Margot Robbie has broken her silence following her Oscars snub for her work in the box office smash, Barbie.  

The Australian actress set social media alight when she failed to score a best actress nomination in her leading role, even though the movie was the biggest film of 2023. 

Greta Gerwig also failed to secure a nomination for best director, while Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor.

There’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed,' she began, adding she was 'beyond ecstatic' with the film's eight Oscar nominations.

'Everyone getting the nods that they've had is just incredible, and the best picture nod,' she continued. 

'People's reactions to the movie have been the biggest reward of this entire experience,' she added. 

'I can't think of a time when a movie's had this effect on culture. And it's amazing to be in the eye of the storm.' 

Some social media commentators leapt to point the finger at sexism for Robbie's Best Actress snub - despite the fact America Ferrera was nominated for best supporting actress for the same film. 

'Ryan Gosling, while deserving, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t?' wrote one outraged fan on X.

'Completely proving the point of the movie in 20 f***ing 24 you cannot make this up,' the social media user added, referring to the movie's feminist themes.

'Wait Ryan Gosling got nominated for his role as Ken, but Margot Robbie didn't get nominated for Barbie?! And Greta got snubbed for Best Director?!?! Way to justify the literal plot of the movie,' wrote another X user, echoing the theme.

A third groused: 'If Ryan deserved a nom, then Margot certainly did, the fact she wouldn't have won isn't the point. It almost feels like the Academy deliberately played into the theme of the movie to get people talking. #Oscars haven't been about who actually deserves it for a long time.'

Although Margot is not in the running for best lead actress, the movie itself is up for best picture, meaning she has in fact been nominated as a producer.

Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach are also nominated jointly this year for having written the adapted screenplay of Barbie.

The film was also nominated for best costume design, best production design, as well as two nominations for original music, bringing the total contending categories to eight.

Margot has previously been nominated for two Oscars - best lead actress for her 2017 film I, Tonya, a biopic of Tonya Harding, and best supporting actress for the 2020 film Bombshell, which dramatized the story of the Fox News sex scandals.

Meanwhile Greta was previously nominated for the best director Oscar for her 2017 film Lady Bird, which marked her first time solo at the helm of a feature film.

She was also nominated for that film's screenplay, as well as the script of her follow-up feature, the 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women.