Zoe Saldana, Liza Minelli, Cynthia Erivo, Bing Crosby — Oscar Winners and Potential Oscar Winners
(Natalia Agatte/For The Times)
Movie musicals come and go in trend. But by no means within the historical past of the Academy Awards have so many ladies from musicals been potential Oscar nominees in a single 12 months.
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Karla Sofía Gascón (lead), Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez (each supporting) might be nominated for “Emilia Pérez”. More…
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… Cynthia Erivo (lead) and Ariana Grande (supporting) are the favorites for nominations for “Wicked.”
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If you zoom out to incorporate “Wicked” supporting actor Jonathan Bailey and musical biopic stars Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), the musician varieties may get… .
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…of all performing Oscar nominations in 2025.
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Times, the Oscar for main and supporting actress went to the artists of the identical musical movie, though for males…
(1945
… Bing Crosby (lead) and Barry Fitzgerald (assist) each received for “Going My Way.” And in combined doubles…
1973
… Liza Minnelli received as lead and Joel Gray as supporting for “Cabaret.”
27 years previous
Since the start of the twenty first century, solely…
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girl – Emma Stone in “La La Land” – received an Oscar as lead actress for her efficiency in a musical. But…
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…received in supporting function: Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”), Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”), Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”) and Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”).
