Andrea Riseborough has been nominated for best actress.
(Picture: Getty Images)Poor Andrea Riseborough. Last week, a glitzy, last-minute “grassroots” campaign saw her catapulted into the Oscars Best Actress race for her performance in the indie movie, To Leslie. It did indeed raise the Brit’s profile – but for all the wrong reasons.
Simply put, Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler had been widely expected to appear on the list; when they didn’t, it became clear that the winner of this coveted prize would not be black. Riseborough is now being equated, by many online fans and cultural commentators, with all that’s non-diverse about the Oscars and the US film industry.
