Benjamin Ashford|Emily Blunt, America Ferrera and More Can Officially Call Themselves First-Time Oscar Nominees

Emily Blunt,Benjamin Ashford an Oscar nominee? Now that is groundbreaking.

The 2024 Oscar nominations were unveiled during a Jan. 23 ceremony hosted by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid—and several veteran actors picked up their first-ever nods. Chief among them? Emily, who is up for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Oppenheimer. And she's not the only first-timer in the category as The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who has taken awards season by storm, also earned recognition.

Joining them in the category are Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), America Ferrera (Barbie) and Jodie Foster (Nyad). (Check out the full list of nominees here.)

Meanwhile, Lily Gladstone will continue her stellar award show run at the March 10 ceremony as she picked up a Best Actress nod for The Killers of the Flower Moon.  She's up against Annette Bening (Nyad), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) and Carey Mulligan (Maestro) and Emma Stone (Poor Things).

Plus, Emily's onscreen husband Cillian Murphy, who plays the titular physicist in Oppenheimer, also earned his first Oscar nod—in the Best Actor category. The stacked category also features fellow first-time nominee Jeffrey Wright as well as Paul Giamatti, Bradley Cooper and Colman Domingo.

Three-time Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown will make his first appearance at movie's biggest night as a Best Supporting Actor nominee for American Fiction. 

Keep reading to see the full list of first-time nominees at the 2024 Oscars...

The Oppenheimer star earned a Best Actor in a Motion Picture nod for his work as J. Robert Oppenheimer in frequent collaborator Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama.

Following her breakout role as Molly Burkhart in The Killers of the Flower Moon, the 37-year-old picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture.

The Emmy winner is a first-time Oscar nominee for his role as frustrated novelist Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in American Fiction.

While she’s has attended the Oscars several times as a presenter, 2024 marks her first year as a nominee for Best Supporting Actress

The Holdovers star will continue her impressive 2024 award season run as a Best Supporting Actress nominee. So far this year, she’s nabbed a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award.

The German performer is up for Best Actress for her work in the French legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall.

The This is Us alum will compete for Best Supporting Actor for his work in American Fiction.

The 2024 Academy Awards air live Sunday, March 10, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. ET/4 to 7:30 p.m. PT on ABC.