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Meryl Streep and Greta Gerwig giggle at Agnes Varda cut-out at Oscars luncheon

The French filmmaker could not attend in person.

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Meryl Streep, from left, and Greta Gerwig react as JR, right, holds a cardboard cut-out of Agnes Varda at the 90th Academy Awards nominees luncheon (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

A life-size cut-out of French film director Agnes Varda stole the show from Hollywood’s elite at the annual Oscar nominees luncheon.

Nominees of the 90th Academy Awards pose for a group photo at the Nominees Luncheon
Nominees of the 90th Academy Awards pose for a group photo at the nominees luncheon (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
JR, right, poses with a cut-out of Agnes Varda
JR, right, poses with a cut-out of Agnes Varda (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

JR took the cut-out of Varda along for the annual class photo, where she was positioned next to Greta Gerwig, who is nominated for her directorial debut Lady Bird, and Meryl Streep, who is nominated for her performance in The Post.

JR, right, poses with a cut-out of Agnes Varda
JR, right, poses with a cut-out of Agnes Varda (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
90th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon – Inside
Saoirse Ronan, right, pointing at her co-star and best supporting actress nominee Laurie Metcalf (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
Kobe Bryant, left, embraces Allison Janney
Kobe Bryant, left, embraces Allison Janney (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

The class photo includes the actors, actresses and directors nominated alongside make-up artists, cinematographers, short filmmakers and editors.

90th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon – Inside
Nominees of the 90th Academy Awards (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)