Those tuned into the 96th Academy Awards might have been shocked to see Emma Stone take home the gold for Best Actress.
Those tuned into the 96th Academy Awards might have been shocked to see Emma Stone take home the gold for Best Actress when Lily Gladstone has been sweeping the 2024 awards circuit. But regardless of our affronted faces, the Killers of the Flower Moon actor remained a class act while Stone delivered her acceptance speech.
Gladstone was shown smiling with teary eyes while the Poor Things winner recognized her fellow nominees.
“The women in this category… Sandra [Hüller], Annette [Bening], Carey [Mulligan], Lily [Gladstone], I share this with you. I’m in awe of you,” Stone said during her speech. “It has been such an honor to do all of this together and I hope we get to do more together.”
Stone continued to thank her castmates, team, and family.
Gladstone’s loss was a shock to many as she was seen as a shoo-in to win the award after her successes at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards, both of which were historic wins that named her the first Indigenous woman to win in the respective categories.
