The nominations were announced by actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams on January 24, 2023. With Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick, it was the first time the Best Picture category featured two sequels in one ceremony, as well as the first time two films grossing over $1 billion worldwide were nominated together for Best Picture.[7][8] All Quiet on the Western Front’s nine nominations trailed only Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Roma (2018) for the most nominations by a non-English-language film.[9] The Quiet Girl became the first submission from Ireland to receive a nomination for Best International Feature Film.The Oscars 2023 Download.
The 16 first-time Oscar nominees across the four acting categories, including all five Best Actor nominees, marked the most first-time nominees in Oscar history.[11] Michelle Yeoh became the first woman who identifies as Asian nominated in the Best Actress category.[a] A record four Asian actors received acting nominations: Hong Chau, Stephanie Hsu, and winners Ke Huy Quan and Yeoh.[12] With her Best Supporting Actress nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Angela Bassett became the first person to receive an acting nomination for a role in a film based on Marvel Comics.
Judd Hirsch, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Fabelmans, became the actor with the largest gap between two nominations, following his nomination for Ordinary People (1980). At age 90, John Williams became the oldest competitive nominee in Oscar history, and with this being his 53rd nomination, he also broke his own record as the most Oscar-nominated living person, and the second-most nominated person (behind Walt Disney).