The 2020 Oscars are here, and the nominees and winners are a star-studded bunch indeed.
Leading the pack of hopefuls this year is 29-year-old Queenslander, Margot Robbie who shot to Hollywood fame after starring in a slew of globally renowned blockbusters.
The Aussie golden girl has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, and is up against the likes of Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit) and Florence Pugh (Little Women).
Margot’s performance in Bombshell, which tells the story of the man behind Fox News, Roger Ailes, and the sexual harassment lawsuit against him, has been met with international acclaim.
Meanwhile, Margot’s fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Toni Collette were unfortunately pipped at the post for their performances in Bombshell and Knives Out, respectively, but there’s no doubt their performances are Oscar-worthy, regardless.
Other leading nominees for the 2020 ceremony, which is taking place at LA’s Dolby Theatre on February 10, include Irish actress Soairse Ronan (Little Women), Charlize Theron (Bombshell) and Renee Zellweger (Judy) – all of whom are nominated in the Best Actress category.
In the lead actor category, Leonardo DiCaprio is a key player once again for his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Other nominees in the category include Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Joaquin Phoenix (Joker), Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory), and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes).
As for the best picture category, leading films include: The Irishman, Joker, Little Women, Ford v Ferrari, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Parasite, 1917, and Jojo Rabbit.
While the list of nominees this year are undoubtedly talented, unrest has been rife at the lack of diversity in the lineup.
Only five women have previously been nominated in the best director category in the award’s 92-year history, and with only 26 non-white actors being recognised across the four main acting gongs over the last ten years (as per the BBC), it’s clear there is still work to be done.
See the full list of the Oscar 2020 nominations and winners (emboldened) as they are announced below.
Best motion picture of the year:
FORD V FERRARI
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT
JOKER
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY
1917
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
PARASITE – WINNER
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Cynthia Erivo – HARRIET
Scarlett Johansson – MARRIAGE STORY
Saoirse Ronan – LITTLE WOMEN
Charlize Theron – BOMBSHELL
Renée Zellweger – JUDY -WINNER
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Antonio Banderas – PAIN AND GLORY
Leonardo DiCaprio – ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Adam Driver – MARRIAGE STORY
Joaquin Phoenix – JOKER – WINNER
Jonathan Pryce – THE TWO POPES
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Kathy Bates – RICHARD JEWELL
Laura Dern – MARRIAGE STORY – WINNER
Scarlett Johansson – JOJO RABBIT
Florence Pugh – LITTLE WOMEN
Margot Robbie – BOMBSHELL
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Tom Hanks – A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Anthony Hopkins – THE TWO POPES
Al Pacino – THE IRISHMAN
Joe Pesci – THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt – ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – WINNER
Best animated feature film of the year
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
I LOST MY BODY
KLAUS
MISSING LINK
TOY STORY 4 – WINNER
Achievement in cinematography:
THE IRISHMAN
JOKER
THE LIGHTHOUSE
1917 – Roger Deakins – WINNER
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Achievement in costume design:
THE IRISHMAN – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
JOJO RABBIT– Mayes C. Rubeo
JOKER– Mark Bridges
LITTLE WOMEN – Jacqueline Durran – WINNER
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Arianne Phillips
Achievement in directing:
THE IRISHMAN – Martin Scorsese
JOKER – Todd Phillips
1917 – Sam Mendes
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE – Bong Joon Ho – WINNER
Best documentary feature:
AMERICAN FACTORY – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert – WINNER
THE CAVE – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
FOR SAMA – Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
HONEYLAND – Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
Best documentary short subject:
IN THE ABSENCE – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva – WINNER
LIFE OVERTAKES ME – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
WALK RUN CHA-CHA – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt
Achievement in film editing:
FORD V FERRARI – Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland – WINNER
THE IRISHMAN – Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT – Tom Eagles
JOKER – Jeff Groth
PARASITE – Yang Jinmo
Best international feature film of the year:
CORPUS CHRISTI – Poland
HONEYLAND – North Macedonia
LES MISÉRABLES – France
PAIN AND GLORY – Spain
PARASITE – South Korea – WINNER
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling:
BOMBSHELL – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker -WINNER
JOKER -Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
JUDY – Jeremy Woodhead
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
JOKER – Hildur Guðnadóttir
LITTLE WOMEN – Alexandre Desplat
MARRIAGE STORY – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away from TOY STORY 4 – Music and lyrics by Randy Newman
(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again from ROCKETMAN – Music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin – WINNER
I’m Standing With You from BREAKTHROUGH – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Into The Unknown from FROZEN II – Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Stand Up from HARRIET – Music and lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Achievement in production design:
THE IRISHMAN – Production Design: Bob Shaw. Set Decoration: Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT – Production Design: Ra Vincent. Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner. Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Production Design: Barbara Ling. Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh – WINNER
PARASITE – Production Design: Lee Ha Jun. Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
Best animated short film:
DCERA (DAUGHTER) – Daria Kashcheeva
HAIR LOVE – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver – WINNER
KITBULL – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
MEMORABLE – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
SISTER – Siqi Song
Best live action short film:
BROTHERHOOD – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW – Marshall Curry – WINNER
SARIA – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
A SISTER – Delphine Girard
Achievement in sound editing:
FORD V FERRARI – Donald Sylvester – WINNER
JOKER – Alan Robert Murray
1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Wylie Stateman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing:
AD ASTRA – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
FORD V FERRARI – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
JOKER – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson – WINNER
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano
Achievement in visual effects:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
THE LION KING – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy – WINNER
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
Adapted screenplay:
THE IRISHMAN – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT – Screenplay by Taika Waititi – WINNER
JOKER – Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN – Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES – Written by Anthony McCarten
Original screenplay:
KNIVES OUT – Written by Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY – Written by Noah Baumbach
1917 – Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD – Written by Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE – Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won. Story by Bong Joon Ho – WINNER