Second time lucky? Hacksaw Ridge star Teresa Palmer scores AACTA International Award nod... days after missing out on gong for Best Actress
She was recently nominated for Best Actress at the AACTA Awards, for her performance in Hacksaw Ridge.
And days after missing out on the gong, Teresa Palmer has scored a new nod - this time for Best Supporting Actress at the AACTA International Awards.
Teresa's performance as nurse Dorothy Schutte in Mel Gibson's World War II film continues to create buzz just weeks after the film's Australian release.
Second time lucky? Teresa Palmer's performance in Hacksaw Ridge scored her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the AACTA International Awards this week
Every year, awards season sees producers try to game the nomination categories in an effort to increase their chances of taking home an award - but they don't normally do it within the same awards organisation.
Nonetheless, the producers of Hacksaw Ridge have chosen to switch Teresa's category mid-AACTAs and she was duly nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category when the nominations were announced on Wednesday morning.
It's a strong category for the Australians as Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has also been nominated for her performance in Australian film Lion, for which she also received a Golden Globe nomination earlier this week.
Praying we wouldn't notice: A week ago Teresa Palmer went to the local AACTA Awards nominated as Best Lead Actress for the same role in the same film
Sadly for Teresa the move may have backfired, if anything lowering her chances, as the producers of Fences have submitted Viola Davis in the Supporting Actress category, as they have around the world.
It is a move that has raised eyebrows given Viola's significant screen time in Fences, but it has also secured her favouritism to win the Oscar and every one of the lead up awards - including the AACTA.
Teresa and Nicole will also face Michelle Williams, nominated for her performance in Manchester By The Sea, and Naomie Harris from Moonlight, who are the second and third favourites to take home this Oscar.
So Supportive: Nicole Kidman has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress by AACTA and the Golden Globes this week for her performance in Aussie flick Lion as the mother of Saroo Brierley, played at varying ages by Sunny Pawar (pictured) and Dev Patel
Another fence jumper: Viola Davis is favourite to beat Teresa and Nicole to the Best Supporting Actress AACTA for her performance in Fences for which she already won the Critics' Choice Award (pictured)
Bigger Name, Smaller Role: Dev Patel gets top billing on Lion but was only submitted as Best Supporting Actor, for which he has been nominated
It wasn't just the actresses being shuffled around the categories, as Dev Patel was also nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Lion, despite his top billing on the films publicity materials.
His young co-star, Sunny Pawar, who shares the role of Australian Saroo Brierley whose story the film tells, was overlooked for a nomination.
Men from Manchester: Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges (pictured) are early favourites to win Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for their performances in Manchester By The Sea
Crying out for an award: Michelle Williams is also nominated for an AACTA International Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Manchester By The Sea
Footloose favourites: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (pictured) are both nominated for AACTA International Awards as Lead Actress and Actor for La La Land which is also the favourite to win Best Film
The AACTA International Award nominations were topped by Manchester By The Sea which grabbed 6 nods, followed by Hacksaw Ridge, La La Land and Lion, each with 5 nominations.
Lion and Hacksaw Ridge both received more nominations than they are tipped to receive from other international awards ceremonies, though both received three nominations in the equivalent categories for the Golden Globes earlier this week.
La La Land is odds on favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars next year and will be installed as favourite for the AACTA, while other strong contenders for the main award such as Silence and Moonlight were overlooked for the two Australian features.
The biggest surprise in the Best Film category was Arrival however, where the Australian Academy defied the trend to give Denis Villeneuve's sci fi think piece a nomination, as well as nominating Villeneuve for Best Direction.
Surprise Arrival: Denis Villeneuve's Arrival received three shock AACTA International Award nominations, for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Lead Actress for Amy Adams (pictured)
After another AACTA: Mel Gibson is hoping to take home another AACTA for Best Direction for Hacksaw Ridge having won the local award last week
Loving their nominations: Ruth Negga and Australian Joel Edgerton received AACTA International Award nominations for Best Lead Actress and Actor in civil rights biopic Loving
Villeneuve will compete with Mel Gibson who also received a Best Direction nomination for Hacksaw Ridge, hoping to add it to his local AACTA Award for Best Direction that he picked up last week.
Australian actor Joel Edgerton backed up his Golden Globe nomination with a Best Lead Actor AACTA nod for his performance in civil rights era biopic Loving, though he faces stiff competition from Oscar favourites Casey Affleck, for Manchester By The Sea, and Denzel Washington for Fences.
Ryan Gosling, who earlier this month held Oscar favourite status for his performance in La La Land is also nominated, as is Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw Ridge.
In the Best Lead Actress category the two Oscar favourites, Natalie Portman and Emma Stone, are both nominated for their performances in Jackie and La La Land respectively.
The AACTA International Awards, hosted by Australian actor Daniel Macpherson will be presented in Los Angeles on Sunday 8 January.
Facing a battle: Andrew Garfield is nominated as Best Leading Actor at the AACTA International Awards for his performance in Hacksaw Ridge, but faces stiff competition
Jackie OH!: Natalie Portman has been nominated for Best Lead Actress after winning the Critics' Choice Award on the weekend and is now favourite for the Oscar
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