Naomie Harris gets Oscar nomination in the best-supporting actress category for Moonlight

Naomie Harris (40) has bagged an Oscar nomination in the best-supporting actress category for Moonlight and has revealed that she was not willing to portray the role of a crack addict in the Barry Jenkins-directed drama. In the movie, she is in the role of a crack addict, Paula.
The reason of why she was reluctant to do such a role was that she did not want to perpetuate a negative stereotype about “black women”.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 3 February 2017.

Naomie did not want to play the role of a crack addict. But, she is now proud to have portrayed the character of Paula in the film. Moonlight has along with Naomi Harris bagged seven nominations at this year’s Academy Awards. In her words, acting as Paula in Moonlight, Naomie was quite comfortable on set. The reason was that she was like the polar opposite to her.


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London-born James Bond star Naomie Harris is set to receive the Variety Award at the forthcoming British Independent Film Awards. It will be for her contribution to the British film industry. She will be the first black woman to win the prestigious prize - and she follows fellow Bond star Daniel Craig, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Michael Caine and Dame Helen Mirren in winning the accolade.
This has been received in news.sky.com dated 28 October 2016.

The award gives recognition to a director, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and has helped to focus the international spotlight on film in the UK. Naomie Harris is best known for playing Eve Moneypenny in the two Sam Mendes-directed Bond instalments - Skyfall and Spectre.
This year, she has appeared in the awards contender Moonlight which is the story of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. She is also to star opposite Will Smith in the already Oscar tipped Collateral Beauty.
Incidentally, she has already starred as Winnie Mandela in the 2013 biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.


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