Bella Ramsey has an honest shot at Emmy success this 12 months — and gained’t quibble if competing within the Lead Actress class.
The British star of HBO hit The Final of Us identifies as non-binary and prefers the they/them pronouns, however mentioned it was tremendous for folks to “name me the way you see me.”
Talking on Spotify’s The Louis Theroux Podcast about gendered award classes, Ramsey mentioned it was essential “recognition for girls within the trade is preserved.”
“I don’t have the reply and I want that there was one thing that was a straightforward approach round it, however I believe that it’s actually essential that we now have a feminine class and a male class,” Ramsey added.
The previous Sport of Thrones star mentioned they’d thought arduous about characterize non-binary people in award classes, however didn’t have an answer.
One thought was to call the class “greatest efficiency in a feminine character,” however Ramsey mentioned this creates points for these portraying non-binary characters on display.
One factor Ramsey is for certain of is that being referred to as an “actress” feels uneasy. “I’ve a guttural, ‘That’s not fairly proper,’ intuition to it,” Ramsey mentioned. “However I simply don’t take it too significantly … it doesn’t really feel like an assault on my id.”
Ramsey was nominated for an Emmy in 2023 for portraying Ellie in The Final of Us. On the time, they celebrated the popularity from the Tv Academy.
If nominated once more, Ramsey has a shot at changing into the youngest Excellent Lead Actress in Emmys historical past, an accolade presently held by Zendaya for her efficiency on Euphoria.
Ramsey identifies as non-binary, not as a result of it’s “fashionable,” however as a result of they “grew up extra as somewhat boy than I did somewhat woman.”
Ramsey continued: “It’s been very apparent since I used to be younger. I at all times referred to as myself a tomboy, nevertheless it wasn’t that I used to be a boyish woman, I used to be at all times like a little bit of an in-between. Leaning a lot of the boys facet.
“To be sincere, I grew up extra as somewhat boy than I did somewhat woman. I at all times felt extra masculine or extra on that facet of the spectrum. I suppose in the meanwhile I don’t really feel like I’ve entry to femininity.”
