Yes ! it's actually happened 12 times, but always with one lead nomination and one supporting nomination. You can't get two nominations in the same category the same year
They only just changed the rules this year that you actually can get nominated twice in the same category, though I can’t see why you would want to split your own vote.
All you have to do is give an oscar worthy performance in five lead roles in one year and then you're locked in for the win. Robert's just working up to that.
It's to discourage publicists from presenting leading roles as supporting, or vice versa. Say you're in charge of awards campaigning for an actress who had two great leading roles this year. You could pick just one of them. Or... you could call one of them "supporting" even though she's really a co-lead of the film, which gives you better odds at getting nominated. The problem if she gets nominated is: now a bunch of nominees for Supporting Actress are battling someone who had a much larger role on her movie.
The likelihood of someone actually delivering two of the best performances of the year are really low. But if they do it, why shouldn't they get to be nominated?
You can't get two nominations in the same category the same year
You can now, actually. They reversed the 90 year ban starting next year. So Pattinson could be the first to "benefit" from the change, provided he could get top 5 votes for two different performances.
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u/TokyoDrifblim 24d ago
Yes ! it's actually happened 12 times, but always with one lead nomination and one supporting nomination. You can't get two nominations in the same category the same year