Neighbours star Margot Robbie’s Hollywood power grows with latest award nominations

Former Neighbours star Margot Robbie’s reputation as Hollywood’s new golden girl is set to grow with a film she produced landing four AACTA Awards nominations.

Former Neighbours star Margot Robbie continues to assert herself as a force to be reckoned with both in front of and behind the camera with Promising Young Woman, the latest film from her Lucky Chap production company, scooping four nominations in the AACTA International Awards.

Promising Young Woman has been nominated for Best Film, Best Director for Emerald Fennell, Best Screenplay and Carey Mulligan has landed a Best Actress nomination for her role as Cassandra Thomas in the movie.

Australian actor and producer Margot Robbie. Picture: Valerie Macon/AFP

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant have been nominated as Best Actress and Best Actor respectively in the TV series category for their performances in The Undoing, which is available on Binge in Australia.

Kidman is up against fellow Australian Cate Blanchett for Best Actress in a Series.

Blanchett has been nominated for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs America.

The five movies nominated for Best Film are The Father, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The nominees for Best Drama Series are The Crown, I May Destroy You, The Mandalorian, Mystery Road and The Queen’s Gambit.

Nicole Kidman as she appears in The Undoing. Picture: BINGE/HBO.

Best Lead Actor in Film nominees are Riz Ahmed for The Sound of Metal, Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Adarsh Gourav for The White Tiger, Anthony Hopkins for The Father and Gary Oldman for Mank.

Best Lead Actress in Film nominees include Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman, Frances McDormand for Nomadland, Carey Mulligan for Promising Young Woman and Eliza Scanlen for Babyteeth.

The Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards have been held in Los Angeles for the past 10 years.

The awards have been extended this year include TV across four new categories: Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Series and Best Actress in a Series.

AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella said 2020 was an extraordinary year for the global screen industry.

Cate Blanchett has been nominated for an AACTA International Award for her work in Mrs America. Picture: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

“Creatives like Margot Robbie who produced the black comedy thriller, Promising Young Woman, Tony McNamara who created The Great, Babyteeth’s Eliza Scanlen and Ben Mendelsohn, Mrs America’s Cate Blanchett and The Undoing’s Nicole Kidman continued to showcase the abounding contribution Australians make to the international screen industry,” Trewhella said.

“Even though we can’t hold an event in Los Angeles this year, we thought it very important to still shine a light on the best of the global screen industry, give our members the opportunity to have their say too and mark another excellent year of work.”

The winners will be announced on Saturday, March 6.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

AACTA International Award for Best Film

The Father

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film

Pete Docter – Soul

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

David Fincher – Mank

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series

The Crown

I May Destroy You

The Mandalorian

Mystery Road

The Queen’s Gambit

AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series

Afterlife

The Great

Schitt’s Creek

Sex Education

What We Do in the Shadows

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Adarsh Gourav – The White Tiger

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Gary Oldman – Mank

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Eliza Scanlen – Babyteeth

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods

Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth

Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7

David Strathairn – Nomadland

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Olivia Colman – The Father

Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite

Amanda Seyfried – Mank

Charlene Swankie – Nomadland

AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Hugh Grant – The Undoing

Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek

Paul Mescal – Normal People

Aaron Pedersen – Mystery Road

AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series

Cate Blanchett – Mrs America

Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People

Nicole Kidman – The Undoing

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit

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