Barbie’s Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie Shockingly Snubbed for Best Director, Actress Nominations at 2024 Oscars

Barbie There’s plenty to celebrate at this year’s Academy Awards, but Tuesday’s nominations included some shocking reviews for the top-grossing film of 2023.

Greta Gerwig was left out of the Best Director category, while star Margot Robbie was left out of the Best Actress category.

Despite being the #1 film of the year at the box office, Gerwig, 40 was not recognized in the directing category. However, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, along with her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach.

Barbie is also nominated for best picture, meaning co-producer Robbie, 33, is also an Oscar contender, despite not nabbing a best actress nomination.

The nominees for best director are Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall), Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor people) and Jonathan Glazer (Zone of interest)

In the best actress category are Annette Bening (Nyad), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Carey Mulligan (Maestro) and Emma Stone (Poor people).

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Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig behind the scenes Barbie (2023).

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Robbie secured numerous awards this year for her acting work in Barbieincluding Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award nominations.

In previous years, Gerwig received a nomination for Best Director in 2017 Lady Birdher debut, although she did not receive support for her second film, in 2019 Little woman. She received screenplay nominations for both of those films.

Greta Gerwig; Margot Robbie. Michael Loccisano/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

For BarbieGerwig earned directing nominations from the Directors Guild of America, Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards earlier this year.

Only three women have won the award for best director in the history of the Academy Awards: Kathryn Bigelow in 2010 for Hurt LockerChloé Zhao 2021 for Nomadland and Jane Campion 2022 for The power of the dog.

Greta Gerwig in Los Angeles on June 25, 2023.

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Last year, Gerwig said W magazine about her directing style and how she thinks her acting experience shapes the way she works.

“I think there’s an advantage to being an actor who directs,” she said. “I know how vulnerable and scary it is. Margot [Robbie] said, ‘Just so you know, a week before we start filming, I’m going to doubt I’ll ever be able to do it,’ and I said, ‘I totally know that feeling. Go ahead and have that feeling.’ ”

“And she said, ‘Once we get going, I’ll feel more like, ‘Okay, I’m in it now. I know how to do it.’ “I feel deeply for that and I’m trying to figure out how to make them feel safe,” Gerwig added.

Greta Gerwig in London on October 8, 2023.

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Gerwig admitted that she still feels like she’s starting from scratch every time she directs a new project. (She will steer next Chronicles of Narnia adaptations for Netflix.)

“Before committing [Lady Bird]I thought, ‘Well, once I do that, then I’ll feel like, ‘Yes, I’m a director.”’ And then I didn’t feel that way,” she recalled to W. “I had all the same fears going into the second one. And I thought, ‘Well, but after the second one, then I’ll definitely feel like a director.’ And then that feeling never came and I realized I didn’t think it would come.”

“You feel like a beginner in whatever project you’re on,” the director explained. “My experience with the first film was that I’m going to have to do it before I feel like I can, because if I wait until I feel like I can, I’ll never do it.”

The 96th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 10, from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, beginning at 7:00 PM ET.

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