"One Battle After Another" Aims for Record-Breaking 6 Acting Nods

As the 2025 awards season heats up, the critically acclaimed thriller "One Battle After Another" has emerged as a leading contender. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film is loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel "Vineland" and follows a group of former revolutionaries who reunite to rescue a comrade's daughter.

The Warner Bros.-produced ensemble features an impressive lineup of Oscar winners, nominees and breakout stars, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and, most notably, 24-year-old Indianapolis native Infiniti. Making her feature film debut, Infiniti commands attention as Willa Ferguson, the daughter of a former radical, and holds her own opposite Hollywood heavyweights.

With the film currently holding a 95% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 95 on Metacritic, "One Battle After Another" is positioned to become a leading contender this awards season. According to Variety's projections, the film is tracking for 14 Academy Award nominations - a total that would tie it for the most-nominated film of all time. This includes potential bids for Infiniti in the lead actress category, as well as DiCaprio, Penn, Del Toro, Hall, and Taylor in the supporting acting races. If achieved, it would mark the first time a film has earned six acting nominations in Oscars history.