Oscar Nominations 2026: Meet the nomineest in the Best Actress category

From Jessie Buckley's haunting portrayal in Hamnet to Emma Stone's stellar performance in Bugonia to Kate Hudson's soulful act in Song Sung Blue, here are the stunning nominees in the Best Actress category.

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Byrne delivers her career's best performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The actress plays a psychotherapist in Montauk who is simultaneously unravelling as her personal and professional lives collapse into one another.

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Jessie Buckley is tipped as one of the front contenders in this category for her performance in Hamnet. Buckley plays Agnes Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife in the film. Her performance has been described by critics as "raw," and “incandescent.”

Emma Stone, Bugonia

In Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, Stone takes on a role that requires a high-wire act of psychological manipulation and physical commitment.

Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Kate Hudson de-glamourises herself to play a working-class mother in Song Sung Blue, co-starring Hugh Jackman.