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Bella Ramsey Says Gendered Awards Are Needed to ‘Preserve’ Recognition for Women


The Last of Us actor Bella Ramsey expressed the importance of keeping awards for Best Actor and Actress separate to ensure that women are honored.

Bella Ramsey is opening up about their identity as a non-binary person — and sharing why they think gendered award categories are “very important.” In a recent interview with Louis Theroux for his podcast, The Last of Us star expressed the importance of keeping Best Actor and Actress awards separate to ensure that women are honored. The conversation spawned after Theroux brought up that Ramsey was nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2023 awards, even though they are non-binary. Ramsey wondered on the podcast where non-binary people fell into the conversation, but wasn’t sure how the issue would allow for those not on the gender binary to be included in awards: “You could do it for the character portrayed.

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