Lily Gladstone at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2024.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty
Lily Gladstone’s high-school superlative may have been right on the money!
TheKillers of the Flower Moonstar, 37, is in the running for Best Actress at the upcomingAcademy Awards. And back in high school, the 2004 graduate was named “Most Likely to Win an Oscar” alongside classmateJosh Ryder, as seen in a photo that has been making the rounds.
Inthe snapshot, a teenage Gladstone and Ryder are posing while sporting hilariously somber expressions as Ryder holds a wooden doll, presumably meant to jokingly represent a golden Oscar statuette. The text on the photo lists their names underneath, with “Most Likely to Win as Oscar” written along the top.
“Everybody’s so excited about this,” he added of Gladstone’s Oscar nod.
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Ryder video chatted with Gladstone recently amid her fruitful awards season, calling her a “class” act and giving her major props for her accomplishments.
Sharingfootage from the callon Instagram Jan. 8, Ryder wrote, “Golden Globes knew what’s up, now it’s time for@theacademyto follow. Y’all ain’t seen nothing yet from my home girl; this is just the beginning. Go, Lily, go!”
“I’ll never get over this 😂,” Gladstone said in a comment.
“And it is extraordinary that she did such high-caliber work, and is getting recognized for it rightfully,” added the chef/owner ofBetty Restaurant & Barin Seattle.
Lily Gladstone at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty
Amy Sussman/Getty
Gladstone, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and Niimiipuu heritage, is thefirst Native American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. She’s also the fourth Indigenous actress to ever earn a nomination in the Best Actress category.
In a recent chat with PEOPLE, the actress remembered her father, Howard, giving her a pep talk after a particularly bad round of bullying when she was a kid, saying, “Everybody will want to be your friend when you win your Oscar."
And during Gladstone’s sophomore year of high school, her very first boyfriendgave her a meaningful gift: “little tiny kids' glasses with stars on them” from a prize machine, which were meant to be saved for a very special time.
“He said, ‘You have to keep these and you have to wear them to the Academy Awards when you go one year,’ ” she told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
