Key Points
- Margot Robbie has responded to Barbie missing out on Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Actress.
- Robbie said she was "beyond ecstatic" with the film's eight other nominations and its cultural impact.
- She said she believed director Greta Gerwig should have been nominated for her "once-in-a-career" achievement.
Margot Robbie has spoken publicly for the first time since missing out on an Oscar nomination for her lead role in Barbie, saying she is "beyond ecstatic" at the movie's achievements.
Robbie, who produced and starred in the film, was not nominated for the Best Actress Award, and director Greta Gerwig also missed out on a nomination.
Entertainment news site Deadline reported Robbie was asked about the snub during a panel discussion at a Screen Actors Guild screening.
"There's no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed," she reportedly said.
"Obviously I think Greta should be nominated as a director, because what she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing, what she pulled off, it really is.
"But it's been an incredible year for all the films."
The film has received eight Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, while Robbie's co-star Ryan Gosling was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award.
Its other nominations include Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera), Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design and Production Design.
It received two nominations in the Original Song category for What Was I Made For and I'm Just Ken.
When Barbie was released in 2023, it was an instant box-office success and one of the most talked-about movies of the year.
It was the highest-grossing movie of the year, making over US$1.4 billion ($2.1 billion), and became the first movie directed by a woman to bring in over a billion dollars.
Robbie said she was "beyond ecstatic that we've got eight Academy Award nominations, it's so wild".
She said the cultural impact of the movie was the "biggest reward".
"We set out to do something that would shift culture, affect culture, just make some sort of impact," she said.
"And it's already done that, and some, way more than we ever dreamed it would. And that is truly the biggest reward that could come out of all of this."
