Oscars 2022: All 20 Actors Who Could Get Their First Oscar Nomination

1. Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza

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As tough as it is to imagine anyone blocking Kristen Stewart's path to Oscar, the biggest question mark in the Best Actress race is Alana Haim, the star of Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza.

Haim, a musician and vocalist in her hit rock band of the same name, will make her acting debut in the film, and from what we've seen of her in the trailer, she just might be the delightfully sardonic standout.

Haim certainly wouldn't be the first musician to successfully make the leap to award-nominated actress, and while it's possible Anderson's film could end up being too slight for Oscar voters, he does have a history of writing beefy, Oscar-friendly parts for women. Fingers crossed this is another.

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