Simone Kessell Instagram – In the past few years, Hollywood has taken great strides to increase AAPI representation on screen, with a record number of Asians landing Emmy nominations and wins, This awards season, more AAPI actors fight for history-making nominations. While AAPI representation has increased thanks largely to streaming platforms providing for diverse content, the 2023 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Diverse Intelligence Series by Nielsen and the nonprofit Gold House showed a demographic breakdown of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders making up only 0.6% of the share of screen across broadcast, cable and streaming. New Zealander and Māori actress Simone Kessell — who also appears in Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” — plays Charlotte in the present timeline of “Yellowjackets.” Her nomination would be history-making, as although there have been AAPI nominees and winners in the supporting actress category— Kessell would be the first Pacific Islander to receive a nod. Thank you @jazzt21 for this story if anything it is a conversation starter! @courtneyeaton ❣️@variety @showtime @yellowjacketshive