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Lily Gladstone's 'Most Likely To Win An Oscar' Senior Superlative Reemerges After Historic Nomination

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An image of the 'Killers of the Flower Moon' star's yearbook when she was voted 'Most Likely To Win An Oscar' has reemerged after she made history as the first Native American woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars.

In 2004, Lily Gladstone was voted "Most Likely to Win an Oscar" by her classmates, and the proof is making the rounds on social media.

An image from the Killers of the Flower Moon star's yearbook reemerged nearly two decades later, just as Gladstone made history by becoming the first Native American woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.


Gladstone had actually posted the picture to Instagram in 2017, when her film Certain Women was getting a lot of buzz.

It wasn't until recently that it made its way back across the interwebs.

In fact, the actor revealed her costar Leonardo DiCaprio texted it to her after it resurfaced.

"It kind of blew my mind that Leo had access to my high school yearbook. I mean, he found it online, but for a second it was confusing, like, 'How did you get that?!'"

People on social media are living for the viral photo and are rooting for Gladstone to make that "Most Likely" a reality.











People online were also rooting for Josh Ryder, with whom Gladstone shared the "Most Likely to Win an Oscar" honor. Gladstone and Ryder are still in touch, and Ryder has been supporting her throughout the course of the awards season thus far.

In fact, Gladstone's success has managed to reunite former classmates.

The Oscar nominee told USA Today:

“He told me, ‘I don't know if you know this, but all of this greatness in your life has brought our whole class back together.'"
“They're having an Oscars watch party. They already scheduled it to happen in our old high-school theater, so I'm happy that I didn't disappoint there.”

At the Golden Globes earlier this month, Access Hollywood even delivered a message to Gladstone from Ryder, which you can watch below.

As for her historic nomination, Gladstone feels it's about time a Native American woman is recognized.

“I’m elated and excited and also just amazed that it took this long."
"The Oscars take place on Native land, are telling stories that are largely shot on Native land. Why is it taking this long?"

She also told Entertainment Weekly:

"I always say this, but it’s not fully mine. It belongs to so many people: the Osage Nation, the Blackfeet Nation, the Nez Perce Nation, every Indigenous actor whose shoulders I stand on."
"It’s circumstantial that I’m the first, and I’m so very grateful. I just know that I’m not going to be the last, not by a long shot."

Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of the gruesome murders of the Osage people after oil was discovered on their land in the early 1920s. Gladstone portrays Mollie (Kyle) Burkhart whose entire family was among the victims. DiCaprio plays her husband Ernest Burkhart who, under the influence of his uncle William Hale (Robert De Niro), plotted to kill her, as well.

Gladstone revealed she traveled to Pawhuska, Oklahoma, where Flower Moon was shot in anticipation of Tuesday's nomination announcement.

“Should this news come in today, I wanted to be as close to Mollie Kyle as I could."
“I want to pay my respect to the family and the land that raised them, and give some folks a hug if they’re around. But everyone’s still asleep here, I think.”

While the film earned 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture, director (Scorsese) and supporting actor (De Niro), DiCaprio did not receive a nod for best actor.

Gladstone expressed her disappointment:

“I so wish that Leo would have gotten his due for the incredible work he did."
“I wouldn’t have been able to do what I did without what he did.”

The 96th Academy Awards will air on March 10 at 7:00pm Eastern on ABC.

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