Who is nominated?
The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, leads the nominations with 12. Dune follows with 10 nominations, while West Side Story and Belfast both racked up seven. All four films are nominated for Best Picture, alongside CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, King Richard, Licorice Pizza and Nightmare Alley.
Will Smith is the presumptive front-runner for Best Actor, which would mark his first Oscar win. The King Richard actor is nominated against The Power of the Dog‘s Benedict Cumberbatch, Tick, Tick…Boom!‘s Andrew Garfield, Being the Ricardos‘ Javier Bardem and The Tragedy of Macbeth‘s Denzel Washington.
The Best Actress race is among The Eyes of Tammy Faye‘s Jessica Chastain, Being the Ricardos‘ Nicole Kidman, The Lost Daughter‘s Olivia Colman, Parallel Mothers‘ Penélope Cruz and Spencer‘s Kristen Stewart.
In the Best Supporting Actor race, CODA‘s Troy Kotsur has already made history as the first male deaf nominee in Oscars history. He’s nominated alongside The Power of the Dog‘s Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons, Belfast‘s Ciarán Hinds and Being the Ricardos‘ J.K. Simmons.
In the final acting category, the Best Supporting Actress field includes West Side Story‘s Ariana DeBose, The Lost Daughter‘s Jessie Buckley, King Richard‘s Aunjanue Ellis, The Power of the Dog‘s Kirsten Dunst and Belfast‘s Judi Dench vying for the trophy.
See a full list of 2022 Oscar nominees.
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