BAFTA Says Older White Women Count As Diversity As It Defends Big Drop In TV Nominations For People Of Color
deadline.comBAFTA has celebrated the number of older white women nominated for best actress at its Television Awards amid a steep decline in ethnic diversity in performance shortlists.
All six nominees in the Leading Actress category are white, with some observing that Ambika Mod had been overlooked for her performance in BBC/AMC series This Is Going To Hurt, which is leading the chase for a bronze mask with a total of six nominations.
Asked if BAFTA had hoped for a different outcome, CEO Jane Millichip said: “There is representation in that category in the fact that if you look at the age of the actresses and the roles written for them, it is extraordinary.
This is something that we’ve discussed for a long time in the television and film world: Are the roles written for women over the age of 40?
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