'Overwhelmingly, the Academy rewards white actresses in lead roles, which gives the impression that a leading lady in a film can only be defined by white womanhood.' –dascruggs
The late, great Diahann Carroll was nominated in 1975 for her role in, as a single mother who falls in love with James Earl Jones ; she lost to Ellen Burstyn inThe Color Purplebut lost to her one-time co-star Meryl Streep.
Quvenzhané Wallis, at just nine years old, made history as the youngest person ever to receive a Best Actress nomination for her debut role inin 2013. Even more remarkable is that she filmed it when she was just six years old and carried the entire movie as the lead. However, it was Jennifer Lawrence who
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