Lily Gladstone: The Native American actress who could make Oscars history - BBC News

The star of Killers of the Flower Moon could become the first Native American to win best actress.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsThe OscarsImage source, ReutersImage caption, Lily Gladstone is seen as one of the frontrunners to win best actress, alongside Poor Things star Emma StoneBy Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterLily Gladstone has already made history, and she could be about to make it again.

The 37-year-old is the first Native American woman to ever be nominated for best actress at the Oscars. We will find out if she is also the first winner when the ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on 10 March.

Gladstone is not a newcomer to acting - viewers may have seen her in TV series such as Billions and films including Certain Women.

But she was not a household name until she appeared in Killers of the Flower Moon - a three and a half-hour epic directed by Martin Scorsese.

The actress points out being the first Native American best actress nominee at the Oscars' after 96 years feels long overdue considering what's known about the origin of cinema.

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