United Kingdom, Feb. 16 -- Wunmi Mosaku has "not been able to celebrate" her Oscar nomination.

Mosaku, 39, is competing for the Best Supporting Actress prize at the upcoming Academy Awards for her role in vampire movie Sinners, but she's admitted she hasn't felt able to toast her achievement because of all the negative news stories in the US over the last few weeks.

She told The Sunday Times newspaper: "I've not been able to celebrate because of what's going on right now, with the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota and the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy.

"It's difficult to hold both the nomination and the news because one feels beautiful and one is so dark and heavy; truly dystopian - how can I possibl...