She’s headed to the Oscars!
Ariana Grande earned her very first Academy Award nomination for Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Wicked! The news came in on Thursday morning, and she was quick to celebrate the special honor on Instagram. Sharing several photos of herself as Glinda, a sweet childhood snap of her dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, and a throwback video of her singing The Wizard and I, she gushed:
“picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition. i cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise. i’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. i’m so proud of you, tiny. thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for this acknowledgement @theacademy.”
Aw!!!
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She went on to thank her fellow collaborators on the musical, writing:
“thank you [director Jon M. Chu] for taking this chance on me and for being the most unbelievably brilliant leader, human being, and most fierce friend. i am so deeply proud of my beautiful Wicked family. i am so proud of my Elphie, my sister, my dear [Cynthia Erivo]. your brilliance is never ending and you deserve every flower (tulip) in every garden. i love you unconditionally, always.”
The singer concluded:
“i don’t quite have all my words yet, i’m still trying to breathe. but thank you. oh my goodness, thank you. Universal, Marc, my family, my heart. lemons and melons and pears, oh my.”
Ch-ch-check it out (below):
Amazing!!!
She deserves it! What a great moment for her! In total, Wicked earned 10 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Cynthia. Many congrats to them all!
[Image via Universal Pictures/Wicked Movie/YouTube]
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