Dame Judi Dench makes history with her Oscar nomination for Belfast as she becomes oldest EVER Best Supporting Actress contender at 87
Dame Judi Dench has made history with her Oscar nod, becoming the oldest nominee ever for Best Supporting Actress at 87.
The veteran actress has been nominated for her role as Granny in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast.
It marks her seventh Academy Award nomination, the first of which came in 1999 for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love.
Wow: Dame Judi Dench has made history with her Oscar nod, becoming the oldest nominee ever for Best Supporting Actress at 87 (pictured last year)
Dench’s latest role sees her play grandmother to young lad Buddy (11-year-old Jude Hill) whose parents (Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan) are struggling to decide whether to remain in Belfast as the city descends into a state of war.
Set in 1969, the movie is inspired by Branagh’s early childhood growing up in Northern Ireland during the troubles.
His latest film also landed a spot in the coveted Best Picture list as it continued to dominate awards season.
Speaking after the nominations came out, Sir Kenneth thanked Academy voters for their ‘generous recognition’.
Nomination: The veteran actress has been nominated for her role as Granny in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (pictured in a still from Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast)
He said: ‘It’s a long way from the streets of Belfast to the Academy Awards. Today, I think of my mother and father, and my grandparents – how proud they were to be Irish, how much this city meant to them. They would have been overwhelmed by this incredible honour – as am I.’
Belfast also earned Best Director for Kenneth and Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds.
Dench has also received nominations for Mrs Brown (1997), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006) and the 2013 film Philomena.
However, Belfast’s star Dornan was snubbed in the Leading Actor category, after also missing out in last week’s BAFTA nominations.
Latest role: Dench’s latest role sees her play grandmother to young lad Buddy whose parents are struggling to decide whether to remain in Belfast as the city descends into a state of war
Not slowing down: It comes after Judi insisted ‘she has absolutely no intention of slowing down’ when speaking to The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye at Belfast’s premiere in October
Belfast will battle it out for the top honour against Coda, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power Of The Dog and West Side Story.
It comes after Judi insisted ‘she has absolutely no intention of slowing down’ when speaking to The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye at Belfast’s premiere in October.
‘Retirement is not a word used in my house,’ Dench insisted.
Elsewhere, she gushed about working with young actor Jude, saying: ‘Oh, he’s adorable, that boy!’
She added: ‘He was very shy, but not to the extent that he wasn’t able to do the part. There’s a wonderful, real, genuine sweetness about him. He’s a heavenly boy.’
94TH ACADEMY AWARDS: THE NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Drive My Car (Janus Films/Sideshow)
Dune (Warner Bros)
King Richard (Warner Bros)
Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
The Power Of The Dog (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst- The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – Coda
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
J.K Simonns – Being The Ricardos
Kodi Smitt-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Ariana DeBose is nominated for West Side Story
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
The Power Of The Dog
The Power Of The Dog
The Worst Person In The World
COSTUME DESIGN: Cruella is up for the gong
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Affairs Of The Heart
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Kristen Stewart is up for Spencer
DIRECTING
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
The Power Of The Dog
tick, tick…BOOM!
Coming 2 America
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
House Of Gucci
The Mitchells VS The Machine
Raya And The Lost Dragon
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Encanto has bagged a nomination
ORIGINAL SONG
Be Alive — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
Dos Oruguitas — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
Down to Joy — Van Morrison (Belfast)
No Time to Die — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
Somehow You Do— Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
VISUAL EFFECTS: Dune has bagged a nomination
The Power Of The Dog
Tragedy Of Macbeth
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