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'A Complete Unknown' Oscar Nominee Monica Barbaro Would Perform a Joan Baez Song at the Ceremony: 'That would be another absolutely life-changing idea'

It may or may not involve a drum circle.

Monica Barbaro, whose portrayal of Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown elevated the biopic as a compelling romantic and industry foil for Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan, is among the nominees for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s ceremony. Barbaro, a first-time nominee for playing the middle-finger-flipping matriarch of folk, joins a roster that includes Wicked ’s Ariana Grande-Butera, The Brutalist ’s Felicity Jones, Conclave ’s Isabella Rossellini, and Emilia Pérez ’s Zoe Saldaña. And then I got this golden nugget of a chance to be barefoot all the time in production, because Joan talks constantly about how she wouldn’t wear shoes.

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