World middleweight boxing champion Kali Reis can now add a new title to her belt. Reis made history at the 76th annual Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning when Reis, nominated for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for True Detective: Night Country, joined Lily Gladstone for Supporting Actress in a Drama for Under the Bridge, becoming the first Indigenous actresses to be nominated for an Emmy.
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"It means so much to be nominated," the actor said. "We have women of color and diversity in this category; two of them are Indigenous women. And then we also have different stories of Indigenous storytellers in the mix of everything. It means so much to be a part of this and also be another face of a mixed Indigenous, two-spirit, woman. And just being able to be a part of a story that did its best to authentically represent the Alaskan Iñupiat people, that's really huge for me personally in the Indigenous community."
Reis added with a laugh that perhaps for the first time in the series' history, "the indigenous people are going to be rolling deep, and that means I'm very proud of that."
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