Which actress earned an Oscar nomination for playing Mitzi Fabelman in Spielberg's The Fabelmans?

Which actress earned an Oscar nomination for playing Mitzi Fabelman in Spielberg's The Fabelmans? Michelle Williams earned the nomination.

Williams plays Mitzi Fabelman, a gifted pianist and emotionally conflicted mother in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film. The character is inspired in part by Spielberg's mother, Leah Adler, while the fictional Fabelman family and its story transform personal memories into a dramatic narrative.

At the 95th Academy Awards, Williams was nominated for Best Actress. The nomination recognized her performance opposite Paul Dano, who plays Burt Fabelman, and alongside Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy, the film's Spielberg-inspired teenage filmmaker. Williams did not win; Michelle Yeoh won for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The category can cause confusion because The Fabelmans also received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Judd Hirsch. Williams's nomination was in the leading-actress category, not supporting actress. The film received seven Oscar nominations overall, including Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay, and Original Score.