We’re not too surprised that Bassett brought her family to the 2023 Oscar Awards because she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. While Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once) won the award, other nominees included Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Hong Chau (The Whale). Last year’s award went to Ariana DeBose for West Side Story.
Although Bassett did not take home the award tonight, she is the first Marvel actor to receive an Academy Award nomination, but she’s also the first actress to be nominated for a comic book role.
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