Ariana Grande 'Cannot Stop Crying, to No One's Surprise' After Academy Award Nomination

Ariana Grande is an Academy Award nominee!

Grande, 31, received her first career Oscar nomination on Thursday, Jan. 23, when she joined fellow nominees Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) in the Best Supporting Actress field for the upcoming 97th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 2.

"picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition. i cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise," Grande wrote in a caption to an Instagram post she shared shortly after the nomination announcement. The Wicked actress and singer shared a photo of herself as a toddler dressed similarly to Judy Garland's iconic Wizard of Oz character Dorothy, as well as an undated video of her singing portions of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked and photos of her in costume as Glinda with her costar Cynthia Erivo.

"I'm humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. i’m so proud of you, tiny," she wrote in her post. "thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for this acknowledgement @theacademy."

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In Grande's post, she also thanked Wicked director Jon M. Chu "for taking this chance on me and for being the most unbelieably brilliant leader, human being, and most fierce friend," in her caption before she turned her attention to Erivo, 38, who also received an Oscar nod in the Best Actress category. In total, Wicked received 10 Oscar nominations, tied for second-most this year with The Brutalist.

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"I am so deeply proud of my beautiful Wicked family. i am so proud of my Elphie, my sister, my dear @cynthiaerivo. your brilliance is never ending and you deserve every flower (tulip) in every garden. i love you unconditionally, always," Grande added. "i don’t quite have all my words yet, i’m still trying to breathe. but thank you. oh my goodness, thank you. Universal, Marc, my family, my heart," she wrote as she finished her post. "lemons and melons and pears, oh my. 🫧"

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Grande is also nominated in the best supporting actress category at the Critics Choice Awards and SAG Awards, which will both be held in February as the Oscars approach.

Conan O'Brien will host the Oscars ceremony, which will air live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC and Hulu.

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