Just as the marriage made up of Cruz and Bardem is among the nominees for the oscars 2022, so does the pairing of Dunst and Plemons. In this way, they are the four nominees in the performance categories. And taking advantage of this coincidence (or marketing strategy?), we also remember the other married or dating couples who competed for the award the same year within the main categories.
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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem (2022)
The couple of Spanish actors have made history at the Academy Awards and in Spain itself by being the first couple of Hispanic actors to be nominated and in the main categories of best actress and actor, she for Madres Paralelas and he for Being the Ricardos. . However, it is the fourth time for each that they are nominated. Both already have an Oscar to their credit for being best supporting actors.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons (2022)
The married couple, with two children, is nominated for an Academy Award for the first time for the film The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, in the categories of best actor and best supporting actress.
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2020)
This couple of artists joined the cast of Marriage Story, which was nominated for best film and best original screenplay. For her part, Greta Gerwig competed for the award in the categories of best film and best adapted screenplay for Little Women. No statuettes were taken.
Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander (2016)
They had just started dating when they were both nominated for an Academy Award (today they are married). Vikander won best supporting actress for The Danish Girl, but Fassbender, nominated for best lead actor for Jobs, lost out.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (2009)
The ‘Brangelina’ duo also coincided in the Oscar nominations. Brad was nominated for best actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Angelina for best actress for The Surrogate. Neither of them won.
Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams (2006)
Both were a couple when they filmed Brokeback Mountain and were nominated for that film: he for best actor and she for best supporting actress. Neither of them won and both ended their relationship shortly before the actor’s death.
Joel Coen and Frances McDormand (1997)
That year the film Fargo won, and with it Joel Coen won the Oscars for best screenplay and direction (along with his brother), and his wife Frances McDormand did the same in the category for best actress for the same film.
Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon (1996)
This married couple, at that time, was nominated for the film Death Penalty: Tim Robbins for best director and Susan Sarandon for best actress. She earned it.
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Jack Nicholson and Angelica Huston (1986)
The couple had starred in The Prizzi’s Honor, and they were nominated together, he for best actor and she for best supporting actress, recognition that he took home.
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton (1982)
When they both shot the movie Reds they were dating and their romance coincided with their nominations: he for best director and she for best actress. Neither won that time and the courtship did not last long either.
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands (1975)
Cassavetes and Rowlands, then married, were nominated for the film A Woman Under the Influence: he for best director and she for best actress. Neither artist won in their category.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (1969)
This couple was nominated in 1969 for their work in Raquel, Raquel: she as the main actress and he as producer. At that time, none took it.
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (1968)
This iconic couple who had a 25-year-long romance came to a tragic end around the awards. Both were nominated for Guess Who’s Coming Tonight, and Hepburn won. But Tracy passed away 10 months before the Oscars and did not receive the posthumous award for best actor (which many requested).
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1967)
Hollywood’s most unforgettable couple who married twice and were nominated for an Oscar for the same film and for their lead roles in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She started a trilogy of couples of extraordinary actors nominated three years in a row (1967, 1968, 1969). Taylor won that year and Burton (according to critics) was robbed of the award.
Rachel Roberts and Rex Harrison (1964)
The Film Academy agreed to nominate another couple many years later, only in 1964, with Rachel Roberts nominated for best actress for This Sporting Life and Rex Harrison for best actor for Cleopatra. None took the statuette.
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (1940)
This iconic pair of extraordinary actors made it to the 1940 Oscars in the main categories. Vivien Leigh won for Gone with the Wind, while Laurence Olivier was nominated for Wuthering Heights.
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (1932)
They were the first couple nominated for an Oscar in the same year, both for the film Only She Knows, by Sidney Franklin (best actor and actress). Although none of them won the trophy, they were the first to share a nomination and start this tradition as a couple that very few have achieved.