Lily Gladstone didn’t hide her delight as she celebrated her Golden Globes win on Sunday evening at the 81st annual awards ceremony in Beverly Hills.
The actress, who was awarded the Best Actress gong for The Killers Of The Flower Moon, made history as the first Indigenous actor to win the accolade.
Referencing the monumental win during her acceptance speech, Gladstone told the audience: ‘This is a historic one, and it doesn’t belong to just me.’
Later posing in the winners room, Gladstone, 37, posed with the Golden Globe, holding the statue close to her as she scrunched up her face with glee.
Gladstone, who plays Mollie Burkhart in the film, also put on a series of silly poses and playful expressions as she showcased her playful side.
Lily Gladstone didn’t hide her delight as she celebrated her Golden Globes win on Sunday evening at the 81st annual awards ceremony in Beverly Hills
The actress, who was awarded the Best Actress gong for The Killers Of The Flower Moon, made history as the first Indigenous actor to win the accolade
Referencing the monumental win during her acceptance speech, Gladstone told the audience: ‘This is a historic one, and it doesn’t belong to just me’
In Martin Scorsese’s film, Gladstone — who uses she/they pronouns — portrayed Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family members are tragically murdered in a plot to seize their fortune.
Gladstone, whose heritage includes Blackfeet and Nez Perce roots, is now just the second Native actress recognized by the Globes. The first was Irene Bedard, nominated in 1995 for the television movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee.
‘This is a historic one, and it doesn’t belong to just me,’ Gladstone said in English, after opening their acceptance speech speaking in the Blackfeet language.
‘I’m holding it with all of my beautiful sisters in the film and my mother [in the film], Tantoo Cardinal.’
The star then noted that, in the past, Hollywood would create fictional Native languages instead of portraying them accurately and authentically
‘I’m so grateful that I can speak even a little bit of my language because in this business, Native actors used to speak their lines in English and then the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish Native languages on camera,’ Gladstone explained.
She then thanked Chief Standing Bear and the Osage Nation as well as Scorsese, and her costars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, for being ‘allies’.
‘This is for every little res kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves, in our own words, with tremendous allies and tremendous trust with each other.’
Golden Globes honor the best in film and American television of 2023 – with the glittering ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Oppenheimer secured the title of Best Motion Picture, Drama, and Christopher Nolan took home the directing award for his outstanding work on the movie.
Poor Things claimed the Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.
Gladstone beamed as she proudly held up the Golden Globe statue to the camera
Gladstone made history on the monumental night
Later posing in the winners room, Lily, 37, posed with the Golden Globe, holding the statue close to her as she scrunched up her face with glee
Lily, who plays Mollie Burkhart in the film, also put on a series of silly poses and playful expressions as she showcased her playful side
Lily Gladstone made history at the 81st Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday
Anatomy of a Fall earned recognition as the Best Non-English-Language Motion Picture, and The Boy and the Heron was honored as the Best Animated Film.
On the television front, Succession was crowned Best Drama Series, while The Bear took the title of Best TV Series, Musical, or Comedy.
Lily, Paul Giamatti, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Allen White, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ayo Edebiri, Kieran Cullkin, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun and Matthew Macfadyen were among the winners in the acting categories
Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell won the award for best song.
The star took home the Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, making her the first Indigenous actor to win an award in the ceremony’s 81-year history
In Martin Scorsese ‘s film, Gladstone — who uses she/they pronouns — portrayed Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family members are tragically murdered in a plot to seize their fortune
Gladstone, whose heritage includes Blackfeet and Nez Perce roots, is now just the second Native actress recognized by the Globes
She then thanked Chief Standing Bear and the Osage Nation as well as Scorsese, and her costars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, for being ‘allies’