Oscars 2022 - Who Are The Best Actors, Actresses, Directors

Quick Points of Oscars 2022 Nominations

Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, and while titles like The Power Of The Dog and Dune received their expected nods, others, like Cruella, were surprisingly nominated or, like House Of Gucci, ignored—here are the biggest Oscars surprises and snubs.

The 94th Academy Awards are set to take place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.

*Of the 10 best picture nominees, half were released by streaming services or simultaneously online and in theaters. The ones that got more-or-less traditional releases from theatrical distributors were “Belfast,” “Drive My Car,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley” and “West Side Story.”

*This year’s celebration of all things movies comes as the film industry itself is in a period of great upheaval and transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic has battered the box office, which means that many of the top Oscar contenders lost money. None of those films has made much money at the box office. Ironically, the highest-grossing best picture nominee was “Dune,” despite its same-day streaming release. It earned nearly $400 million in global ticket sales, including $108 million domestically.

*Jane Campion's western The Power of the Dog (Netflix) led the nominations with 12 nods across various categories, including the coveted Best Picture category where it was placed alongside nine other nominees.

*Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic Dune followed closely behind with 10 nominations, while Kenneth Branagh's film memoir Belfast earned seven nominations, tying with Steven Spielberg's musical remake of West Side Story, which also received seven nods, including a shout in the Best Director category. All three titles earned a spot in the Best Picture category.

*Lady Gaga’s performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House Of Gucci wasn’t nominated by the Academy, even though it received nods from the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild—and House Of Gucci only received one nod overall, for makeup and hair styling.

*Billie Eilish received her first Oscar nomination for the song “No Time To Die” from the James Bond flick of the same name, and Beyoncé earned her first for the song “Be Alive” from King Richard.

*Lin Manuel Miranda’s nomination for the song “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto could finally win him his EGOT—he’s previously won several Emmys, Grammys and Tonys.

*Though Kristin Stewart’s performance as Princess Diana in Spencer was ignored by the Screen Actors Guild, she earned a nomination for best leading actress, her first Oscars nod.

*Disney’s Cruella, the Emma Stone-led backstory to the villain from 101 Dalmations, received two nominations for costume design and hair and makeup.

*Drive My Car was nominated for both Best Picture and International Feature Film, and it has the potential to follow in the steps of 2020’s Parasite and win both.

*The smash blockbuster hit Spider-Man: No Way Home was rumored to be a surprise mainstream contender for Best Picture, but couldn’t secure the nomination and only received one overall, for Visual Effects.

The full list of 2022 Oscar nominees

Oscar Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement.

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Actor in a Leading Role

• Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
• Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
• Will Smith – King Richard
• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
• Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
• Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
• Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
• Troy Kotsur – CODA
• Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
• JK Simmons – Being the Ricardos
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
• Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
• Judi Dench – Belfast
• Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best Picture

• Belfast
• CODA
• Don't Look Up
• Drive My Car
• Dune
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• West Side Story

Directing

• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• CODA
• Drive My Car
• Dune
• The Lost Daughter
• The Power of the Dog

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Belfast
• Don't Look Up
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• The Worst Person in the World

Cinematography

• Dune
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

Animated Feature Film

• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon

Music (Original Score)

• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• Encanto
• Parallel Mothers
• The Power of the Dog

Music (Original Song)

• "Be Alive" – King Richard
• "Dos Oruguitas" – Encanto
• "Down to Joy" – Belfast
• "No Time to Die" – No Time to Die
• "Somehow You Do" – Four Good Days

Production Design

• Dune
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

Film Editing

• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• King Richard
• The Power of the Dog
• tick, tick...BOOM!

Documentary Feature

• Ascension
• Attica
• Flee
• Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
• Writing with Fire

Documentary Short Subject

• Audible
• Lead Me Home
• The Queen of Basketball
• Three Songs for Benazir
• When We Were Bullies

International Feature Film

• Drive My Car
• Flee
• The Hand of God
• Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
• The Worst Person in the World

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Coming 2 America
• Cruella
• Dune
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• House of Gucci

Visual Effects

• Dune
• Free Guy
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: No Way Home

Costume Design

• Cruella
• Cyrano
• Dune
• Nightmare Alley
• West Side Story

Animated Short Film

• Affairs of the Art
• Bestia
• Boxballet
• Robin Robin
• The Windshield Wiper

Live-Action Short Film

• Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
• The Dress
• The Long Goodbye
• On My Mind
• Please Hold

Sound

• Belfast
• Dune
• No Time to Die
• The Power of the Dog
• West Side Story

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