1. Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams
In 2006, two years before Heath Ledger's death, he and Michelle Williams were nominated for an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain. Ledger was up for Best Actor and Williams was up for Best Supporting Actress. No one took the statuette.
2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
The former Hollywood couple, who has still been in legal battles for six years, maintained a common front in 2009, the year in which Brangelina was presented as a couple nominated for Academy Awards. Pitt was up for Best Actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Jolie was up for Best Actress for Changeling. They didn't win.
3. Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander
Not all couples who are nominated at the same time break up, at least not yet. For example, we have Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, who is 2016, when they barely appeared in public, were nominated for the Oscars.
Alicia won Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl, while Michael came close to winning Best Actor for Steve Jobs.
4. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem became the first couple of Spanish actors to be nominated for the Oscars this 2022. Cruz, who has confessed that she cannot believe it and that they will have a great party to celebrate, is competing for Best Actress for Parallel Mothers, and Bardem for Best Actor for Being the Ricardos.
5. Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons
Another pair of lovebirds that are nominated for Oscars this year are Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. For both, it is the first nomination and they represent the same film, The Power of the Dog (The power dog), he is in the category of Best Supporting Actor and she is Best Supporting Actress.
