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Inevitably, much of the pre-ceremony speculation and predictions focus on the “main” categories, particularly Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor and Best Actress.

The controversial “Emilia Pérez” leads the way in terms of nominations with 13, while big names actors and actresses Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore are all hoping to take home a statuette.

But while the leading men and women will hog much of the limelight, don’t forget about those supporting actors and actresses who are often just as important in determining whether their movie is a success or not.

Previous winners of the award include legendary names such as Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman.

97th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actors nominees

Yura Borisov for “Anora”

Russia-born Borisov has been nominated for his portrayal of Igor, a henchman Vanya Zakharov, the son of a Russian oligarch, in comedy drama “Anora,” the sixth most nominated film with six nominations.

Borisov has already won “supporting” prizes from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle and the Toronto Film Critics Association for the same role. This is his first Oscar nomination.

Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain”

Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” has received two nominations, one of which Culkin is responsible for.

Macaulay’s younger brother is also up for an Academy Award for the very first time, although he has already won Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Primetime Emmys and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performances as the free-spirited Benji in “A Real Pain,” as well as Roman Roy in HBO series “Succession”.

Edward Norton for “A Complete Unknown”

Norton has received his fourth Oscars nomination for his portrayal of Pete Seeger in “A Complete Unknown,” a biographical musical drama about Bob Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet.

The 55-year-old was previously up for Best Supporting Actor for “Primal Fear” (1997) and “Birdman” (2015), and for Best Actor for “American History X” (1999). Norton, however, has yet to take home a statuette.

Guy Pearce for “The Brutalist”

Only “Emilia Pérez” (13) has received more nominations than period drama “The Brutalist” (10).

One of them is for Australian actor Pearce, who plays Harrison Lee Van Buren, a wealthy but snobbish industrialist who becomes a client of Holocaust survivor and architect László Tóth, played by Adrien Brody.

This is Pearce’s first Academy Award nomination, although he has picked up a Primetime Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award in the past.

Jeremy Strong for “The Apprentice”

Completing the list is Strong, who accounts for one of two nominations for “The Apprentice,” a biographical drama examining Donald Trump’s career as a real estate businessman in New York in the 1970s and 1980s.

Strong, who plays attorney Roy Cohn, has also been nominated for the first time, having previously won a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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