Oscar nominations 2026: Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi land first-ever Oscar nomination

Off the back of her Golden Globes win, the 46-year-old Australian actress is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

Speaking of her major nod, Rose was in complete shock.

‘I can’t believe it. I feel like I’ve snuck into the back of the bus,’ she told The Hollywood Reporter.

‘The thought of the legacy and the pageantry and the scale of it, it’s impossible to not have that value.

‘Of course, that huge kind of legacy and tradition of this ceremony is just undeniable, so to be a small part of that is unbelievable. I love the Oscars. [When I was a] little girl from Sydney, Australia, I used to watch [the show]. The pageantry of it is so fun and theatrical.’

She also gave an update on her pet bearded dragon that her husband Bobby Cannavale and their kids went to get while she was at the Globes.

‘He’s doing well! It’s for the kids. The kids are very happy,’ she added.

During her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, Rose said her brother George was her date on the night and revealed the bizarre reason her US actor husband could not attend the awards show.

‘Thanks to my husband Bobby. He isn’t here because we’re getting a bearded dragon, and he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey,’ she said.

Rose faces strong competition for the Academy Award, going up against fellow Golden Globe winner and Irish star Jessie Buckley, Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value and Emma Stone for Bugonia. 

She beat both Emma and Kate for the Golden Globes trophy earlier this month, winning Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

Meanwhile, fellow Aussie Jacob Elordi has also been nominated for his first-ever Oscar in the Actor in a Supporting Role category for his role in Frankenstein.

He is up against Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another, Delroy Lindo – Sinners, Sean Penn – One Battle After Another, and Stellan Skarsgård- Sentimental Value. 

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners made history as it earned the most Academy Awards nominations ever, with 16, including the biggest prize of the night, Best Picture. It broke the record of 14 previously shared by 1950’s All About Eve, 1997’s Titanic and 2016’s La La Land.

The horror flick is one of the ten films up for the honour alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.

However, there was a massive backlash after Ariana Grande was snubbed in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for Wicked: For Good. She had been nominated last year for her work in the first film of the musical franchise.

Wicked: For Good was completely shut out of nominations. This came despite an acclaimed leading performance by Cynthia Erivo, as well as new songs written for the film, including No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.

Meanwhile, the nominees for Actress in a Supporting role included: Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Amy Madigan – Weapons, Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners and Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another.

Gwyneth Paltrow was also left off the list in the category for her work in Marty Supreme.

When it came to Actor in a Supporting Role, the star-studded field includes: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein, Delroy Lindo – Sinners, Sean Penn – One Battle After Another, and Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value.

Paul Mescal for Hamnet, Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly and Jesse Plemons for Bugonia were considered major snubs in this category.

The contenders for Best Director are some of the greatest filmmakers of the modern era, as Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) and Coogler (Sinners).

There was a new award announced this year for Best Casting as the inaugural field includes: Nina Gold – Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler – Sinners.

Best Animated Feature Film nods went to Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2.

Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominees in all 24 categories in a livestream from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. 

The 98th annual Academy Awards will take place at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 15.

There are just over 11,000 members of the Academy, with individuals split into 19 branches. 

Those branches are divided into directors, writers, costume designers, hair and make-up teams, publicists and the biggest one of all: actors.

Of those, just under 10,000 end up voting for the Academy Awards as members who do not vote have emeritus status.

The Academy has massively increased its membership over the past 14 years, as a Los Angeles Times report published in 2012 revealed the Academy had about 5,800 members at that time.

Nominees were chosen through a ranked-choice ballot, AKA a preferential ballot,  as each voter listed their nominees in order of preference. 

Then, when the ballots are counted, nominees are selected based on the number of votes over a particular threshold as well as the number of overall nominees in that category.

However, for those contenders who do not hit the required threshold, the ranked-choice balloting takes effect. 

At the biggest night in film, 24 gongs will be awarded. Each category features five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has ten. 

Best Picture nominations are determined by eligible members from all 19 Academy branches. 

All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, looked after by independent accounting firm PwC. 

Viewers will see a familiar face as Conan O’Brien will return to host after he helped last year’s ceremony draw the biggest audience in five years. 

The 98th Oscars will be televised live in more than 200 territories worldwide on Sunday, March 15.