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\n: Monica Barbaro and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet attend the premiere of the movie A Complete UnKnown<\/p>\n
American actress Monica Barbaro has described her Oscar nomination as a “huge honour”, but said: “It doesn’t actually give my work more meaning.”<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old received a nod from the Academy in 2025 for her role in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown \u2013 just three years after her breakout role in the long-awaited Top Gun sequel.<\/p>\n
During an interview for Net-A-Porter\u2019s digital title Porter, Barbaro recalled how she felt when she received her first nomination for the prestigious award.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a huge honour but it doesn\u2019t actually give my work more meaning, and I know that to be very true,” she said.<\/p>\n
“In some ways it\u2019s a validation, and it\u2019s shoring up the infrastructure of a career, of course. And it (can) be really exciting.<\/p>\n
“But to expect it, I think, is to look at your art in the wrong way.”<\/p>\n
She received the nomination for her role as singer Dylan\u2019s mentor Joan Baez in the 2024 film, which she starred in alongside Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Elle Fanning.<\/p>\n
\n: Monica Barbaro and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet attend the premiere of the movie A Complete UnKnown<\/p>\n
Barbaro is known for starring in Top Gun: Maverick \u2013 the 2022 sequel to the action-packed 80s cult classic \u2013 which has been deemed her “breakthrough” role.<\/p>\n
She said: “There was an immense amount of pressure. A lot of people felt you should never sequel Top Gun.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve been called a breakthrough, but it took years to get here.”<\/p>\n
In the interview, Barbaro also reflected on the moment she found out she got her role in A Complete Unknown \u2013 which also earned the actress her first nomination at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in 2025.<\/p>\n
She said: “I was at home in LA and I just collapsed to the floor.<\/p>\n
“I always do (when I get big news). I have to get on the ground. I hid under the table and called my agent.”<\/p>\n
The actress is due to take the stage in London this spring as she makes her theatre debut in Christopher Hampton\u2019s celebrated adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.<\/p>\n
Barbaro will star alongside Phantom Thread actress Lesley Manville and Rivals actor Aidan Turner in the award-winning play, and said: “I haven\u2019t done a play before, and I\u2019ll be doing a British accent, in Britain, as an American. So\u2026 I\u2019m sort of asking for it.<\/p>\n
“The accent has to be absolutely flawless so that it doesn\u2019t get in the way of the more important thing, which is telling the story.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s how I felt about music (in A Complete Unknown), and how I felt about pretending to be a pilot (in Top Gun: Maverick).<\/p>\n
“I think it\u2019s grounding in a way because I can obsess over it, which I like to do.”<\/p>\n
When asked what comes next in her career, Barbaro said: “I want to stay hungry, but not in a way where I\u2019m always chasing something I can\u2019t quite grasp, telling myself my life will be better once I have ‘that thing\u2019.<\/p>\n
“You can\u2019t forget to live your own life in the midst of it all.”<\/p>\n
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