Jennifer Lopez, who took the role of Ramona from the favorite of last year's festival Hustlers, was sad about her Oscars snub.

The Hustlers Film and Its Inspiration

The Hustlers were directed by Lorene Scafaria. It showed the story of a group of strippers from New York. The strippers had turned the table of one of their Wall Street Clients after the 2008 financial downfall.

The film was based on an article from a New York Magazine. The article was written by Jessica Pressler. The article was entitled 'The Hustlers at Scores.' A lot of people were surprised after finding out that the film will be making it to the big screen, says an article from Screen Rant.

The film had debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. Its debut had helped it attain commercial and critical achievements. The story directed by Scafaria was praised. Also, the performances shown in the film helped make it successful.

Positive Comments on J.Lo's Performance in The Hustlers

The film stars Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Lili Reinhart, and other familiar stars. Every star had brought something special for the film. However, J.Lo's performance in the film earned him a lot of extraordinary praise. Some were saying that it was of the best performances in her career.

Her extraordinary and breathtaking performance in the film allowed experts to predict that Jennifer Lopez will be receiving a well-deserved Oscar nomination. However, she was not nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category. After the announcement of the nominations for the Oscars, J.Lo is sharing her opinion from the Oscar snub.

J.Lo's Disappointment for Her Oscar Snub

During a conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez spoke about her disappointment in not being nominated in the Oscars. She believed that she was going to be nominated in the Oscars because of the voluminous articles containing good reviews on her performance in the film. After the nominations were made and her name was not called, she said that she felt down.

She shared how she felt that she let down her team because she felt that her team had a lot of hope that she will get nominated. She said that her team had been with her for 20 to 25 years.

At the end of the day, J.Lo stated that she does not need any validation from anyone to know that she is a good performer. Also, she realized that what is important is that she loves what she is doing.

Other Successes of Jennifer Lopez

Regardless of not receiving any nomination from The Academy, she is proud to receive awards from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Indie Spirit Awards, and a lot more.

She is proud to share that one of the nominations had resulted in her winning the award as a Best Supporting Actress from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Laura Dern brought home the Best Supporting Actress in the Oscars Award Ceremony for her exemplary performance in the Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story.