Oscar hope: Robbie earns nomination for Academy Awards
ACTRESS Margot Robbie will be Australia's great hope at this year's Academy Awards after earning her first Oscar nomination overnight.
The talented Robbie earned a best actress nomination for her portrayal of infamous US figure skater Tonya Harding in the dark comedy I, Tonya.
However, the Queenslander faces some stiff competition with big guns Meryl Streep (The Post) and Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) also vying for the famous golden statue.
Robbie could have been up for a second Oscar nod but I, Tonya, for which she was listed as a producer, controversially missed out on best movie.
However, Robbie won't be the only Australian in with a shot of glory with editor Lee Smith receiving a nomination for his work on World War II film Dunkirk.
The Oscars will be handed out on March 4 in Hollywood.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
ORIGINAL SONG
Mighty River, Mudbound
Mystery of Love, Call Me by Your Name
Remember Me, Coco
Stand Up for Something, Marshall
This is Me, Greatest Showman
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boss Baby
The Breadman
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game
Mudbound
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
