Aussie actors Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi score first Oscar nominations as Sinners sets new record

Fresh off her Golden Globes win, Rose Byrne has scored her first Oscar nomination.

The Aussie is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.

But Byrne isn't the only one flying the Australian flag, with Jacob Elordi also scoring his first Oscar nomination, in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category for Frankenstein.

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The pair both have stiff competition, with Critic's Choice winner Elordi up against Golden Globe winner Stellan Skarsgard for Sentimental Value, along with Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro who were both recognised for their work in One Battle After Another.

Byrne will go up against fellow Golden Globe winner - and Oscar favourite - Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, as well as Emma Stone for Burgonia and Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue - both of whom she beat out to claim the globes trophy earlier this month.

Hudson's co-star Hugh Jackman missed out on a nomination, as did fellow Aussie actor Joel Edgerton, whose drama Train Dreams scored a Best Picture nomination.

Byrne and Elordi weren't the only Australians to score their first Oscar nomination, with musician Nick Cave scoring a nod, his first, for Best Original Song for Train Dreams.

And it's a second Oscar nomination for Australian costume and production designer Fiona Crombie, who scored a nod for Best Achievement in Production Design for Hamnet.

But the nominations were all about horror/action flick Sinners, which broke Oscar nomination records by grabbing 16 nods across the board.

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Ryan Coogler's vampire epic surpassed the current record of 14 nominations, which was held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

Sinners scored a Best Picture nod, while Coogler was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and Michael B Jordan's double role was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for Best Actor.

Jordan will go up against Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) and Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) in the category.

Paul Thomas Anderson's father-daughter revolutionary saga One Battle After Another - the favourite coming into the nominations - trailed in second place, with 13 nominations.

In addition to del Toro, Penn and DiCaprio's nominations, Teyana Taylor scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination but Chase Infiniti was left out of the Best Actress category.

Other notable snubs included Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love, as well as Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good.

Odessa A'zion also missed out on a nomination for Marty Supreme, as did Amanda Seyfried, who had a Golden Globe nomination for The Testament of Ann Lee.

In the male categories, Paul Mescal missed out on a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Hamnet and Oscar Isaac missed out on a nomination for Frankenstein.

While F1 scored a Best Picture nomination and a number of technical nods, Brad Pitt failed to score a nomination in the Best Actor category, despite doing his own driving in the film about Formula One racing.

Another notable snub was Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro, who was left out of the Best Director category despite the movie's nine nominations.

Instead nominations went to Anderson (One Battle After Another), Coogler (Sinners), Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme) and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value).

Conan O'Brien will return for a second year as host of the Academy Awards on March 15 (March 16 AEDT).

FULL 2026 OSCAR NOMINATIONS LIST

Best picture

• Bugonia

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

Best director

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best actress in a leading role

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best actor in a leading role

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best actress in a supporting role

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

• Amy Madigan, Weapons

• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best actor in a supporting role

• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

• Delroy Lindo, Sinners

• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

• Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Best adapted screenplay

• Bugonia

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Train Dreams

Best original screenplay

• Blue Moon

• It Was Just an Accident

• Marty Supreme

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Best casting

• Nina Gold and Lucy Amos, Hamnet

• Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme

• Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another

• Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent

• Francine Maisler, Sinners

Best original song

• Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless

• Golden from KPop Demon Hunters

• I Lied to You from Sinners

• Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!

• Train Dreams from Train Dreams

Best original score

• Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia

• Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

• Max Richter, Hamnet

• Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

• Ludwig Goransson, Sinners

Best cinematography

• Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

• Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme

• Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

• Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

• Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best editing

• Stephen Mirrione, F1

• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

• Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

• Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value

• Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best international feature film

• The Secret Agent

• It Was Just an Accident

• Sentimental Value

• Sirât

• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated feature film

• Arco

• Elio

• KPop Demon Hunters

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

• Zootopia 2

Best documentary feature film

• The Alabama Solution

• Come See Me in the Good Light

• Cutting Through Rocks

• Mr Nobody Against Putin

• The Perfect Neighbour

Best makeup and hairstyling

• Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, Frankenstein

• Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho

• Ken Diaz and Mike Fontaine, Sinners

• Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine

• Thomas Foldberg and Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister

Best sound

• Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta, F1

• Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern, Frankenstein

• Jose Antonia Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor, One Battle After Another

• Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker, Sinners

• Amanda Villavieja, Iaia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas, Sirat

Best visual effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• Jurassic World Rebirth

• The Lost Bus

• Sinners

Best costume design

• Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Kate Hawley, Frankenstein

• Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet

• Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme

• Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Best production design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Best documentary short

• All the Empty Rooms

• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

• Children No More: Were and Are Gone

• The Devil is Busy

• Perfectly a Strangeness

Best live action short film

• Butcher's Stain

• A Friend of Dorothy

• Jane Austen's Period Drama

• The Singers

• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best animated short film

• Butterfly

• Forevergreen

• The Girl Who Cried Pearls

• Retirement Plan

• The Three Sisters

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