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Lily Gladstone Wins Golden Globe for 'Killers of the Flower Moon', Makes History with Blackfeet Language Speech

The actress, acclaimed for her performance as Mollie Burkhardt, is a major contender for the Academy Award and could become the first Indigenous person to win for acting.

  • Lily Gladstone won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for her role in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'.
  • She made history by delivering her acceptance speech in the Blackfeet language, an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or Niitsitapi people.
  • 'Killers of the Flower Moon', directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of the Osage people in 1920s Oklahoma who were targeted by an epidemic of murders after striking oil on their land.
  • Gladstone's performance as Mollie Burkhardt, the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio's character, has earned universal acclaim and she is a major contender for the Academy Award.
  • If she wins the Oscar, Gladstone would become the first Indigenous person to win for acting.
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