Barbie's Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie Shockingly Snubbed for Best Director, Actress Nominations at 2024 Oscars

Mar. 15, 2025

Barbiehas a lot to celebrate at this year’sAcademy Awards, but Tuesday’s nominations also included some shocking snubs for 2023’s highest-grossing movie.

Greta Gerwigwas left out of the Best Director category, while starMargot Robbiewas absent from the Best Actress category.

Despite helming theNo. 1 movie of the yearat the box office, Gerwig, 40 wasnot recognized in the directing category. She was, however, nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, along with her husband and co-writer,Noah Baumbach.

Barbiewas also nominated forBest Picture, which means co-producer Robbie, 33, is also up for an Academy Award, despite not clinching a nomination in the Best Actress category.

The nominees for Best Director areJustine Triet(Anatomy of a Fall),Martin Scorsese(Killers of the Flower Moon),Christopher Nolan(Oppenheimer),Yorgos Lanthimos(Poor Things) andJonathan Glazer(The Zone of Interest)

In the Best Actress category areAnnette Bening(Nyad),Lily Gladstone(Killers of the Flower Moon),Sandra Hüller(Anatomy of a Fall),Carey Mulligan(Maestro) andEmma Stone(Poor Things).

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Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig behind the scenes ofBarbie(2023).Jaap Buitendijk

Jaap Buitendijk

Robbie has secured numerous awards this year for her acting work inBarbie, including nominations at theGolden GlobeandCritics Choice Awards.

In previous years, Gerwig landed a Best Director nomination for 2017’sLady Bird, her debut, though she did not get a nod for her other film, 2019’sLittle Women. She did earn writing nominations for both of those films.

Greta Gerwig; Margot Robbie.Michael Loccisano/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

ForBarbie, Gerwig earned directing nominations from the Directors Guild of America, Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards earlier this year.

Only three women have won Best Director in the history of the Academy Awards:Kathryn Bigelowin 2010 forThe Hurt Locker,Chloé Zhaoin 2021 forNomadlandandJane Campionin 2022 forThe Power of the Dog.

Greta Gerwig in Los Angeles on June 25, 2023.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Last year, Gerwig toldWmagazineabout her directing style and how she thinks her acting background shapes how she works.

“I think there’s an advantage to being an actor who’s directing,” she said. “I know how vulnerable and how scary it feels. Margot [Robbie] said, ‘Just so you know, the week before we start shooting, I’m going to doubt that I can ever do this,’ and I was like, ‘I totally know that feeling. You go ahead and have that feeling.’ "

“And she was like, ‘Once we’re going, I’ll feel more like, ‘Okay, now I’m in it. I know how to do it.’’ I deeply empathize with that and try to figure out how to make them feel safe,” Gerwig added.

Greta Gerwig in London on Oct. 8, 2023.Joe Maher/Getty Images

Joe Maher/Getty Images

Gerwig admitted she still feels like she’s starting from square one each time she directs a new project. (She’ll nexthelmChronicles of NarniaadaptationsforNetflix.)

“Prior to doing [Lady Bird], I thought, ‘Well, once I’ve done it, then I’ll feel like, ‘Yes, I’m a director.’’ And then I didn’t really have that feeling,” she recalled toW. “I had all of the same terrors going into the second one. And I thought, ‘Well, but after the second one, then I’ll surely feel I’m a director.’ And then that feeling never came, and I realized, I don’t think it’s coming.”

“You feel like a beginner to whatever project you’re on,” the filmmaker explained. “My experience on the first movie was, I’m going to have to do it before I feel like I can, because if I wait to feel like I can, I’m never going to do it.”

source: people.com