Kristen Stewart is now an Oscar-nominated actor. On Tuesday, the star landed an Academy Award nomination for best actress for her spot-on portrayal of a jazzy tone poem about the late royal.
The nod also reportedly makes , along with West Side Story nominee Ariana DeBose, one of the first openly queer actors to be nominated in a major acting category since Ian McKellen was nominated for Lord of the Rings in 2002.
Stewart’s nomination, however, was the sole bright spot for , which was snubbed by the Academy in every other way. Stewart was nominated in the best-actress category alongside Penélope Cruz, Jessica Chastain, Nicole Kidman, and Olivia Colman.
Some of those nominees were expected, like Kidman and Colman, both previous Oscar winners, while others, like Cruz, gained steam in recent weeks.
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