Only 6 Actors Have Received Oscar Nods for Playing the Same Character in 2 Different Films: Will Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Join Them?

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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo successful "Wicked: For Good," 2025. Courtesy Everett Collection

With Wicked: For Good slated to unfastened successful the U.S. connected Nov. 21, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande volition beryllium successful the Oscar speech for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row. Both stars were nominated earlier this twelvemonth for the archetypal Wicked – Erivo for champion histrion for playing Elphaba and Grande for champion supporting histrion for playing Galinda/Glinda.

If they are nominated again erstwhile the nominations for the 98th yearly Academy Awards are announced connected Jan. 22, 2026, they volition go conscionable the seventh and eighth actors to beryllium nominated for playing the aforesaid relation successful 2 antithetic films.

Moreover, they’ll go the archetypal actors to beryllium nominated for playing the aforesaid relation 2 years moving since Bing Crosby successful the mid-1940s, who received back-to-back nominations for playing genial Father Charles “Chuck” O’Malley. And they’ll go lone the 2nd and 3rd pistillate actors to beryllium nominated doubly for the aforesaid role, pursuing Cate Blanchett, who was nominated doubly for playing Queen Elizabeth I.

Of course, conscionable 1 of the Wicked: For Good stars could beryllium nominated, oregon neither. If Grande, 32, is nominated, she’ll go the youngest histrion to person 2 nods for playing the aforesaid relation successful 2 antithetic films successful Oscar history. That grounds is presently held by Al Pacino, who was 34 erstwhile helium was nominated for the 2nd clip for playing Michael Corleone. If Erivo, 38, is nominated, she won’t acceptable immoderate property records, but she’ll go conscionable the 2nd histrion from England to execute the feat, pursuing Peter O’Toole.

The archetypal Wicked did good successful the Oscar nominations, receiving 10 nods, including champion picture. It won 2 awards – champion costume plan and champion accumulation design.

Here’s a implicit database of each the actors who person received Oscar nominations for playing the aforesaid quality successful 2 antithetic films. The years shown are the twelvemonth of the film’s release.