Emerald Fennell is invited to join the world’s most exclusive film club

The Crown star Emerald Fennell is invited to join the world’s most exclusive film club after her Oscar triumph for Promising Young Woman

She’s the promising young woman from Blighty who was the toast of this year’s Oscars.

And now Hollywood has rolled out the red carpet for Emerald Fennell once more – by inviting her to join the world’s most exclusive film club, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The writer and actress – who won the best original screenplay gong for her film Promising Young Woman – was not the only rising British star to be inaugurated into the Hollywood elite.

Hollywood has rolled out the red carpet for Emerald Fennell once more – by inviting her to join the world’s most exclusive film club, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Vanessa Kirby, 33, who received a best actress nomination for Pieces of a Woman, has also hit the big time.

And Bulgarian star Maria Bakalova, 25, who was in the running for best supporting actress for her role in the new Borat film, also made the cut in a year when the Academy has continued its efforts to diversify its ranks.

The Academy said this year it had slashed the number of invitations from 819 to 395 ‘to enable steady future growth and to ensure the necessary infrastructure, staff resources and environment to support all Academy members’.

As a result of the more selective process, the intake was 46 per cent women, 39 per cent from under-represented ethnic groups and 53 per cent from countries outside the US. 

Vanessa Kirby, 33, who received a best actress nomination for Pieces of a Woman, has also hit the big time

Vanessa Kirby, 33, who received a best actress nomination for Pieces of a Woman, has also hit the big time

Other British invitees include Hugh Bonneville, 57, and Robert Pattinson, 35. 

Rising British stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, 35, who played Malcolm X in the acclaimed film One Night In Miami, and Crazy Rich Asians heart-throb Henry Golding, 34, were also recognised. 

There are now more than 10,000 members of the Academy, who can vote for the Oscars every year.

And Bulgarian star Maria Bakalova, 25, who was in the running for best supporting actress for her role in the new Borat film, also made the cut in a year when the Academy has continued its efforts to diversify its ranks

And Bulgarian star Maria Bakalova, 25, who was in the running for best supporting actress for her role in the new Borat film, also made the cut in a year when the Academy has continued its efforts to diversify its ranks