Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she’d been nominated for an Academy Award early Thursday morning.
“I woke up, and (my mother) said, ‘You’ve been nominated! You’re nominated!'” recalls Quvenzhane (Kuh-VAHN-zuh-nay) of learning she’s up for the best actress prize at the 85th annual Oscars. “I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ But it was on the inside. It wasn’t on the outside.”
At 9 years old, the “Beasts of the Southern Wild” star is the youngest woman — ahem — girl to ever be nominated in the category.
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