Lily Gladstone Is the 1st Indigenous Actor in 17 Years to Land Emmy Nomination

Lily Gladstone’s historic run continues. After breaking through with Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” for which she earned an Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe earlier this year, Gladstone adds another major achievement to her long list of accolades: first-time Emmy nominee.

On Wednesday, Gladstone scored her inaugural Emmy nomination in the supporting actress in a drama series category for Hulu’s “Under the Bridge,” the true-crime drama that co-stars Riley Keough.

Gladstone is the first indigenous actor in seven years to receive an acting nomination from the Television Academy after the late actor August Schellenberg did it for his supporting role in 2007 for the HBO TV movie, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.”

Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”), who identifies as Afro-indigenous and is of Seaconke Wampanoag heritage, is also nominated in the category.

Gladstone, Reis and Schellenberg are the only indigenous actors to be recognized by the TV Academy for acting.

In “Under the Bridge,” loosely based on the late writer Rebecca Godfrey’s 2005 book investigating the real-life murder of Canadian teenager Reena Virk, Gladstone plays Cam Bentland, the police officer assigned to the case. Her meaty and emotive performance as a small-town indigenous cop with her own emotional baggage, complicated relationship with Keough’s Rebecca Godfrey and complex family background was praised in TheWrap’s review .

Becoming an Emmy nominee is an impressive accomplishment for Gladstone, who also found time to make a guest appearance on the final season of “Reservation Dogs.” Her quick ascension to awards darling in the film and television worlds over the last year has cemented her as one of Hollywood’s go-to emerging stars and possibly opens the door for more indigenous actors and narratives to be recognized by the TV Academy down the line.

Though Gladstone, who is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, came up short at the Academy Awards in March, she made history as the first Native American woman to be nominated for best actress for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” She is the first indigenous person in history to win the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture — drama, along with a slew of other awards.

Other nominees in the category include Dakota Fanning (“Ripley”), Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”), Aja Naomi King (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Diane Lane (“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”) and Nava Mau (“Baby Reindeer”).

The 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air live Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC and will stream next day on Hulu.

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