Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Scherzinger.Photo:Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty, Dave Benett/Getty
Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty, Dave Benett/Getty
Nominations for the2024 Olivier Awardsare here!
On Tuesday, the Society of London Theatre announced nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, named after thelate actor of the same name. Highlights among this year’s nominees includeNicole Scherzinger, nominated for best actress in a musical for her performance inSunset Boulevard, andSarah Jessica Parker, who is nominated for best actress forPlaza Suite.
Other major celebrities nominated for awards Tuesday includeDavid Tennant, who is nominated for best actor for his role inMacbeth; All of Us StrangersactorAndrew Scott, who is up for the same award forVanya. Other nominees in that category includeJoseph Fiennes(Dear England), Mark Gatiss (The Motive And The Cue) and James Norton (A Little Life).
Just two months after her2023 Emmy Awards win forSuccession,Sarah Snookis nominated alongside Parker, 58, forThe Picture of Dorian Grey. Other actresses nominated in that best actress category include Laura Donnelly (The Hills of California), Sophie Okonedo (Medea) and Sheridan Smith (Shirley Valentine).
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in the ‘Plaza Suite’.Bruce Glikas/Getty
Parker’s nomination forPlaza Suite, which costars husbandMatthew Broderick, marks her first Olivier Award nomination. The pair previously starred in the production during a2022 Broadway run.
Additionally, Snook, 36, received her first Olivier Award nomination Tuesday.
Scherzinger, 45, meanwhile, picked up her second nomination after previously earning a nod for best supporting actress forCatsin 2015.
Sunset Boulevard— a West End revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Scherzinger as Norma Desmond — is the most nominated musical production at this year’s Olivier Awards, with 11 nominations including best musical revival.
Dear England, which stars Fiennes as the manager of England’s national soccer team and scored 9 total nods, is the year’s most nominated play.
Nicole Scherzinger in ‘Sunset Boulevard’.Marc Brenner
Marc Brenner
Scherzinger explained to PEOPLE back in September why she chose to star inSunset Boulevardin London over participating in season 11 ofThe Masked Singer. “This is where my talents truly lie. I’m still proving myself,” she said at the time, noting that she was at first apprehensive when director Jamie Lloyd approached her about playing the musical’s lead character.
“I didn’t get it, because I only ever hadGlenn Closein my mind — and Gloria Swanson in the old film,” she said. (Close originated the role on Broadway in 1993 and reprised the role on the West End and Broadway in 2016.)
“He was like, ‘Don’t watch the movie, don’t listen to anybody else, just read the lines and listen to the music.’ And when I did, I just fell in love with Norma. I didn’t realize that this is the role that I’ve been waiting to play all my life. We’re doing a completely different, new interpretation,” said Scherzinger, who isset to leadthe production’s transfer to Broadway in 2024.
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