Oscar nominations 2024: Key statistics

This year represents the joint poorest showing by British actors in more than a decade.Just two performers have received a nod: Carey Mulligan in the best actress category for Maestro, the biographical drama of the life of composer Leonard Bernstein; and Emily Blunt for best supporting actress, recognising her role in Oppenheimer, which traces the life of the eponymous American physicist who played a key role in developing the atomic bomb.It is the same number of UK acting nominees as last year, which in turn is the lowest number since 2013, when the total was also two.It is a sharp contrast with 2021, when the UK accounted for nearly half (eight) of all the 20 acting nominations.The average since the start of the century has been four.