Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Charles Melton, And More Who Were Snubbed At This Year's Oscar Nominations

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie failed to get nominations for Best Director and Best Actress for Barbie. You know, the movie that grossed a billion dollars thanks to their work both in front and behind the camera.

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The 2024 awards season is in full swing, and like Moira Rose, it's truly my favorite season. Already, we've seen some big winners at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, as well as some shocking nomination surprises, like Lily Gladstone not being nominated for a BAFTA.

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All of that leads us to this morning when the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced. Oppenheimer led the way with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11 nominations.

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Lily Gladstone made history as the first Native American woman to be nominated for Best Actress for her work as Mollie in Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Colman Domingo's nomination for his portrayal of Bayard Rustin in Rustin marked only the second time an openly gay man has been nominated for playing an LGBTQ+ character.

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Previously, Ian McKellen was nominated in 1999 for his work as James Whale in Gods and Monsters.

There were also quite a few actors who became first-time Oscar nominees, like America Ferrera, Emily Blunt, Sterling K. Brown, and Danielle Brooks for their work in Barbie, Oppenheimer, American Fiction, and The Color Purple respectively.

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And, for the first time in the Academy Awards history, three of the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture were directed by women — Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig's Barbie, and Celine Song's Past Lives.

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Greta is also the first woman to direct three Best Picture nominees for Lady Bird, Little Women, and Barbie.

While there were a ton of much deserved nominations, this year's Oscar nominations didn't come without some major snubs, IMO.

To start, Greta Gerwig did not get a nomination for Best Director and Margot Robbie did not get a Best Actress nomination for Barbie.

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Greta did receive a nomination alongside Noah Baumbach for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Margot got a nomination for Best Picture for her work as a producer on Barbie.

Celine Song did not get a nomination for Best Director and Greta Lee did not get a Best Actress nomination for Past Lives.

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Celine did score a nomination for Best Original Screenplay

Charles Melton didn't score his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In fact, May December only snagged one nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

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Other acting nominee hopefuls that were left off were Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Zac Efron for The Iron Claw, Fantasia Barrino for The Color Purple, Rachel McAdams for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor for Origin, and more.

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All of that is to say, a lot of people took to X, formerly Twitter, to voice their frustration and disappointment, including me, about some of the biggest 2024 Oscar nomination snubs. Here are some of their reactions:

Academy, don’t worry, it’s really okay. You can nominate more than one woman for Best Director every year. It’s okay

— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) January 23, 2024

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the margot robbie snub?????? #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/95MqPASjS8

— gio 🤌🏻 george villiers era (@giogiorubbish) January 23, 2024

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Nominating Ken but not Barbie is so on the nose it hurts.

— itsonlyzach (@itsonlyzach) January 23, 2024

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Ken getting nominated and not Barbie is honestly so fitting for a film about a man discovering the power of patriarchy in the Real World.

— Michael. (@yosoymichael) January 23, 2024

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So Ryan Gosling’s nominated for playing ken but Margot Robbie isn’t nominated for playing barbie… in barbie #Oscars

pic.twitter.com/uceB20BB8H

— poppy ☾ (@scddevereaux) January 23, 2024

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no because wdym they nominated ryan for barbie and NOT margot...#Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/zzdOxOsqcO

— feds (@h1ghrct) January 23, 2024

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Me at the Academy for snubbing Greta Lee, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig of Oscar nominations pic.twitter.com/syhiO0viHM

— Nick (@nm234) January 23, 2024

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Ryan Gosling, while deserving, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t? Completely proving the point of the movie in 20 fucking 24 you cannot make this up #Oscars2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/EvnPJcP8Xn

— rhys (he/him) (@rhysr97) January 23, 2024

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greta gerwig being snubbed at the #Oscars despite barbie being the ONLY $1 billion movie solely directed by a woman feels VERY sus to me… pic.twitter.com/cjzqkmOzYU

— Zac⚡️ (@zacidk) January 23, 2024

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Rachel McAdams
Greta Lee
Claire Foy
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Fantasia Barrino
Cailee Spaney
Teyana Taylor
Julianne Moore
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Taraji P. Henson
Margot Robbie pic.twitter.com/JHCcqWbNMQ

— Dane McDonald (@TheDaneMcDonald) January 23, 2024

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horrible day for my teen heartthrobs who beautifully cried as they watched their children pic.twitter.com/L4WUfOlct0

— Ceo of mike faist (@alanaslynchian) January 23, 2024

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The snubs for Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and Charles Melton really sting after a banner year for Asian actors at the Oscars just one year ago pic.twitter.com/xebQWtZLLD

— Ryan Aguirre (@aguirreryan) January 23, 2024

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CHARLES MELTON ANDREW SCOTT ZAC EFRON GRETA LEE RACHEL MCADAMS I WILL AVENGE YOU pic.twitter.com/Ga5cmOEoSp

— ad (@goslingsfilms) January 23, 2024

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at the charles melton and dominic sessa for best supporting actor nomination store pic.twitter.com/XQ9AOiZEHL

— jess (@ZEFFIR3LLI) January 23, 2024

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@ the academy re: may december pic.twitter.com/Ph2IByDe6D

— grace barber-plentie (@gracesimone) January 23, 2024

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No Fantasia??????? No Color Purple for Best Motion Picture??? WHAT IS THIS #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/R1q2a2Bgx3

— raveen marie 🫶🏾 (@xoraveen) January 23, 2024

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*the* supporting actress performance of the year !! pic.twitter.com/eUGTUkODQ7

— Jordan (@JordanHGus) January 23, 2024

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The Greta Lee snub, the Margot Robbie snub, the Charles Melton snub, the Julianne Moore and NATALIE PORTMAN snub #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/jtoyumjIWr

— cam hump (@Cameron_Hump) January 23, 2024

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They really flunked their chance to give Joe Hisaishi his flowers https://t.co/JlqCKCvBZa

— Reel and Roll Films (@reelandroll) January 23, 2024

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only one woman director in the best director category in a year filled with outstanding movies made by women? no best director nomination for the woman who directed the most talked about film in 2023? pic.twitter.com/eYkJyIxal0

— trin (@lovelltrin) January 23, 2024

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Me every year after the Oscar nominations are announced pic.twitter.com/2IHSACR2TF

— Jon (@prasejeebus) January 23, 2024

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The 2024 Academy Awards will be held on March 10 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.

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