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The first Indigenous American ever nominated for the best actress Oscar also dishes on how 'Star Wars' Ewoks led her to acting, resembling Olivia de Havilland and quickly dropping 30 pounds to play the poisoned Mollie.
By Scott Feinberg
Executive Editor of Awards
Lily Gladstone, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a trailblazing Native American actress whose breakout performance in Martin Scorsese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon, as an Osage woman named Mollie Burkhart whose oil wealth made her a target of white men during what is known as the “Reign of Terror,” has made her a bona-fide star. Indeed, she has already won the best actress in a motion picture drama Golden Globe Award and the best actress National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle and SAG awards; she was nominated for the best actress Critics Choice Award; and she is nominated, in a first for an Indigenous American, for the best actress Academy Award.
Over the course of a conversation at the L’Ermitage Beverly Hills hotel, which you can hear below, the 37-year-old reflected on her path to a screen acting career, and why she decided to pursue one despite being familiar with the way Native Americans have historically been treated by the business; why the opportunity to play a key role in Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 indie film Certain Women proved to be both a blessing and a curse, and how she came within just seconds of walking away from acting just a few years afterwards; how she first heard about Killers of the Flower Moon and tackled the challenges presented to her by it, and what it feels like to be racking up history-making accolades for her work in it; plus much more.
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