Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy and Poor Things receive nominations

This is Murphy’s first Oscar nomination and is up against Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffery Wright.

The Cork actor has been universally praised by critics for his compelling portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Jewish scientist who developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

Irish producers Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Dublin-based Element Pictures received 11 nominations for Poor Things, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress.

Dubliner Robbie Ryan received a nomination for Best Cinematography on Poor Things.

This is the highest number of Academy Award Nominations ever received by an Irish-produced film.

Producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe said: “We are thrilled with the news today, and with the ongoing success of Poor Things.

"This is a phenomenal achievement for Yorgos, Emma and our incredible cast and crew of the film, including of course Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan.

"It’s also a huge tribute to all of the Element Pictures team in Dublin, Belfast and London who have been across every detail of this production from its inception to its worldwide release. We are also very grateful to amazing team at Film 4 and to our brilliant distributors Searchlight.”

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal didn’t receive any nominations in the best actor or best supporting actor categories for their roles in All Of Us Strangers.

Barry Keoghan also missed out on a nomination for best actor for his role in Saltburn.

Cillian Murphy won a Golden Globe for best actor earlier in January for his role in Oppenheimer.

Murphy has risen to prominence for his role in the biopic, which scored him nominations for best actor in the Baftas, Critics Choice Awards and Sag Awards.

Accepting the Golden Globe earlier this month he thanked director Christopher Nolan and the cast and crew of Oppenheimer.

“To all my fellow nominees, if you’re Irish or not, you’re all legends, your stunning work, I salute you," Murphy said.

Murphy previously won a Globe in 2006 for the film Breakfast on Pluto.

See the full list of nominations below:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sterling K Brown – American Fiction

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

The After

Invincible

Night of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

American Fiction – Cord Jefferson

Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach

Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

Poor Things – Tony McNamara

The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple

America Ferrera – Barbie

Jodie Foster – Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet Arthur Harari

The Holdovers – Alexander Payne

Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer

Past Lives – Celine Song

May December – Samy Burch

COSTUME DESIGN:

Barbie

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“The Fire Inside” – Flamin’ Hot

“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

“It Never Went Away” – American Symphony

Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon

“What Was I Made For?” – Barbie (Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

28 Days in Mariupol

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nai Nai and Wai Po

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Io Capitano

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Teachers’ Lounge

The Zone of Interest

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

FILM EDITING:

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

SOUND:

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

BEST ACTOR:

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Colman Domingo – Rustin

Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS:

Annette Bening – Nyad

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan – Maestro

Emma Stone – Poor Things

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

BEST PICTURE:

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest