Oscar Nominations 2026: Meet the nominees in the Best Actress category
From Jessie Buckley's haunting portrayal of Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet, to Kate Hudson's de-glam avatar in Song Sung Blue, here are the five nominees in the Best Actress category of Oscar Awards 2026.
Best Actress nominees at Oscars 2026
From Jessie Buckley's haunting portrayal in Hamnet to Emma Stone's stellar performance in Bugonia to Kate Hudson's soulful act in Song Sung Blue, here are the stunning nominees in the Best Actress category.
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Byrne delivers her career's best performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The actress plays a psychotherapist in Montauk who is simultaneously unravelling as her personal and professional lives collapse into one another.
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Jessie Buckley is tipped as one of the front contenders in this category for her performance in Hamnet. Buckley plays Agnes Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife in the film. Her performance has been described by critics as "raw," and “incandescent.”
Emma Stone, Bugonia
In Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, Stone takes on a role that requires a high-wire act of psychological manipulation and physical commitment.
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Kate Hudson de-glamourises herself to play a working-class mother in Song Sung Blue, co-starring Hugh Jackman.
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Reinsve plays Nora, a successful Oslo-based actress of stage and television who has to suddenly come face to face with her estranged father, who offers her a role in a play he has scripted.
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