Lily Gladstone (born August 2, 1986) is an American actress.
Biography
Raised in
Browning, Montana
Browning is a town in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is the headquarters for the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the only incorporated town on the Reservation. The population was 1,018 at the 2020 census.
The town was named in 188 ...
, Gladstone is of
Blackfeet
The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Monta ...
and
Nimíipuu heritage. Gladstone is also a distant relative of British Prime Minister
William Gladstone.
After graduating high school in the Seattle suburb of
Mountlake Terrace
Mountlake Terrace is a suburban city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It lies on the southern border of the county, adjacent to Shoreline and Lynnwood, and is north of Seattle. The city had a population of 19,909 people counted ...
she attended the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...
, graduating in 2008 with a
B.F.A. in Acting/Directing and a minor in
Native American Studies.
Her acting break came in 2016 when she was cast as The Rancher in
Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt (; born March 3, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working-class characters in small, rural communities.
Reich ...
's feature film ''
Certain Women'', for which she won the
and the
.
She also received nominations for the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female was an award presented annually by Film Independent. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an absolutely outstanding performance in a supporting role while working in an indepe ...
and
Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor
The Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It was first awarded in 1998, with Sonja Sohn and Saul Williams
Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapp ...
.
She had a small role in Reichardt's 2019 film ''
First Cow
''First Cow'' is a 2019 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, from a screenplay by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond based on Raymond's 2004 novel ''The Half-Life''. It stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shephe ...
'',
before being cast as a lead in
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominatio ...
's feature film ''
Killers of the Flower Moon
''Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI'' is the third non-fiction book by the American journalist David Grann. The book was released on April 18, 2017 by Doubleday. ''Time'' magazine listed ''Killers of the Fl ...
''.
Stage work
Gladstone was in the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. The Festival now offers matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary pla ...
acting company in 2017 and starred in the
Yale Repertory Theater
Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of Yale School of Drama, in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented student ...
production of
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s ''Manahatta'' in 2020.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Native American actresses
Blackfoot people
1986 births
Living people
University of Montana alumni
People from Browning, Montana
People from Kalispell, Montana
21st-century American women
21st-century Native American women
21st-century Native Americans
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