Seventy women received a total 76 nominations, a record for a given year
The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on Monday morning where Oscar history was made as two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were both nominated in Best Director. It marked the first time in history that two women were nominated in that category in the same year.
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) is the first woman to receive four nominations in a single year. Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) becomes the third woman with three nominations in a single year, Sofia Coppola and Fran Walsh, who both accomplished that feat in 2003.
Fennell is the first woman to be nominated for her feature film directing debut. Zhao is the first woman of color to be nominated for Directing. Previous women nominated for Directing are Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, the only winner, and Greta Gerwig.
Frances McDormand (Nomadland) becomes the third woman (after Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey) to have both an acting and a Best Picture nomination, but she is the first to earn them for the same film.
Leslie Odom, Jr. is the fifth person (and first man) to receive acting and song nominations for the same film. Mary J. Blige was the first, with her nominations for Mudbound in 2017, followed by Lady Gaga with her nominations for A Star Is Born in 2018, and Cynthia Erivo with her nominations for Harriet in 2019. Barbra Streisand was the first person to receive nominations in both categories but for different films.
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) became the third person to be nominated for Razzie and Oscar nominations for the same performance. The first two were James Coco and Amy Irving, nearly 40 years ago.
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), who died on August 28, 2020, is the seventh performer to receive a posthumous nomination.
Judas and the Black Messiah earned two nominations in the supporting actor category, a rarity. Even more unique was that one of the nominees, LaKeith Stanfield, was campaigned in lead. His co-star, Daniel Kaluuya, is considered the frontrunner in that category. The all-Black producing team on the film: Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler mark the first time in Oscar history an all-Black team has been nominated for Best Picture.
With Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) nominated, this is the first time since 1972 that two Black women are nominated in Best Actress in the same year. The last time was Cicely Tyson (Sounder) and Diana Ross (Lady Sings the Blues). Ironically, both Day and Ross played legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Eleven actors are first-time nominees (Riz Ahmed, Maria Bakalova, Chadwick Boseman, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Leslie Odom, Jr., Paul Raci, Amanda Seyfried, Lakeith Stanfield, Steven Yeun and Yuh-Jung Youn). Five of the nominees are previous acting winners (Olivia Colman, Viola Davis, Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman). Anthony Hopkins is the only acting nominee who was also nominated last year.
New streamer Apple earned its first ever Oscar nominations with Greyhound in Sound and Wolfwalkers in Animated Feature.
Asians and Asian-Americans had a banner year with several firsts, including those mentioned above for Chloé Zhao. Steven Yeun (Minari) became the first Asian-American nominated in Best Actor and Minari producer Christina Oh became the first Asian-American woman nominated for Best Picture.
With its first nomination, Tunisia becomes the fifth country from the continent of Africa to be nominated for International Feature Film. The Man Who Sold His Skin is the tenth film nominated from the region. Previous nominations include five films from Algeria, two from South Africa, and one each from Ivory Coast and Mauritania.
Collective, from Romania, became only the second film to earn nominations in both Documentary Feature and International Feature Film. The first was Honeyland from Macedonia, two years ago.
Netflix’s Mank led the nominations with 10 including Best Picture and Best Director for David Fincher but missed in Original Screenplay, written by his father, Jack Fincher. Six films shared six nominations apiece: Judas and the Black Messiah, Nomadland, Minari, The Father, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Netflix led the total nominations with 35, up from 24 last year.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced the nominations from London while Academy president Dave Rubin introduced them from the new Academy museum in Los Angeles where he revealed the 93rd Oscars will be held on April 25 as planned but in two locations, Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
In a letter received by and reported exclusively by Variety from Academy president Dave Rubin, there will be no in-person events including the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, the International Feature Film nominee cocktail reception, and public programming for the Short Film, Documentary, Animated Feature, International Feature Film and Makeup and Hairstyling categories. The letter also detailed that the only people that will be present at the dual ceremonys’ two locations will be will be nominees, their guest, and presenters.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 23 categories beginning
Thursday, April 15, through Tuesday, April 20.
The 93rd Academy Awards will be held on April 25, 2021. Details of the ceremony are yet to be determined. Here is the full list of nominations.
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in directing
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adapted screenplay
Original screenplay
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in production design
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Achievement in sound
Achievement in visual effects
Best animated feature film of the year
Best documentary feature
Best international feature film of the year
Best animated short film
Best documentary short subject
Best live action short film
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