{"id":915523,"date":"2026-11-13T03:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/915523\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T03:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:48:08","slug":"amanda-seyfried-eligible-for-critics-choice-but-not-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/915523\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried Eligible for Critics Choice But Not Golden Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCan Amanda Seyfried<\/a> receive awards recognition for her acclaimed portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Nathan Fielder<\/a> and Lance Oppenheim<\/a>\u2019s blockbuster documentary You Can See Everything<\/a>? No performance featured in a doc has ever been nominated by any major awards group. Many weren\u2019t even sure it was possible. Now, the major awards groups have made their determinations, and The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively report their (split) decisions.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeyfried has been deemed eligible for a best supporting actress nom by the Critics Choice Awards \u2014\u00a0but ineligible at the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Actor awards. SAG-AFTRA, which is behind the Actor Awards, encouraged A24<\/a> to file a formal appeal to try to qualify Seyfried, but insiders say no appeal will be forthcoming. The studio is focused on an Oscar nom.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\u2019 submission deadline is today, after which the executive committees of its various branches will begin to review submissions. Official determinations will go out in early December. But in the meantime, THR has learned that A24 has been given assurances by representatives of its Actors Branch Executive Committee that there is no reason to believe that she won\u2019t be okayed.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the Academy\u2019s rules governing the best documentary feature Oscar, \u201cFilms submitted in this category may also qualify for awards in other categories if they meet the specified requirements.\u201d And per the organization\u2019s rules for acting awards, \u201cThe Actors Branch Executive Committee shall have the right and responsibility to resolve all questions of eligibility.\u201d In other words, it\u2019s up to the Actors Branch Executive Committee, which has previously deemed eligible acting noms in docs for those who received on-screen credits, as Seyfried did \u2014 and they have no incentive to block their constituents from having the option of voting to nominate someone.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn her first one-on-one interview about the film, Seyfried \u2014\u00a0who landed an Oscar nom for 2020\u2019s Mank and came close to another for 2025\u2019s The Testament of Ann Lee \u2014 tells THR that she\u2019s excited to hit the campaign trail and promote not only her performance but the film itself, which could land another nom in a category that has never previously recognized a doc: best picture. \u201cNow that they\u2019re going to let me loose and show up, I\u2019m down!\u201d Seyfried says.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou Can See Everything blends traditional doc techniques with reenactments featuring Seyfried. The film is at 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and recently became only the fourth documentary to ever top the domestic box office. It has grossed more than $80 million worldwide and is still playing in nearly 2,500 theaters. Last Sunday, it swept the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. And Fielder and Oppenheim are currently in the U.K. participating in a slew of post-screening Q&As for Academy and British Academy members \u2014 including one moderated by Olivia Wilde\u00a0\u2014 that have drawn the likes of Richard Curtis, Cate Blanchett, Riz Ahmed, Barbara Broccoli and Alex Garland.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn our conversation, below, Seyfried reveals when she first realized the film might have legs and that she\u2018s fully prepared for the demands of an Oscar race. \u201cA campaign is a lot,\u201d she says, \u201cIt\u2019s time-consuming. It takes all your energy. And I\u2019m totally willing to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAmanda, you\u2019ve been in awards contention several times\u00a0\u2014 we spoke when you were in the running for Mank, Long Bright River and The Testament of Ann Lee. When you were shooting those projects, I suspect you realized you might wind up in the awards conversation, no? Was that also the case with You Can See Everything?<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Ann Lee maybe, because I thought it was so special and weird, and special weird movies get some kind of halo effect sometimes. But I usually have low expectations because I don\u2019t want to get disappointed. With You Can See Everything, I didn\u2019t even know if it was ever going to come out! They [Fielder and Oppenheim] were searching for the story. They said very early on that A24 was like, \u201cSee what happens. And if nothing happens, that\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tI was at that surprise first screening of You Can See Everything at the Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 6<\/a>. You were out of the country promoting another movie. How did you first learn that people who had seen the film were flipping out for it and for your contributions to it?<\/p>\n

\n\tI was in Venice and only found out hours before I went to bed that they were screening the movie in Telluride. I had thought [Oppenheim] were going to Telluride to screen Primetime [Oppenheim\u2019s other 2026 film], so I was as aware as everybody else was. Later Nathan was like, \u201cI\u2019m sorry I didn\u2019t tell you.\u201d I was like, \u201cI don\u2019t care, it\u2019s all good news.\u201d They\u2019re super discreet for a reason, and I totally respect that.<\/p>\n

\n\tNathan had screened it for me months before, and I was like, \u201cOkay, cool. I mean, maybe it\u2019ll come out.\u201d Nobody really knew. So when I found out before I went to bed in Venice that it was screening in Telluride, I got really nervous and excited, because I knew it was industry people. And then I woke up to all this chatter and texts from people involved in the movie, and it was that day that I realized that this was going to be kind of an event piece, something that gets under people\u2019s skin. Whether you love it or not, you\u2019re still thinking about it.<\/p>\n

\n\tPeople have been trying to figure out how to describe and recognize your work in the film. It has prompted interesting conversations: \u201cIs the film a documentary? Is what you do in the film a performance? How can there be a performance in a documentary? Is it possible to nominate a performance in a documentary?\u201d My question for you: Do you see it as a performance?<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I do. The reenactments were definitely a challenge. But it\u2019s not like I ever considered that I would be up for any kind of accolade. I understand the politics and the luck and the timing of awards stuff. I don\u2019t really know if we can fully consider it a doc \u2014 it\u2019s very genre-bending. I have seen a lot of documentaries, but not enough to know if they\u2019ve ever done anything like this. I know people have said they have never seen anything like it.<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t see the reenactments as anything very special when I watched it \u2014 I thought the movie was interesting \u2014\u00a0but what I have come to understand from actors who I really respect is that the reenactments feel seamless to people after having spent 100 minutes with Elizabeth Holmes. I come in to the film and I\u2019m able to be myself and to have an opinion and to question Nathan \u2014 and also to then just disappear by the end in the prison scene. The fact that actors who I respect and love have said that they\u2019ve experienced it almost as if it\u2019s her is the most incredibly flattering thing I\u2019ve ever experienced, and that makes me feel very good. And there are so many actors that want to talk to me about the film, which is so fun because I would talk shop all day! <\/p>\n

\n\tThe experimental feeling that I got when I was part of it and when I was watching it \u2014 I feel like that\u2019s why everybody\u2019s talking about it! Does it necessarily need to be celebrated in every way in awards season? No, it\u2019s being celebrated already. But do people want to challenge the awards structure? Probably.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhether or not the Academy\u2019s documentary branch embraces the film<\/a>, it seems like a lot of other people in other branches of the Academy love the film and want to recognize it, and A24 seems to be going full-speed-ahead with an unconventional kind of a campaign that will court that sort of recognition. How much of that are you open to being a part of?<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m fully present for that. I think the amount of events and the amount of presence you need to have when campaigning for these things is pretty extreme \u2014 you saw me go through it last year \u2014 but it\u2019s still all very positive because getting a seat at the table is the thing. It\u2019s not necessarily about the win, it\u2019s about getting a seat at the table \u2014\u00a0even quite literally at The Hollywood Reporter roundtable, or stuff like that.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019re so glad that you\u2019ll be part of that, by the way. Thank you.<\/p>\n

\n\tOh, God, yeah, for sure! Put me in a room with other actors and I\u2019m very happy. A campaign is a lot. It\u2019s time-consuming. It takes all your energy. And I\u2019m totally willing to do it. A24 is great. They\u2019re excited, and I\u2019m very proud of the film, so I\u2019m fully ready to engage in that. And I love these filmmakers! I had a great time with this tiny crew. And I think because [the experience] is so rare, and it will never happen again, I\u2019m doubled-down on it.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m going to do everything I did last year, because I\u2019ve had a year, an interesting year personally [Seyfried and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, who are the parents of two children, announced in September that they have separated], and as grateful as I am that I am where I am, my priorities are pretty clear. The fact that they [A24] didn\u2019t need me to be involved in the press up until this point has been a godsend, because I\u2019ve been needing to be home.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut I\u2019ll do what I need to do because I support the movie and I support the fact that it is unconventional and I want this to proliferate, if that makes sense?\u00a0I want [Hollywood] to keep being brave. I want to be part of something that inspires actors to take risks, because yeah, I didn\u2019t know what I was getting into, but I had trust in a few people, and then ended up in a project that changed my life.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve been working for a long time, but I\u2019m having an extraordinary experience with You Can See Everything. It\u2019s just following me around, and it\u2019s great, it\u2019s so fun. I like to talk \u2014 you\u2019ve seen me \u2014 about stuff that I\u2019m crazy about. And so now that they\u2019re going to let me loose and show up, I\u2019m down!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can Amanda Seyfried receive awards recognition for her acclaimed portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Nathan Fielder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[17979,79982,236,88,351907,43115,355314],"class_list":["post-915523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-a24","tag-amanda-seyfried","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-lance-oppenheim","tag-nathan-fielder","tag-you-can-see-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}