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BBC News
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bella Ramsey backs keeping separate awards for women
Bella Ramsey backs keeping best actress awards Just now Share Save Ian Youngs Culture reporter Share Save Getty Images Bella Ramsey plays Ellie in The Last of Us, and has also been in Game of Thrones and The Worst Witch The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has voiced support for awards shows keeping separate categories for male and female performers. The British star, who identifies as non-binary and asks to be referred to with they/them pronouns, said it was important that "recognition for women in the industry is preserved". "But then, where do non-binary or gender non-conforming people fit into that? I don't know," Ramsey added. Ramsey has been nominated for best actress at the Baftas and Emmys. Other ceremonies such the MTV and Brit Awards have switched to all-encompassing gender-neutral prizes as the entertainment industry grapples with how non-binary actors should be treated by awards shows. Organisers of the Oscars said last year they were "exploring" the idea of merging the best actor and actress categories. Ramsey told Louis Theroux's podcast: "If people call me an actress, I have a guttural 'ugh, that's not quite right' instinct to it. "But I just don't take it too seriously. It doesn't feel like an attack on my identity. It's just a funny thing that doesn't really fit." 'I've tried to think my way to the answer' Ramsey said they "didn't find it insulting" to be nominated for best actress at the Emmys. Theroux suggested that having a single category would mean "basically a lot of women wouldn't get nominated" - as happened when the Brits scrapped their best male and female categories in favour of a best artist award, and no women were nominated in 2023. Ramsey responded: "I think it's so important that that's preserved - that the recognition for women in this industry is preserved. "I think the gendered categories conversation's a really interesting one and I don't have the answer. I wish that there was something that was an easy way around it. "I think that it is really important that we have a female category and a male category - but then, where do non-binary and gender con-conforming people fit into that? I don't know. "I've literally sat and tried to think my way to the answer, and haven't got there. "You could do it for the character portrayed - like, best performance in a female character. But then, what about when there are non-binary characters on screen? Which is few and far between at the moment. But where does a non-binary person playing a non-binary character fit in? I don't know. It's really complicated." There has also been a move towards referring to all performers as actors rather than using the term actress, but Ramsey said many people prefer to be called an actress "and are really comfortable in that". "I've always just called myself an actor, but I don't think that those words [like actress] have to be taken away." Pronoun 'stress'
The Independent
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Nicola Coughlan raises more than £100,000 for trans charity after gender ruling
Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan has helped raise more than £100,000 for a trans rights charity following the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. The judgment by the UK's highest court said that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the 2010 Equality Act 'refer to a biological woman and biological sex'. Following the news on Wednesday, the Irish star said she was 'completely horrified' and 'disgusted' by the ruling and said she would match donations up to £10,000 to transgender charity Not A Phase. The fundraiser has since raised £103,018, with a revised target of £110,000. On Friday, the Derry Girls and Barbie actress, 38, who has long supported the LGBT+ community, shared the donation page on her Instagram story, saying: 'Nearly 100k thanks to you kind and brilliant people so delighted for Not A Phase'. The fundraiser description reads: 'Allies of the Trans and Non Binary Community time to come together.' The Supreme Court ruling means that transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if 'proportionate'. In response to the ruling, thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday including groups such as Trans Kids Deserve Better, Pride in Labour, the Front for the Liberation of Intersex Non-binary and Transgender people (Flint) and TransActual. A rally and march organised by Resisting Transphobia is also taking place in Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nicola Coughlan raises more than £100,000 for trans charity after gender ruling
Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan has helped raise more than £100,000 for a trans rights charity following the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. The judgment by the UK's highest court said that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the 2010 Equality Act 'refer to a biological woman and biological sex'. Following the news on Wednesday, the Irish star said she was 'completely horrified' and 'disgusted' by the ruling and said she would match donations up to £10,000 to transgender charity Not A Phase. The fundraiser has since raised £103,018, with a revised target of £110,000. On Friday, the Derry Girls and Barbie actress, 38, who has long supported the LGBT+ community, shared the donation page on her Instagram story, saying: 'Nearly 100k thanks to you kind and brilliant people so delighted for Not A Phase'. The fundraiser description reads: 'Allies of the Trans and Non Binary Community time to come together.' The Supreme Court ruling means that transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if 'proportionate'. In response to the ruling, thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday including groups such as Trans Kids Deserve Better, Pride in Labour, the Front for the Liberation of Intersex Non-binary and Transgender people (Flint) and TransActual. A rally and march organised by Resisting Transphobia is also taking place in Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nicola Coughlan Slams J.K. Rowling Over Her Support of Anti-Trans Supreme Court Ruling: 'Keep Your New 'Harry Potter' Lads'
Nicola Coughlan is not a fan of J.K. Rowling. On Friday, April 18, the Bridgerton star, 38, slammed the author over her controversial support of an United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling that trans women are not legally women in a scathing post on her Instagram Stories. Following the April 16 ruling, Rowling, 59, shared a post on X, which featured a celebratory photo of her smoking a cigar and holding up a drink. She wrote beside the image: "I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights." In response, Coughlan shared a post from The Cut on her Instagram Story and linked to an article from the outlet titled, "This Is a New Low for J.K. Rowling." On top of the post, the actress wrote, "Keep your new Harry Potter lads," referring to HBO's new series that is adapting each of the seven books into their own season. Coughlan said she "wouldn't touch [the series] with a ten-foot pole" due to the author's anti-trans beliefs, given that Rowling is involved in the HBO series — and was part of the selection process for its showrunner and executive producers. Related: J.K. Rowling Hits Out at Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson Over Their Trans Rights Support: They Can 'Save Their Apologies' The actress continued to voice her support for the trans community on Instagram, saying in a video that she was "completely horrified" by the news and planning to start a fundraiser for Not A Phase, a charity that supports trans adults across the U.K. Coughlan initially set her goal at £10,000 ($13,265) and vowed to match donations up to that amount. 'To see an already-marginalized community to be further attacked in law is really stomach-turning and disgusting, and these people celebrating it [are] more stomach-turning and disgusting,' she said in her video. 'If you are a cisgender person who is an ally of a trans person, I think now is the time to just speak up and make your voice heard, and let your trans, nonbinary friends and just the community at large know that you're there for them and will keep fighting for them," she added. In the caption of her video, Coughlan wrote: "Allies of the Trans and Non Binary Community time to come together. F--- the Supreme Court, f--- the TERFs let's raise some money 🩷🤍🩵" Since then, Coughlan has raised nearly £100,000 ($132,655), which she confirmed on her Instagram Story on April 18. Coughlan is not the only celebrity to speak out in opposition to Rowling, 59, who first came under fire in 2020 for making comments that were widely condemned as transphobic. Following the comments, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon spoke out and said Rowling's opinions were "really painful" for her transgender son, while Pete Davidson called the author out on Saturday Night Live, as he asked, "What's wrong with her?" Related: Jonathan Van Ness and Nicola Coughlan Open Up About 'Rare' Friendship After Meeting on Instagram The cast of Harry Potter also weighed in. Daniel Radcliffe penned an essay for the Trevor Project days later, writing, "To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you don't entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you." Rupert Grint and Emma Watson also spoke out in support of the trans community amidst the backlash. Grint told The Sunday Times, 'I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers. Trans women are women. Trans men are men." Watson, for her part, wrote in a tweet: 'Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren't who they say they are. I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Last year, Radcliffe doubled down on his opposition to Rowling's opinion as he told The Atlantic that her comments made him "really sad, ultimately, because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic." "Obviously, Harry Potter would not have happened without her, so nothing in my life would have probably happened the way it is without that person," he said. "But that doesn't mean that you owe the things you truly believe to someone else for your entire life." Read the original article on People
