As Stylist’s entertainment director Helen Bownass puts it: “While it’s lovely to see an Oscar nomination list overflowing with never-before-nominated talent like Paul Mescal and actors who thought they were shut out the game of Hollywood (adore you, Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser), I just cannot understand how The Woman King was overlooked.

“Gina Prince-Bythewood did a phenomenal job directing this truly compelling film – and why are we still having this very, very frustrating conversation about female directors? They still exist, guys! Where, too, was Charlotte Wells’ nod for the heart-rending Aftersun, please?

“Viola Davis is a true woman king, vibrating with power and she deserves to be pulling up a seat alongside Cate, Michelle (polish your mantelpiece Yeoh, that award needs to come home with you), Andrea, Michelle and Ana.

“It also reminded me how frustrating it still is that Davis also didn’t get nominated for Widows in 2019. Alongside Danielle Deadwyler’s omission for the devastating Till it points to a continuing lack of disrespect for the work of Black women that must be addressed.”

Oscars 2023: Viola Davis, Taylor Swift, Olivia Colman and female directors among this year’s biggest snubs