JOKER leads the pack for nominations in this year’s Academy Awards, with the film receiving 11 nominations including best picture, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
In a strong supporting cast, The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood have 10 nominations each.
Joker’s 11 nominations equals its tally at the British Academy Film Awards, who announced their nominations last week.
Nominations in the main categories are:
Best picture
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- The Irishman
- Parasite
- 1917
- Marriage Story
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Ford v Ferrari
Best actor
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
- Adam Driver – Marriage Story
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
- Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
Best actress
- Renee Zellweger – Judy
- Charlize Theron – Bombshell
- Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
- Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
- Cynthia Ervio – Harriet
Best director
- Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
- Bong Joon Ho – Parasite
- Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Sam Mendes – 1917
- Todd Phillips – Joker
Best supporting actress
- Laura Dern – Marriage Story
- Margot Robbie – Bombshell
- Florence Pugh – Little Women
- Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
- Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
Best supporting actor
- Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Al Pacino – The Irishman
- Joe Pesci – The Irishman
- Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes
The 92nd Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 9 February.
Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won the most awards last year, picking up four prizes including best actor. Green Book was named best picture, while Britain’s Olivia Colman won best actress for The Favourite.
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