A staggering majority of the 2023 Oscar acting nominees were nominated for an Oscar for the first time today.
There are 20 spots in four categories – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress – and 16 of them have been nominated for the first time this year.
Here are the 2023 Oscar nominees
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The entire Best Actor line-up includes Pharrell, Brendan Fraser (whale), Bill Nighy (life), Paul Mescal (after sun), and Austin Butler (elvis). Other first-time nominees include Hong Chau. whaleBrian Tyree Henry CausewayAndrea Riseborough to Leslieand in Ana de Armas blonde.
The large number of nominees being nominated for the first time is a breath of fresh air. They give us the opportunity to celebrate not only industry veterans such as Yeoh, Quan and Fraser, but also young actors with fewer feature films like Mescal, Hsu and Butler.
Of the four nominees already nominated for an Academy Award, Cate Blanchett (library), Judd Hirsch (favermans), Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), and Michelle Williams (favermans) — Only Blanchett has ever won. Because of this, we may see his four-man line-up of first-time Oscar winners at the 95th Academy Awards.
