Entertainment Movies 11 Married or Engaged Celebrity Couples Who Were Nominated for Oscars in the Same Year These talented couples were nominated for Academy Awards in the same year — even a few, like Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, for their respective work on the same project By Andrea Wurzburger Updated on February 27, 2023 04:50 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos 01 of 11 1932: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images In 1932, celebrity couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne made history when they were both nominated for Academy Awards in the same year. After appearing together in The Guardsman (1931), they were up for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively. 02 of 11 1940: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier CBS via Getty Images Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier are two of the most legendary actors of all time, so it's no wonder that the pair were both nominated for Oscars — and just months before their 1940 wedding. Leigh won the award for Best Actress (the first British woman to do so) for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), while Olivier was nominated for playing Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (1939). The pair's epic Hollywood romance lasted from 1937 to 1960, when the couple divorced. 03 of 11 1964: Rachel Roberts and Rex Harrison getty The Hollywood couple — who married in 1962 and divorced in 1971 — were both nominated for the 1964 Academy Awards. Rachel Roberts was up for Best Actress for This Sporting Life (1963) and her husband, Rex Harrison, for Best Actor for Cleopatra (1963). 04 of 11 1967: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor collaborated on 11 films together throughout their infamous relationship, and both were nominated in 1967 for their leading roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Taylor won the trophy for Best Actress, though her husband did not nab the Best Actor award. 05 of 11 1969: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward — who were married for 50 years from 1958 until Newman's death in 2008 — were both nominated in 1969 for their work on Rachel, Rachel (1968). Woodward was nominated for Best Actress, while her husband was nominated as a producer for Best Picture. 06 of 11 1975: John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands Max B. Miller/Fotos International/Getty Images John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands had been married for more than two decades when they were both nominated for Academy Awards in 1975. Rowlands was nominated for Best Actress for her role in A Woman Under the Influence (1974), and her husband received a nomination for directing the film. The pair remained married until Cassavetes' death in 1989. 07 of 11 1997: Joel Coen and Frances McDormand Steve Starr/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images In 1997, actress Frances McDormand and her writer and director husband Joel Coen won Academy Awards for Fargo (1996) — McDormand for Best Actress and Coen for Best Original Screenplay. The pair have been married since 1984. 08 of 11 2016: Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander Kevin Winter/Getty Images Before Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander tied the knot in 2017, the ultra-private pair were both nominated for Oscars in 2016. Vikander won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Danish Girl (2015); Fassbender was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Steve Jobs (2015) but didn't take home the Oscar. The prize went to Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant. 09 of 11 2022: Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem sony pictures; Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who have been married since 2010, were both nominated for Academy Awards in 2022. Cruz was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Parallel Mothers (2021), while her husband was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos (2021). Neither Cruz or Bardem ended up bringing a statuette home, with Jessica Chastain nabbing Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Will Smith as Best Actor for King Richard. 10 of 11 2022: Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog (2021). KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX Kirsten Dunst and then-fiancé (now husband) Jesse Plemons were both nominated for the very first time in 2022 and for acting in the same film. Dunst was up for Best Supporting Actress and Plemons for Best Supporting Actor for their roles in The Power of the Dog (2021). However, neither Dunst or Plemons won. Instead, Troy Kotsur was named Best Supporting Actor in a historic victory for CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), and Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. 11 of 11 2023: Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin married in 1997 and have been creative collaborators since they met as National Institute of Dramatic Art students. The pair have a long history of working together, notably on films like Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013). In 2023, Luhrmann and Martin's Elvis (2022) was nominated for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards, and Martin was also nominated for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design on the film.