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Lily Gladstone On Her Oscar Loss: Nobody Was Upset That It Didn't Happen

"Killers of the Flower Moon" star Lily Gladstone says no one was upset when she didn't return with the best actress Oscar trophy to her tribe, Blackfeet Nation, in Montana.

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"Killers of the Flower Moon" star Lily Gladstone says no one was upset when she didn't return with the best actress Oscar trophy to her tribe, Blackfeet Nation, in Monღtana.

For her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese's ambitious period💙 drama, the 37-year-old actor made history when 𝔍she became the first Native American woman to be nominated in the best actress in a leading role category at the 96th Academy Awards.

Despite several honours at previous events, including a Golden Globe, she lost the golden statuette to Emma Stone, who was nominated for "Poor Things" by Yorgo♔s Lanthimos.

Gladstone said the people from her tribe thought she had won an Oscar when ꦕin fact she had earned the Golden Globe.

"Nobody was upset that it didn’t happen," she said about her Oscars ꧑loss.

"When the Golden Globe happened, a lot of people who are very far away from the industry just kind of thought it was the Oscars. It’s about the fact that the film has been awarded and it’s historic, and it’s still just a really meaningful mom🌞ent. So it’s irrelevant whether or not I walked hom🍒e with that statue in hand,” the actor told the Empire magazine.

When she went home after the Academy Awards ceremony, Glad🐼stone said her tribe, which is part of a confederacy, came together for "a Lily Gladstone 🎉Day".

"It was the biggest honour anybody could get. The confederacy decided together that they wanted to do it. It was a beautiful homecoming, and I could see my old ho🐓use, the house I was brought to as a baby, right across from me.

"Two thousand people showed up, from every corner of the US. It was absolutely one of the most moving things that has ever happe🌳ned in my life. Getting to witness what tཧhe impact (of 'Killers of the Flower Moon') was, going home to Montana and really having this moment shared by my tribe... it was amazing," she said.

An adaptation of the book of the same name by American journalist David Grann, "Killers of the Flower Moon" revolves around the birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its investigation into a series of murders of the Osage peo🐈ple, a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains, after oil is discovered in Oklahoma, US, in the 192💞0s.

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The film also starred Leonardo DiCa🌱prio, Robert 🐈De Niro, and Jesse Plemons.

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