Overview
- Her victory at the 98th Academy Awards follows SAG, BAFTA and Golden Globe wins for the same role.
- Hamnet earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
- Best Picture went to Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.
- Zhao’s film adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s book by foregrounding Agnes Hathaway, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal leading, producers Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes attached, and a score by Max Richter.
- Reports differ on availability: one outlet lists the film on Prime Video, Filmin and Apple TV+, while another said it was theatrical-only as of March 14.