It’s a rare feat to be nominated back-to-back for the same role at any awards show, but Ariana Grande just received her second consecutive nomination for her performance as Glinda in the Wicked movies.

“It is definitely just as exciting [as last year’s nomination] and kind of blindsiding. You don’t expect something like this, let alone [for it] to happen twice for the same role,” Grande tells The Hollywood Reporter following her nomination. “So I’m just deeply honored. I’m just really moved by it.”

Going into her second consecutive year on the awards circuit, the actress plans on taking a few things she learned during last year’s run as she navigates the upcoming months.

It’s a rare feat to be nominated back-to-back for the same role at any awards show, but Ariana Grande j

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