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		</div><p>Nominations for this year’s acting Oscars are the most diverse for a decade.</p>
<p>A total of seven nominees are people from ethnic minority backgrounds, a reversal of the trend of 2015 and 2016 when every single actor or actress nominated was white.</p>
<p>This is the highest proportion to go to minority performers since 2007, which also produced seven nominees out of 20.</p>
<figure id="attachment_104589" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104589" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0372.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0372.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="795" class="size-full wp-image-104589" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104589" class="wp-caption-text">Naomie Harris</figcaption></figure>
<p>Denzel Washington has been nominated in the best actor category for his role in Fences, while Ruth Negga gets a nod for best actress for her part in Loving.</p>
<p>If Ruth wins, it will be the first time in 15 years the best actress award has gone to a non-white performer.</p>
<p>British stars Dev Patel and Naomie Harris are among five people of ethnic minority background to receive nominations for best supporting actor or actress.</p>
<figure id="attachment_104590" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104590" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0374.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0374.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="940" class="size-full wp-image-104590" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104590" class="wp-caption-text">Ruth Negga</figcaption></figure>
<p>This year’s announcement comes after the 2016 Oscars were criticised for its all-white shortlist in the acting categories.</p>
<p>Statistics compiled by the Press Association show that in the past 10 years, the main nominees in 2011, 2015 and 2016 were all white actors and actresses.</p>
<figure id="attachment_104591" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104591" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0375.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_0375.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="884" class="size-full wp-image-104591" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-104591" class="wp-caption-text">Dev Patel</figcaption></figure>
<p>By contrast, in 2012 four performers from an ethnic minority background were recognised.</p>
<p>In total, out of 200 acting nominations between 2007 and 2016, 22 have been for non-white performers – and only five have led to victory on Oscars night.</p>
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