The 2024 Oscars was a star-studded affair but there were some surprising stars who opted to skip the prestigious award show. While we saw many stars go all out with their looks with stunning red carpet gowns, suits and more, there were also quite a few no-shows.
While it was a big night for Ryan Gosling, with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Barbie, and a highly-anticipated performance of his Oscar-nominated song from the movie’s soundtrack, “I’m Just Ken,” the actor flew solo on the red carpet. His longtime partner, Eva Mendes, is known to sit award season out and while we live in hope of seeing these two on the red carpet together someday, we also respect their commitment to keeping their relationship private.
To see all the surprising stars who skipped the 2024 Oscars, keep scrolling!
Leonardo DiCaprio
Despite being the producer and lead actor in one of this year’s Best Picture nominees, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio opted not to attend the show.
The star was notably snubbed when he didn’t land a Best Actor nomination and has skipped several key award shows this year, including the BAFTAs and SAG Awards.
Gigi Hadid
We were really hoping that Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper would make their red carpet debut, as was speculated in the lead up to the award show.
However, the model opted not to attend and Cooper took another special lady as his date instead, his mom!
Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes didn’t attend the show despite her husband Ryan Gosling being up for Best Supporting Actor and putting on one of the most highly-anticipated performances of the year!
She did, however, find another subtle and adorable way to support Gosling.
Warren Beatty
Annette Bening flew solo at the event, where she was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Nyad. Her husband since 1992, Warren Beatty, skipped the award show.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer was initially reported to be a presenter at the 2024 Oscars and fans were hoping for a Scarface reunion with Al Pacino.
However, Pacino ended up presenting the Best Picture award alone. Deadline reports that Pfeiffer was unable to attend due to family reasons.
Wes Anderson
After eight previous nominations, Wes Anderson finally landed his first Oscar win but wasn’t present to collect the award. His short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar won Best Live Action Short Film. Anderson is reportedly on location of his next project and, thus, unable to attend.
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain has been a staple at many award shows this season but opted not to attend the main event!
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman almost never skips the Oscars, and is reportedly the reason Tom Cruise didn’t attend last year! So we were surprised not to see her on the 2024 Oscars red carpet.
Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki
Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki were not present to collect their Best Animated Picture Oscar for The Boy and the Heron.
The duo were reportedly unable to travel due to their age.
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman has also been in attendance at many award shows in the past few months but we’re guessing her decision to skip the Oscars might have something to do with the movie getting left out of the nominations.
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz also chose not to attend after her work in Ferrari wasn’t recognized in the nominations.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift was speculated to be attending the Oscars but was probably too wrapped up in her Eras Tour to make it to the award show.
Tom Holland
We were hoping to see Tom Holland posing alongside Zendaya, who presented one of the night’s awards, but the very private couple did not attend together.
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