2020 Oscars nominees at their first ever Academy Awards

Do you remember watching the <strong><a href=/tags/0/oscars>Oscars</a></strong> for the first time? This writer doesn't, but stars most *definitely* remember the first time they attended the <strong><a href=/tags/0/academy-awards>Academy Awards</a></strong>! There are several veterans like <strong><a href=/tags/0/leonardo-dicaprio>Leonardo DiCaprio</a></strong>, <strong><a href=/tags/0/brad-pitt>Brad Pitt</a></strong> and <Strong><a href=/tags/0/charlize-theron>Charlize Theron</a></strong> up for awards this year, along with some stars who have never been nominated, such as <strong><a href=/tags/0/antonio-banderas>Antonio Banderas</a></strong> and <strong><a href=/tags/0/cynthia-erivo>Cynthia Erivo</a></strong>. All of them, however, have been to the show at least once. <p><strong>Scroll through the gallery (or click through if you're on desktop) for an absolute blast from the past as we take you back to the first time this year's nominees attended the Oscars!</strong> <p>Photos: &copy; Ke.Mazur/WireImage, Barry King/WireImage and Steve Granitz/WireImage
In 1992, <strong><a href=/tags/0/antonio-banderas>Antonio Banderas</strong></a> attended the Oscars with actress <strong>Ana Leza</strong>, known at the time for <i>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i>. <p>Photo: &copy; Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images
<strong><a href=/tags/0/kathy-bates>Kathy Bates</a></strong> glimmered as she stood next to <strong>Daniel Day-Lewis</strong> as she showed off her Best Actress Oscar for <i>Misery</i> in 1991. <p>Photo: &copy; Barry King/WireImage
<Strong><a href=/tags/0/laura-dern>Laura Dern</a></strong> sparkled as she attended her first Oscars in 1992 with then-boyfriend <strong>Vincent Spano</strong>. <p>Photo: &copy; Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
A baby-faced <strong><a href=/tags/0/leonardo-dicaprio>Leonardo DiCaprio</a></strong> received his first Oscar nomination in 1994. He was up for Best Supporting Actor for <I>What's Eating Gilbert Grape</i>. <p>Photo: &copy; Barry King/WireImage
<strong><a href=/tags/0/adam-driver>Adam Driver</a></strong> is relatively new to the Oscars. He brought <strong>Joanne Tucker</strong>, his wife, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for <i>BlacKkKlansman</i> in 2019. <p>Photo: &copy; Steve Granitz/WireImage
So sweet! <strong><a href=/tags/0/tom-hanks>Tom Hanks</strong></a> hammed it up with <strong><a href=/tags/0/rita-wilson>Rita Wilson</a></strong>, his wife, at the Oscars in 1989. He was nominated for Best Actor for <i>Big</i> that year. <p>Photo: &copy; Barry King/WireImage
<strong><a href=/tags/0/cynthia-erivo>Cynthia Erivo</a></strong> wore this incredible floral gown to her first Oscars in 2017. <p>Photo: &copy; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
<strong><a href=/tags/0/anthony-hopkins>Anthony Hopkins</a></strong> got in some laughs with <strong>Charlotte Rampling</strong> backstage in 1976. <p>Photo: &copy; Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
<strong><a href=/tags/0/scarlett-johansson>Scarlett Johansson</a></strong>, who is a double nominee this year, wore this striking teal gown to her first Oscars in 2004. <p>Photo: &copy; Steve Granitz/WireImage
Sadly, we don't have an image from <strong><a href=/tags/0/al-pacino>Al Pacino</a></strong>'s first Oscars, which was in 1973, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for <i>The Godfather</i>. But the next year, he was also up for an award, nominated for Best Actor for his performance in <i>Serpico</i>. <p>Photo: &copy; Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Unfortunately, we don't have a photo of <strong>Joe Pesci</strong> from his first Oscars, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in <i>Raging Bull</i> in 1981. But we do have this awesome picture of him winning Best Supporting Actor for <i>Goodfellas</i> in 1991! He's up for the same award this year for <i>The Irishman</i>. <p>Photo: &copy; Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
So sweet! In 2001, when he was up for Best Supporting Actor for <i>Gladiator</i>, <strong><a href=/tags/0/joaquin-phoenix>Joaquin Phoenix</a></strong> brought his mom, <strong>Arlyn</strong>! <p>Photo: &copy; Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
Those shoes! <strong><a href=/tags/0/brad-pitt>Brad Pitt</a></strong> was bearded and dating <strong>Juliette Lewis</strong> in 1992 when he attended his first Oscars. <p>Photo: &copy; Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
<strong><a href=/tags/0/florence-pugh>Florence Pugh</a></strong> is also relatively new to the Oscars. She chose a gorgeous lace gown for her first Academy Awards in 2018. <p>Photo: &copy; Steve Granitz/WireImage
Do you remember when <strong><a href=/tags/0/margot-robbie>Margot Robbie</a></strong> was a brunette?! She was in 2014 at her first Oscars! <p>Photo: &copy; Steve Granitz/WireImage
<strong><a href=/tags/0/saoirse-ronan>Saoirse Ronan</a></strong> was just 13 when she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time, landing a nod for Best Supporting Actress in <i>Atonement</i>. Now 25, she's up for Best Actress in <i>Little Women</i>. This year. <p>Photo: &copy; Steve Granitz/WireImage
<strong><a href=/tags/0/charlize-theron>Charlize Theron</a></strong> has brought her mom, <Strong>Gerda Maritz</strong>, to the Oscars almost every single time she's gone! The star looked gorgeous in orange in 2000. <p>Photo: &copy; Ke.Mazur/WireImage
<strong><a href=/tags/0/renee-zellweger>Renee Zellweger</strong></a> chose a gorgeous mauve gown with gold embroidering for her first Oscars in 1999! <p>Photo: &copy; KMazur/WireImage
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