The 2023 Oscar nominations were announced today. Everything Everywhere All at Once led the nominations, receiving a total of 11 Oscar nods.
This year's nominees also included 16 first-time nominees in the acting categories. Only four of the 20 people nominated had been nominated before. This included first-time nominations for Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, Paul Mescal, and more.
To celebrate their outstanding achievements, below are some of the best reactions actors, producers, writers, directors, and more who are nominated shared on social media and with the Academy directly:
1. Michelle Yeoh: Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Brendan Fraser: Best Actor for The Whale
3. Angela Bassett: Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. Stephanie Hsu: Best Supporting Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once
![Stephanie said, in part, "Every card that's ever been stacked against me has been stacked against [Michelle Yeoh] tenfold. And to be able to get to experience this together feels like some cycles are breaking, you know?"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-01/24/20/asset/53b4798917eb/sub-buzz-2955-1674592037-1.jpg)
5. Colin Farrell: Best Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Paul Mescal: Best Actor for Aftersun
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7. Ke Huy Quan: Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All at Once
8. Austin Butler: Best Actor for Elvis
9. Brian Tyree Henry: Best Supporting Actor for Causeway
And for Achievement in Nomination Reaction Statements the Oscar goes to.... Brian Tyree Henry!
10. Steven Spielberg: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for The Fabelmans
11. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert: Best Director for Everything Everywhere All at Once
12. Brendan Gleeson: Best Supporting Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin
13. Domee Shi: Best Animated Feature Film for Turning Red
14. Barry Keoghan: Best Supporting Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin
15. Todd Field: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Tár
16. Jamie Lee Curtis: Best Supporting Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once
17. The team behind The Quiet Girl: Best International Feature Film
Scléip! Team #AnCailínCiúin #TheQuietGirl go wild! 🇮🇪☘️#BestInternationalFeatureFilmNominee #Oscars2023
18. Hong Chau: Best Supporting Actress for The Whale
19. Malte Grunert: Best Picture for All Quiet on the Western Front
20. Guillermo del Toro: Best Animated Feature Film for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
GRATEFUL and HAPPY for our team and fabulous artists and technicians across three countries and from all over the world!!! https://t.co/Y2vKlEpKJ9
21. Martin McDonagh: Best Picture and Best Director for The Banshees of Inisherin
22. Ruth E. Carter: Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
24. Sarah Polley: Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking
I'm very happy today and so grateful to the incredible collective of cast and crew who made Women Talking.
Expectations were low for today. Here I am at a routine doctor’s appointment. I really didn’t plan this day right.
25. Bill Nighy: Best Actor for Living
26. Rian Johnson: Best Adapted Screenplay for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Feeling so grateful for the family that made Glass Onion, and to the writers in the Academy. That’s why we all get emotional over this stuff - it comes from our friends & peers we’re in the trenches with. ♥️🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻 https://t.co/gZjW4vGMGf
27. Jerry Bruckheimer: Best Picture for Top Gun: Maverick
![On behalf of Tom [Cruise], all the filmmakers, cast, Paramount and everyone who worked on ''Top Gun: Maverick,' we are so honored by this recognition from the Academy"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-01/24/20/asset/53b4798917eb/sub-buzz-2985-1674593118-2.jpg)
28. Baz Luhrmann: Best Picture for Elvis
29. Ruben Östlund: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Triangle of Sadness
30. Marcel the Shell: Best Animated Feature Film for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
"Vive le cinéma!" — Oscar nominee Marcel the Shell reacts to his historic nom 🐚
31. Ana de Armas: Best Actress for Blonde
32. Kazuo Ishiguro: Best Adapted Screenplay for Living
What did you think of this year's Oscar nominations? Tell us in the comments below!
This post will be updated as more reactions come in!