Hitting theaters on October 18th, Assassins of Flower Moon features an actress of remarkable intensity: Lily Gladstone. At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, the 37-year-old actress won the title of Best Actress in a Drama.
The favorite in this category, she notably beat Sandra Huller (Anatomy of the Fall), Annette Bening (The Submersible) or Carey Mulligan (The Maestro). This award is historic for the Golden Globes!
Indeed, of Blackfeet Native American descent, Lily Gladstone is the first Native actress to receive the highest statue.
The deeply moved and beaming actress dedicated her award to all children on the reservation seeking representation. Announcing her win, Lily Gladstone hugged her Killers of the Flower Moon co-star Leonardo DiCaprio before taking the stage. He began his speech by speaking in the Blackfeet language, then thanked him in English.
“It’s hard for me to find the words. This Golden Globe is really historic, but above all it belongs to my community; it doesn’t just belong to me, it also belongs to my sisters, my mother.”said the actor before paying tribute to Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. “You changed my life, you were my true allies”he confided.
“Thank you to the wonderful Blackfeet community that raised me, that encouraged me to continue, to continue my work. Although she is not Blackfeet, my mother worked tirelessly to teach this language in our classrooms, so I had a Blackfeet language teacher. Growing up.”revealed by the artist.
“This award is also for all the Indigenous children on reserve who are underrepresented and want their stories and lives to be heard. We need to trust each other. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”Lily Gladstone concluded to a standing ovation.
Let us remind you that the actress plays Molly Burkhart, the wife of Ernest (DiCaprio) in the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon”. The young woman is from the Osage Indian tribe, which made its fortune in the 1920s thanks to oil. The money attracts the will of William Hale (De Niro), who uses his nephew Ernest to seize Molly’s inheritance.
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