Fans fuming over Amy Adams Oscar snub

Arrival may have received eight nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, but its leading star Amy Adams surprisingly missed out and it’s not gone down well with many.

Adams played Linguistics Professor Louise Banks in the film, in a role that saw her tasked with interpreting the language of alien visitors. The Office actress put in an impressive and powerful performance and fans are furious that she has not received the recognition she deserves:

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Petition to give Amy Adams an Oscar.

— rei ?‍♂️? (@thereimond) January 12, 2017

How the hell did #Arrival get 8 #OscarNoms but nothing for #AmyAdams. She completely carried that film. Another example of #Oscars madness.

— Damien Fenton (@dfenton21) January 24, 2017

Biggest Oscar SNUB: No AMY ADAMS for Arrival. #Crushed

— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) January 24, 2017

8 #OscarNoms for #Arrival and none for #AmyAdams… She carried the entire movie on her shoulders and was brilliant in every scene.

— Agam Dhingra (@agamdhingra) January 24, 2017

Default mood: Amy Adams was robbed. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/woUStku9Qi

— Carly Lane-Perry (@carlylane) January 24, 2017

Change[dot]org petition to create an Amy Adams #GoldenGlobes category so Amy Adams can get the recognition she deserves. pic.twitter.com/0LNdTADSYP

— Hayden (@hiishaydenthere) December 12, 2016

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How the hell do u nominate Meryl Streep over Amy Adams?!

Adams gave one of the best performances I've seen in years in ARRIVAL…

So dumb.

— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) January 24, 2017

Even Arrival‘s director Denis Villeneuve was surprised at her exclusion:

“This is the big disappointment. I’m deeply disappointed for Amy. She was the soul of this movie. For me, it was a given! She had the movie on her shoulders, she’s the one who made it happen. It’s a strange feeling to celebrate and feel sad at the same time.” he told EW.

To make matters worse for the Academy, the official Oscars website originally, accidentally, announced Adams as a nominee, whoops!

#AmyAdams was on the nomination list published on the #Oscar website. Then took it down! WTF! #Epicfail #Notrust pic.twitter.com/0rWkeNuzqH

— Mauricio Olivares Paganoni (@maupaganoni) January 24, 2017

ABC Digital soon apologized for their mistake:

“We briefly posted inaccurate nomination information on the Oscar.com website. We quickly identified and corrected the errors. We apologize to the Academy, press and fans for any confusion.” they said in a statement.

Adams also impressed in Nocturnal Animals but failed to get a nomination for it either. You can see the full list of Oscar nominees here.