I was told it was on the long list of nominees that year,” she noted. did. Instagram posts in 2017 Superlative.
“For me, it felt like it was everything. To be able to be in a movie like this and just hearing the rumors that it was at least on a long list, it was something I had dreamed of.” I felt like I was over it. So I posted something like, “Here we are, guys!” And then I forgot about it. I posted it on my Instagram in 2017, and my Twitter fans pulled it up and it blew up again. ”
“And then when it took off a little bit, I got a text message from Leo with that photo.” [DiCaprio]. “I was kind of surprised that Leo had access to my high school yearbook,” Gladstone laughed. “So he found it online and was confused for a second. He was like, ‘How did he get that?!’
Despite missing out on an Oscar, Gladstone hopes to host “Saturday Night Live” next.
“It was probably a dream I had alone,” she recently told People magazine.
“That’s like my parents. And I think that’s what people say when you have a desire to be an actor and people want to encourage you as a kid. It’s like, ‘Oh, you’re going to win an Oscar one day.’ So it almost becomes just a cliché,” she continued. “But what I’ve always wanted to do if I had the opportunity is to host SNL.”
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is now available to stream on Apple TV+.
