
Biography
Lily Catherine Gladstone (born August 2, 1986) is an American actress. Raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Gladstone is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and European heritage. She earned critical acclaim for portraying Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who survived the Osage Indian murders, in Martin Scorsese's crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), receiving several accolades; she became the first Native American to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Gladstone made her feature film debut in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2012) and collaborated with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt on the independent films Certain Women (2016) and First Cow (2019). She also appeared in episodes of HBO's Room 104 (2017–2020), Showtime's Billions (2016–2023), and FX's Reservation Dogs (2021–2023). Her performance in the crime drama miniseries Under the Bridge (2024) earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 2024
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actress · 2024
- Online Film Critics Society Award — Best Actress · 2024
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actress · 2023
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Actress · 2023
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- Florida Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actress · 2023
- Gotham Independent Film Award — Outstanding Lead Performance · 2023
- National Board of Review Award — Best Actress · 2023
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actress · 2023
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award — Best Actress · 2023
- St. Louis Film Critics Association Award — Best Actress · 2023
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award — Outstanding Lead Performance · 2023
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award — Best Actress · 2023
- Chlotrudis Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2017
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2016
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2016
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2024 · nominated
Filmography27 titles

Reservation Dogs

Under the Bridge

Billions

Quantum Cowboys

Killers of the Flower Moon

First Cow

Sugarcane

Saving for the Day

The Wedding Banquet

Fancy Dance

The Unknown Country

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Buster's Mal Heart

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Certain Women

Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian

Walking Out

The Last Manhunt

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Room 104

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Jazzy

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Winter in the Blood

Subterranea

Freeland