Sylvia Jeffreys explains why Margot Robbie doesn’t require an Oscar for Barbie role despite best actress snub

Sylvia Jeffreys has weighed in on the controversial Oscars snub of Barbie star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig this week. 

Fury is mounting after Margot was passed over for best actress, while Greta Gerwig failed to secure a nomination for best director. 

The omissions attracted extra attention on account of the fact that Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor. 

Among those outraged by the decision was Today Extra co-host Sylvia, who penned a lengthy essay for 9Honey on Thursday explaining why the Academy made a grave mistake. 

Describing Barbie as ‘ground breaking’, Sylvia said the Academy had ‘self-sabotaged’ by nominating Ryan rather than ‘the women who made the movie possible’. 

Sylvia Jeffreys has weighed in on the controversial Oscars snub of Barbie star Margot Robbie (right) and director Greta Gerwig (left) this week

Sylvia Jeffreys has weighed in on the controversial Oscars snub of Barbie star Margot Robbie (right) and director Greta Gerwig (left) this week 

‘As many on the internet have pointed out, this is literally the feminist plot of the film, and this is why so many fans were left in a pink-hot rage over Gerwig’s and Robbie’s omissions,’ she argued. 

Sylvia also argued that the Academy has wrongly ignored the ‘nuances in the screenplay and script’, as well as Margot’s ‘deeply layered performance’. 

She said Barbie herself wouldn’t have wanted the ‘fancy doorstop’ of an Oscars statuette anyway, and that the film doesn’t need the validation of pompous critics. 

Sylvia (pictured) argued that the Academy has wrongly ignored the 'nuances in the screenplay and script', as well as Margot's 'deeply layered performance'

Sylvia (pictured) argued that the Academy has wrongly ignored the ‘nuances in the screenplay and script’, as well as Margot’s ‘deeply layered performance’

She also argued that Barbie herself wouldn't have wanted the 'fancy doorstop' of an Oscars statuette anyway, and that the film doesn't need the validation of pompous critics

She also argued that Barbie herself wouldn’t have wanted the ‘fancy doorstop’ of an Oscars statuette anyway, and that the film doesn’t need the validation of pompous critics

‘[Barbie] flipped the script on gender roles and made the female population feel seen in a delightfully entertaining, yet searingly moving way,’ she wrote. 

‘If the Academy doesn’t get that, she doesn’t need their recognition. She’s already made an impact where it counts.’ 

Although Margot is not in the running for best lead actress, the movie itself is up for best picture, meaning she has in fact been nominated as a producer.

America Ferrera was also nominated for best supporting actress, while Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach are nominated jointly for having written the adapted screenplay of Barbie.

Fury is mounting after Margot was passed over for best actress, while Greta Gerwig failed to secure a nomination for best director. The omissions attracted extra attention on account of the fact that Ryan Gosling (left) who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor

Fury is mounting after Margot was passed over for best actress, while Greta Gerwig failed to secure a nomination for best director. The omissions attracted extra attention on account of the fact that Ryan Gosling (left) who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor

Margot has previously been nominated for two Oscars – best lead actress for her 2017 film I, Tonya, a biopic of Tonya Harding, and best supporting actress for the 2020 film Bombshell, which dramatized the story of the Fox News sex scandals.

Meanwhile, Greta was previously nominated for the best director Oscar for her 2017 film Lady Bird, which marked her first time solo at the helm of a feature film.

She was also nominated for that film’s screenplay, as well as the script of her follow-up feature, the 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Oscar nominations 2024 full list – see who received nods for this year’s Academy Awards

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

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

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Emma Stone, Poor Things

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro 

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives 

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Achievement in Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things 

Achievement in Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Original Song 

‘The Fire Inside’ from Flamin’ Hot

‘I’m Just Ken’ from Barbie

‘It Never Went Away’ from American Symphony

‘Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)’ from Killers of the Flower Moon

‘What Was I Made For?’ from Barbie

Original Score 

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Live Action Short Film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig

95 Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol 

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

International Feature Film

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teachers’ Lounge, Germany

The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom

Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Society of the Snow 

Achievement in Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Achievement in Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things 

Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

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