The 2019 Oscars: Live updates - CNN

The majority of this year’s first-time nominees are hardly new to the game.

Director Spike Lee, who is up for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay, first burst onto the scene in 1986 with his directorial debut, “She’s Gotta Have It.”

Richard E. Grant has also been around since the ‘80s, when he debuted in the film “Withnail and I” before going on to memorable roles in “Game of Thrones” and the movie “Logan.”

He’s nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Lady Gaga is nominated for best actress for her performance in “A Star Is Born” and she is, of course, Lady Gaga.

One of her co-stars in that film, Sam Elliott, is nominated for best supporting actor and began his film career in the 1960s in projects such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”

Regina King and Rami Malek can both thank the small screen for fans being familiar with their work.

King is nominated in the best supporting actress category for “If Beale Street Could Talk” and first found fame as a child star on the TV comedy “227” before she grew into more adult roles on the TV dramas “Southland” and “American Crime,” as well as films like “Jerry Maguire” and “Ray.”

Malek is up for best actor for his turn as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The actor previously starred as a computer hacker in the TV series “Mr. Robot.”

Olivia Colman’s skill portraying England’s Queen Anne in “The Favourite” earned her a best actress nod this time.

She’s known on both sides of the pond for critically acclaimed roles in “Broadchurch,” “The Thirteenth Tale” and “The Night Manager.”

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