Not Just Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons! Every Couple Nominated for Oscars in the Same Year
usmagazine.comFeeling the love — from the Academy and each other! When the 2022 Oscar nominations were announced in February, two couples earned nods for their performances throughout the year.Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst both earned their first Oscar nominations — for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for their performances in The Power of the Dog.
The Little Women star was particularly excited to celebrate the historic achievement alongside her fiancé of four years, telling Us Weekly after the nominations that “to be honored by the Academy is a truly humbling experience.
For both Jesse and I to get our first nominations together is beyond our wildest dreams.”Meanwhile, Javier Bardem earned a best actor nomination alongside his wife of 11 years, Penelope Cruz.
The Being the Ricardos star celebrated her accomplishment in a statement reacting to the nominations, noting that he “couldn’t be happier to share this celebration with my talented wife, Penelope, for her work in Parallel Mothers.”Being nominated alongside their significant other will likely make awards season even more memorable for the quartet of actors. “[Having him next to me] wasn’t even a question,” Alicia Vikander, who won Best Supporting Actress in 2016, told British Vogue about having now-husband Michael Fassbender with her at the ceremony. (Fassbender was up for Best Actor in a Leading Role that night, for his work in Steve Jobs, but lost to Casey Affleck.)She continued: “It felt like the right thing.
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