The Brutalist actress Felicity Jones and Succession stars take early Oscar nods
More nominations are being announced.
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Your support makes all the difference.British actress Felicity Jones has landed her second Oscar nomination as former Succession stars Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin secured their first Academy Awards nods.
Jones has been given her first Oscar nod in a decade, following her performance as Adrien Brody’s wife in The Brutalist, as the nominations for the 97th Oscars are announced on Thursday at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles.
In 2015 she received a best actress nod for her role as Jane Hawking, the wife of British theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, in biopic The Theory Of Everything.
Jones will compete against Emilia Perez star Zoe Saldana, for her role in the Netflix thriller about a Mexican drug lord who changes gender, and Italian-born US star Isabella Rossellini for playing a nun in papal election drama Conclave.
Also nominated in the category is US pop singer Ariana Grande for playing Glinda the good witch, an early friend to Cynthia Erivo’s green-skinned character Wicked, and Monica Barbaro for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
The announcement was previously postponed twice amid the wildfires in Los Angeles, with the beginning of the nominations event paying tribute to emergency personnel, the film industry and those hit by the blazes.
In the supporting actor category, Culkin, for playing a cousin to Jesse Eisenberg who goes on a trip to retrace his Jewish grandmother’s past escaping the Holocaust in Poland in A Real Pain, and Strong, who portrayed former President Donald Trump mentor Roy Cohn in The Apprentice, are going head-to-head.
They were nominated alongside Russian actor Yura Borisov for Anora, and Edward Norton for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Australian star Guy Pearce for The Brutalist.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with first-time host Conan O’Brien taking over the helm this year.
British TV presenter Jonathan Ross will return as host of ITV’s Oscars companion show this March for the second year running, accompanied by celebrity guests and film experts to discuss nominated films on the night.