| LINA | First woman to be nominated for Best Director ___ Wertmuller |
| DYAN | Cannon, the first woman to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind a camera (4) |
| TODD | Phillips who was nominated for Best Director for Joker |
| RON | 2002 Best Director ___ Howard |
| ANG | 2012 Best Director ___ Lee |
| PAMELA | ___ Anderson (She was at the luncheon, having been nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama for "The Last Showgirl") |
| ADAMBRODY | He was at the dinner, having been nominated for Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) for "Nobody Wants This" |
| EVITA | Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical on the life of an Argentinian icon; Mid-Cheshire Musical Theatre Company's production (September 2019) has been nominated for best musical by the National Oper |
| NADINE | ___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film |
| EXORCIST | The ___ (1973) was the first horror film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| STUART | MARY WHO WAS FIRST SHOWN PREGNANT ON DAYTIME AND FIRST TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY |
| ANGELA | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| LAURADERN | Half of the only mother/daughter duo to be nominated for acting Oscars for the same film |
| ETHELHS | The second African-American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Oscar |
| PLUMMER | Oldest person to be nominated for an acting Oscar, at age 88 (7) |
| PRECIOUS | This drama had no distributor until winning three prizes at Sundance in 2009; it went on to be nominated for six Oscars |
| LAIDLAW | Greig - - - , the second Scot to be nominated for World Rugby Player of the year after Mike Blair (7) |
| RICHMAN | Tommy with a song that spent 22 weeks at the top of the hip-hop charts this year, and which is expected to be nominated for at least one Grammy next month |
| PRIMARYSCHOOL | Where to learn how to be nominated? |
| FANTASYSERIES | One may be nominated for a Hugo Award |
