Lily Gladstone

Biography

Lily Gladstone (born August 2, 1986) is an American actress. Her father is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, and her mother of European heritage. She was raised on a Blackfeet reservation in Montana until she was ten. She made her film debut in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2012), and collaborated with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt in the independent films Certain Women (2016) and First Cow (2019). They also appeared in episodes of HBO's Room 104 (2017–2020), Showtime's Billions (2016–2023), and FX's Reservation Dogs (2021–2023). Gladstone earned critical acclaim for playing Mollie Kyle in Martin Scorsese's crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), receiving several accolades. They became the first Native American to win the Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress and the first to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Gladstone earned her first Primetime Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Cam Bentland in the miniseries Under the Bridge (2024). In 2023, Gladstone said that she is comfortable with both she and they pronouns. They explained that their pronouns are partly a way of decolonizing gender for themself, as there are no gendered pronouns in the Blackfeet language nor in most Indigenous languages.

Known For

Killers of the Flower Moon

as Mollie Burkhart

First Cow

as Chief Factor’s Wife

Certain Women

as The Rancher

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Buster's Mal Heart

as Morning Shift Concierge

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Reservation Dogs

as Hokti

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Under the Bridge

as Cam Bentland

Walking Out

as Lila