After fully immersing herself in the life of Princess Diana to play her in Spencer, the actress is now nominated for her first-ever Oscar and some other honours, including the Santa Barbara Film Festival's American Riviera Award, which she accepted on March 4. Reflecting on what she's come to learn about the late royal, Kristen told, "She's ironically this very un-noble figure in history, but she is the one person in the royal family who ever really reached out and touched anyone. So there's this strange friction that makes you lean into her, and despite not knowing all of the details of her inner life, you can feel them kind of vibrating through everything she says." Spencer tells the tale of the royal family's Christmas in 1991, just months before Diana separated from Prince Charles. "And the fact that it's finding a home in this capacity is kind of beautiful. I just couldn't be happier." That makes sense, as her career is thriving. "I'm living a simulation, it's too good," Kristen said of her journey to the Oscars.