Rose Byrne has achieved a significant career milestone by securing her first Oscar nomination, having been named in the shortlist for Best Actress.

Joining Byrne in the Oscar spotlight is fellow Australian actor Jacob Elordi, who has earned his first nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category.

In an unexpected turn, musician Nick Cave has also been acknowledged with a nomination for Best Original Song, adding to the excitement.

Byrne’s role in the independent film “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” has already garnered her several awards, including the Best Actress title at four major pre-Oscars ceremonies such as the Golden Globes.

News of her Oscar nomination reached Byrne in the middle of the night, marking a memorable moment for the actress back in Australia.

“I was falling asleep and then [husband Bobby Cannavale] starts FaceTiming me [from New York] because I wanted to try and stay up but it was so late,” she said.

“And then he started screaming, it was like ‘They said your name!’ and then my parents came in the room, they’re like ‘Oh my God!’ and then we were all screaming, and that was it. Now I’ve had a shot of adrenaline and I’m wide awake.”

The movie follows the story of Linda (played by Byrne), a therapist navigating the harsh challenges of motherhood.

Director Mary Bronstein told SBS News last year she wanted to “create a portrait of a mother I had never seen before”.

“When I thought about it, I was like: What movie have I ever seen where it centres a woman who happens to have a child, but it’s not about her mothering and it doesn’t judge her and it lets her be an actual human being? That’s written and made by a woman?”

Byrne is up against Jessie Buckley in Hamnet, Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue, Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value and Emma Stone in Bugonia.

Jacob Elordi has been nominated for his role in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. Source: AAP / AP/Netflix

Elordi’s nomination for his role in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is one of nine for the Netflix film.

Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, the Brisbane-born actor said he was “beside himself” after receiving the news.

“I am so excited. I mean, I’m 28 years old. It’s wind in the sails,” he said.

Cave was nominated for the title song to Clint Bentley’s film Train Dreams, which stars Australian actor Joel Edgerton.

Edgerton, the central pillar of Train Dreams, was not nominated, though the picture earned four nominations, including best picture.

Australian costume and production designer Fiona Crombie has also been nominated for an Oscar this year, in the best production design category for her work on Hamnet. 

Sinners, starring Michael ‍B Jordan, landed a record 16 nominations. Source: AAP / Warner Bros. Pictures/AP

Sinners sets new record

Sinners, a segregation-era vampire thriller starring Michael ‍B Jordan, has stormed into the awards race with the most Academy Award nominations of any film this year, landing a record 16 nods.

The large haul sets up Sinners as the ⁠frontrunner heading into the 15 March Oscars, where it will face off against contenders One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme and others for the coveted best picture prize.

The previous record for most nominations in a single year was 14, a mark hit by All About ‌Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

Bugonia, F1, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams were also nominated for this ‍year’s best picture trophy.

Winners of the gold Oscar statuettes will be chosen by the roughly 10,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Comedian Conan O’Brien will host for the second year.

– With additional reporting from Reuters

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