Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose lead LGBTQs nominated for 2022 Oscars
Benedict Cumberbatch also gets a nod for Best Actor for playing a closeted cowboy in The Power of the Dog
Words: Jamie Tabberer; picture: Neon Topic Studios/20th Century Studios
Spencer‘s Kristen Stewart and West Side Story‘s Ariana DeBose are among the LGBTQ talent to be nominated for Oscars this year.
The Power of the Dog – a gritty Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a closeted cowboy – has meanwhile scored 12 nominations, the most of any film this year.
It is the first Oscar nod for Kristen, who plays the late Princess Diana in Spencer. The Twilight star, who is of course one of the world’s most visible LGBTQ women, is nominated for Best Actress.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress is Ariana, who identifies as queer and is the breakout star of Steven Spielberg’s classic musical remake.
The gay-themed documentary Flee is up for Best Animated Feature.
Some of the key nominations for the 94th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield in tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith in King Richard
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Ciarán Hinds in Belfast
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart in Spencer
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
Judi Dench in Belfast
Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard
Best animated feature film of the year
Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Best motion picture of the year
Belfast Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
CODA Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Don’t Look Up Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Drive My Car Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
Dune Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
King Richard Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
Licorice Pizza Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
West Side Story Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers