Cate Blanchett led the Australian contingent in this year’s Oscar nominations, earning recognition for her role in Tom Field’s psychodrama Tár.
The 53-year-old is nominated in the Best Actress category for her portrayal of Lydia Tár, a manipulative orchestra conductor who becomes the first female conductor of a German orchestra.
Also nominated for Best Actress is Ana De Armas for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde; Andrea Riseborough for her portrayal of a recovering alcoholic who reunites with her estranged son in To Leslie; and Michelle Williams for portraying a character inspired by Stephen Spielberg’s mother on The Fabelmans.
Cate Blanchett led the Australian contingent in this year’s Oscar nominations, earning recognition for her role in the psychodrama Tár. (Pictured at the UK premiere of Tár on January 11)
Michelle Yeoh is also nominated for Best Actress for A24’s genre-bending action film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Blanchett is now one of a small circle of elite actors to have been nominated for eight Oscars, alongside Marlon Brando, Judi Dench, Geraldine Page, Peter O’Toole and Glenn Close.
She has already won two Oscars, one for The Aviator (2005) and the other for Blue Jasmine (2014).
She is nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lydia Tár, a manipulative orchestra conductor who becomes the first female conductor of a German orchestra
Michelle Yeoh is also nominated for Best Actress for A24’s genre-bending action film Everything Everywhere All at Once. (Pictured LR: Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan)
Fellow Australian Baz Lurhmann received no Best Director nomination for his Elvis Presley biopic, but the film received eight nominations in other categories.
These include lead actor Austin Butler’s nomination for Best Actor and Lurhmann’s Creative Director Catherine Martin for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
Martin, who also worked on Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, is now the most-awarded Australian in Oscars history, having received nine nominations and four wins over the years.
Fellow Australian Baz Lurhmann received no Best Director nomination for his Elvis Presley biopic, but the film received eight nominations in other categories
Elvis’ nominations include leading actor Austin Butler (center) for Best Actor and Lurhmann’s Creative Director Catherine Martin (left) for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design
Australian gold girl Margot Robbie has been removed from the nominees list.
The 32-year-old was not recognized for her work in the film Babylon, nor did the film receive a Best Picture nomination.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday morning.
Australian gold girl Margot Robbie has been removed from the nominees list. Her film Babylon also received no nomination in the Best Picture category
The Oscars will be held on March 12th at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
It comes after Blanchett came under fire for her Golden Globe-winning role in Tár.
While many have condemned the critically acclaimed film as “anti-woman” because Blanchett’s character is revealed to be a narcissistic bully, Blanchett came to his defense.
It comes after Cate came under fire for her Golden Globe-winning role in Tár (pictured). The star plays Lydia Tár, who rises to become the first female conductor of a German orchestra in the film’s plot
The glamorous blonde described the Todd Field-directed film as “very provocative” in an interview with BBC Radio 4, reprinted in The Australian.
Marin Alsop, a real-life conductor, emerged to condemn the film as “anti-woman.”
Marin, 66, one of the world’s top conductors, told The Australian on Friday: “To have the opportunity to portray a woman in this role to make her a perpetrator is heartbreaking to me.”
Marin Alsop, a real conductor, has now emerged to condemn the critically acclaimed film as “anti-woman” because Blanchett’s character is revealed to be a narcissistic bully. (Pictured: Alsop conducts in New York in 2021)
Blanchett said that Alsop was entitled to her opinion and that she had the utmost respect for the conductor, describing the film as “a mediation about power and power is genderless”.
She also distanced herself from any allegation that the film used Alsop or any other conductor as a basis for her character.
Blanchett is expected to win her second Best Actress Oscar for the role.
FULL LIST OF OSCARS 2023 NOMINATIONS
best picture
nothing new in the West
Avatar: The Way of Water
Banshees by Inisherin
elvis
Everything everywhere at once
The Fabelmans
tar
Top Gun: Maverick
triangle of sadness
women talk
Best Director
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere at Once
Steven Spielberg, Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tar
Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness
Best Original Screenplay
Banshees by Inisherin
Everything everywhere at once
The Fabelmans
tar
triangle of sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay
nothing new in the West
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
life
Top Gun: Maverick
women talk
Best supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Dam
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, all everywhere at once
The best supporting actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything, everywhere at once
original score
nothing new in the West
Babylon
The Banshees by Inisherin
Everything everywhere at once
The Fabelmans
product design
nothing new in the West
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
elvis
The Fabelmans
Best film editing
The Banshees by Inisherin
elvis
Everything everywhere at once
tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Feature Film
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
Marcel wears the shell with shoes on
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Creature
To redden
Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish farewell
value
Le pupil
night drive
The red suitcase
Best actor
Austin Butler Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighty, Alive
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tar
Ana de Armas, blonde
Andrea Riseborough, to Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything, everywhere at once
cinematography
nothing new in the West
Bardo, False Chronicle
elvis
realm of light
tar
Visual effects
nothing new in the West
Avatar: The Way of Water
Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Original Song
Applause, say it like a woman
Hold my hand, Top Gun: Maverick
Pick me up, Black Panther
Naatu Naatu by RRR
This is life, all everywhere at once
best sound
nothing new in the West
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther
elvis
Everything everywhere at once
Mrs. Harris goes to Paris
makeup and hair
nothing new in the West
Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
elvis
The whale
Best Documentary
Anything that breathes
All the beauty and the bloodshed
fire of love
A house of splinters
Navalny
Best Documentary Short Film
The Elephant Whisperers
transport
How do you measure a year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
stranger at the gate
Best International Feature Film
All quiet on the western front (Germany)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Close (Belgium)
EO (Poland)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland
Best Animated Short Film
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
the flying sailor,
ice cream vendor
My year of the D***s
An ostrich told me the world is wrong and I think I believe it