Two Real-Life Power Couples Make Oscars History
The 94th annual Academy Awards has love in the air. The nominations for this year’s awards were released on Tuesday, February 8, where two real-life power couples made Oscars history.
Congratulations are in order for Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, as well as Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. These couples made history for being nominated across four major acting categories. Bardem landed a Best Actor nod for his role as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. His wife, Penélope, was nominated for Best Actress for her role as Janis in Parallel Mothers. She was nominated alongside Bardem’s co-star and on-screen wife, Nicole Kidman, for her portrayal as the legendary Lucille Ball.
POWER COUPLES! ❤️🔥
— Kirsten Dunst Updates (@DunstUpdates) February 8, 2022
Kirsten Dunst & Jesse Plemons and Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem were nominated for #Oscars in the same year. pic.twitter.com/vUWfo3WrC1
Cruz spoke with Entertainment Tonight, revealing that she would love to work with her husband again on the big screen, having already starred in a handful of successful films together. She tells ET, “I saw my husband singing in The Ricardos and he did an incredible job!” Her husband returned the gesture, sweetly revealing to The Hollywood Reporter that his nomination “won’t make any sense without hers.”
Two couples are going to this years Oscar’s with Award dreams: Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst for #ThePowerOfTheDog and Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem for #ParallelMothers and #BeingTheRicardos, respectively. Their Hollywood trip will taste as a honeymoon to them. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/facZLTZ48A
— Alain Rodríguez Castro (@alrocastro) February 8, 2022
In addition to this talented couple, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons are both first-time nominees for the roles in the Netflix hit, The Power of the Dog. Dunst is nominated for Best Supporting Actress; her fiancé is nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Whether the duo wins or loses, Dunst and Plemons would love to work together again. The actress revealed to The Hollywood Reporter, “We actually talked to [Power of the Dog producer] Tanya Seghatchian about what Jesse and I should do next. We have some ideas, and Jesse and I definitely want to do another project. He’s my favorite actor to work with.”
Very happy for THE POWER OF THE DOG. It’s by far my favorite. Congrats to Jane Campion, Kirsten Dunst, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ari Wegner and @netflix! L #OscarNoms #Oscars @TPOTD pic.twitter.com/JXdx1vXeE8
— Tom and Lorenzo (@tomandlorenzo) February 8, 2022
A Dunst x Plemons and Cruz x Bardem are not the first time couples have been nominated at the Oscars. Although it is a first for two couples in the same year, previous partners would include the late Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams in 2006, and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2009.
📷 Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams nominated for ‘Brokeback Mountain’, attend the 78th Academy Awards, 5 March 2006. #HeathLedger #Oscars pic.twitter.com/xeVSHnc2wQ— Heath Ledger (@HeathLegend) February 26, 2017
Congratulations to Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, and Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons for their well-deserved nominations. The 94th Academy Awards will undoubtedly be a night to remember. Fans can watch The Power of the Dog on Netflix and the film Being the Ricardos on Amazon Prime.
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