The 2024 Oscar nods include several frequently nominated stars, but even more interesting are the many first-time nominees.
America Ferrerawhich received a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Barbie is her first, heard the news while she was in bed.
“I was home alone. I had sent my children to school with my husband, [Ryan Piers Williams,] and he was sitting in the car and listening to the nominations too, and I just got back into bed and lay down with my iPhone. And I just thought, ‘Well, I’m just going to take this news aside,'” Ferrera joked during a January 2024 appearance on Today. “And when it happened, I gasped and was so still. I had no one to confirm that what I was hearing was real, so there was a moment of, ‘What’s going on? Am I imagining this?’ And then my phone started blowing up, so I knew it was real.
Keep scrolling to see all the actors who received their first Oscar nominations in 2024: