Margot Robbie has broken her silence after being snubbed at the Oscars for her work in the box office hit Barbie.
The Australian actress caused a stir on social media when she failed to secure a Best Actress nomination for her lead role, despite the film being the biggest film of 2023.
Greta Gerwig also failed to secure a nomination for best director, while Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, was nominated for best supporting actor.
Margot, 33, spoke out about the uproar during a SAG-AFTRA panel discussion on Thursday.
“There's no way to be sad when you know you're so blessed,” she began, adding that she was “over the moon” about the film's eight Oscar nominations.
“It's just incredible that everyone gets the nods they got and the best nod for the picture,” she continued.
Margot Robbie has broken her silence after being snubbed at the Oscars for her work in the box office hit Barbie. Pictured
The Australian actress caused a stir on social media when she failed to secure a Best Actress nomination for her lead role, despite the film being the biggest film of 2023
“People’s reactions to the film have been the greatest reward of this entire experience,” she added.
“I can't think of a time when a film has had such an impact on culture. And it's amazing to be in the eye of the storm.”
Some commenters on social media were quick to speak out and point fingers at sexism when he snubbed Robbie for Best Actress – even though America Ferrera was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the same film.
Margot, 33, spoke out about the uproar during a SAG-AFTRA panel discussion on Thursday. “There's no way to be sad when you know you're so blessed,” she began, adding that she was “over the moon” about the film's eight Oscar nominations
“It's just incredible that everyone gets the nods they got and the best nod for the picture,” she continued
“People's reactions to the film have been the biggest reward of this whole experience,” the actress continued
“Ryan Gosling deserves an Oscar nomination for Barbie, but Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie don't?” wrote one outraged fan on X.
“This totally proves the point of the film in 20 f***ing 24, you can't make it up,” the social media user added, referring to the film's feminist themes.
“Wait, Ryan Gosling was nominated for his role as Ken, but Margot Robbie wasn't nominated for Barbie?!” And Greta was rejected for Best Director?!?! “A way to justify the film's literal plot,” another X user wrote, echoing the theme.
Some commenters on social media were quick to point fingers at sexism – even though America Ferrera was nominated for best supporting actress for the same film
A third complained: “If Ryan deserved a nomination then Margot definitely deserved it. The fact that she wouldn't have won isn't the point.” It almost feels like the Academy deliberately played up the film's theme to get people talking. “Oscars are no longer about who actually deserves them.”
Although Margot isn't in the running for Best Actress, the film itself is nominated for Best Picture, meaning she was actually nominated as a producer.
Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach are also nominated together this year for writing the adapted screenplay for Barbie.
X, formerly known as Twitter, erupted in outrage over the snubs
The film was also nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and two nominations for Original Score, bringing the total number of competing categories to eight.
Margot has already been nominated for two Oscars – best actress for her 2017 film “I, Tonya,” a biopic about Tonya Harding, and best supporting actress for the 2020 film “Bombshell,” the story of sex scandals dramatized by Fox News.
Meanwhile, Greta had already been nominated for the Best Director Oscar for her 2017 film “Lady Bird,” which marked her first solo helming of a feature film.
She was also nominated for the screenplay of that film, as well as the screenplay of her follow-up film, the 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel “Little Women.”
Full list of 2024 Oscar nominations – see who's nominated for this year's Academy Awards
best picture
American fiction
Anatomy of a fall
Barbie
The leftovers
Flower Moon Killer
maestro
Oppenheimer
Past lives
Poor things
The zone of interest
Best Director
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos, poor things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Actress in a leading role
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, maestro
Emma Stone, Poor things
Actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper, maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Actress in a supporting role
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Actor in a supporting role
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Animated feature film
The Boy and the Heron
Elementary
Nimona
Robot dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
cinematography
El Conde
Flower Moon Killer
maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Original script
Anatomy of a fall
The leftovers
maestro
May December
Past lives
Adapted script
American fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor things
The zone of interest
Success in production design
Barbie
Flower Moon Killer
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Performance in sound
The creator
maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The zone of interest
Original song
“The Fire Inside” by Flamin' Hot
“I’m just Ken” by Barbie
“It Never Went Away” by American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” by Killers of the Flower Moon
“What was I created for?” by Barbie
Original score
American fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Flower Moon Killer
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Live-action short film
The after
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, white and blue
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar
Animated short film
Letter to a pig
95 senses
Our uniform
pachyderm
THE WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko
Documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The eternal memory
Four daughters
Kill a tiger
20 days in Mariupol
Documentary short film
The ABC of book banning
The Barber of Little Rock
island in between
The last repair shop
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó
International feature film
Io Capitano, Italy
Perfect days, Japan
Society of Snow, Spain
The Teachers' Lounge, Germany
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom
Make-up and hair styling
Golda
maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Society of Snow
Success in costume design
Barbie
Flower Moon Killer
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Success in film editing
Anatomy of a fall
The leftovers
Flower Moon Killer
Oppenheimer
Poor things
Visual effects
The creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon