{"id":5499372,"date":"2026-03-15T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5499372"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:56:34","slug":"oscars-2026-snubs-who-didnt-get-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/oscars-2026-snubs-who-didnt-get-nominated-5499372\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2026 Nominations Snubs: Who Isn&#8217;t Up for an Award?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande did not receive Oscar nominations for their performances this year. See who else got snubbed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The annual <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/oscar-nominees-2026-list-nominations-5499312\/\"  >Academy Awards<\/a> honor the best in film, and cinephiles are always eager to watch their favorite actors, filmmakers and artists be rewarded for their hard work. But with every awards show, some don&#8217;t make the list of nominees. No matter how powerful a performance was, a few names get snubbed each year. And this time, viewers are pretty shocked about the celebrity actors who were not nominated for an Oscar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Below, find out who else got snubbed from the 2026 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Sandler<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/adam-sandler\/\"  ><strong>Adam Sandler<\/strong><\/a> was a fan and critics&#8217; favorite for his performance in <em>Jay Kelly<\/em>. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/golden-globe-awards-2026-winners-list-5497929\/\"  >Golden Globes<\/a>, and he won the Astra Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Comedy or Musical. So, his fan base was thoroughly stunned at his snub.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And the nominees for Best Picture are&#8230; <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >#Oscars<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khoVsDQlnZ\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/khoVsDQlnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">&mdash; The Academy (@TheAcademy) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/2014334689700368663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ariana Grande<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Since <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/ariana-grande\/\"  ><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Glinda in both <em>Wicked<\/em> and <em>Wicked: For Good,<\/em> her Oscar snub raised some eyebrows.<\/p>\n<h2>Jennifer Lawrence<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/jennifer-lawrence\/\"  ><strong>Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong> <\/a>has long been an Oscar contender for numerous films. As an Academy Award winner herself, she starred in <em>Die, My Love<\/em>, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2014 Drama.<\/p>\n<h2>Paul Mescal<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/paul-mescal-photos\/\"  ><strong>Paul Mescal<\/strong><\/a> received tons of Oscar buzz this season for playing William Shakespeare in <em>Hamnet<\/em>, even picking up a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. He was ultimately snubbed by the Academy.<\/p>\n<h2>Chase Infiniti<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\"><strong>Chase Infiniti<\/strong>&#8216;s performance in <em>One Battle After Another<\/em> garnered extensive praise. She was nominated at the Actor Awards, the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, but not at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTwHhAqEYPU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTwHhAqEYPU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Amanda Seyfried<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/amanda-seyfried\/\"  ><strong>Amanda Seyfried<\/strong> <\/a>may have predicted her 2026 Oscars snub in an interview leading up to the nominations announcement in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-15\">&#8220;Do you remember who won in the past ten years? It\u2019s not the win that\u2019s important. It\u2019s the nomination,\u201d Amanda explained to <em>The New Yorker<\/em> earlier that month. \u201cIt does thrust you forward. That\u2019s a fact. Now, do I need one in a week or two or whenever? No, of course, I don\u2019t. Would it be great? Of course it would, for every reason. But it isn\u2019t necessary. Longevity in an actor\u2019s career is designed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-16\">Amanda was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in <em>The Testament of Ann Lee.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande did not receive Oscar nominations for their performances this year. 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