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While the married pair have starred alongside each other in several films, this season Bardem earned recognition for playing Desi Arnaz to Nicole Kidman‘s Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos while Cruz received a nod for her part inParallel Mothers—which follows the lives of a professional photographer named Janis (Cruz) and a teenager named Ana (Milena Smit) who meet in a Madrid hospital while they’re giving birth. 

A fourth nomination for both Cruz and Bardem, she previously took home a trophy for her supporting role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, while he previously received an award for his supporting role in No Country for Old Men. 

In a statement, Bardem said it was “a privilege and an honor” to play Arnaz and thanked Arnaz’s family, the Academy and writer-director Aaron Sorkin. He also gave a shout-out to his costars and fellow nominees Kidman and J.K. Simmons and noted he “couldn’t be happier to share this celebration with my talented wife, Penelope, for her work in Parallel Mothers.”