NO OSCAR BUT ROBBIE STILL A WINNER
was arguably the biggest night of her career so far but Gold Coast girl Margot Robbie proved she hasn’t forgotten where she comes from – showing up to the Oscars with her mum as her date.
Nominated as Best Actress for her role in I, Tonya, Robbie was beaten by Frances McDormand, who won for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Robbie looked flawless in a white Chanel Haute Couture gown with beaded off-the-shoulder straps when she arrived at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Her proud mum Sarie Kessler also stunned in a floor length lace dress.
French fashion label, Chanel, announced yesterday that Robbie would be its newest ambassador.
Allison Janney, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for I, Tonya, told Nine’s entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins that Robbie was
“one of the most beautiful, brilliant actresses” she had ever worked with.
“She’s got a head for business, the soul of an artist and she’s an extraordinary woman,” she said.
“She’s going to do a lot more … she worked her butt off for this movie and it shows. I bow down to her.”
Australia got its Oscar moment with editor Lee Smith nabbing his first statuette for Best Film Editing for his work on Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk. Guillermo del Toro made sure to double check the envelope when Warren Beatty handed him the Best Picture gong – confirming that his fantasy love story, The Shape of Water, had indeed been named Best Picture.
While the 2018 Oscars turned out to be far less eventful after last year’s envelope mix-up, host Jimmy Kimmel served it up to Hollywood pariah Harvey Weinstein in his opening monologue.
Best Actress winner Frances McDormand ran with the female empowerment theme in a forceful speech. “If I fall over, pick me up, because I’ve got some things to say,” she began, before asking every female nominee to stand up. “OK look around ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed,” she said, to much applause.
Best Actor winner, Darkest Hour star Gary Oldman, singled out his near-99 year old mother, watching at home. “Put the kettle on, I’m bringing Oscar home,” he told her.