The 2021 Academy Award nominations have just been announced, and while the categories were mostly free of CBM and genre releases (not exactly surprising... especially this year), the late Chadwick Boseman did pick up a posthumous Best Actor nod for his final performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
The Black Panther star was nominated alongside Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, Gary Oldman for Mank and Steven Yeun for Minari. This makes the former The Walking Dead alum the first Asian-American actor to be nominated in this category.
Elsewhere, Eternals helmer Chloé Zhao became the first Asian woman to be nominated for Best Director for Nomadland. Emerald Fennell was also nominated for Promising Young Woman, meaning two women have been nominated in the Best Director category for the first time in the Academy Awards' nearly century-old history.
Onward, Over the Moon, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Soul and Wolfwalkers were nominated for Best Animated Feature, and Tenet picked up noms for Best Visual Effects and Best Production Design.
You'll find the full list of nominees in the major categories below.
Best Picture
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Father
Minari
Nomadland
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Judas And The Black Messiah
Sound of Metal
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holliday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of A Woman
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova – Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Olivia Colman – The Father
Yuh Jung-Youn – Minari
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of The Chicago 7
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami
Paul Raci – The Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas And The Black Messiah
Best Director
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
David Fincher- Mank
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Animated Feature
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Over The Moon
Onward
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Cinematography
Mank
Nomadland
News of The World
The Trial of The Chicago 7
Judas and The Black Messiah
Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Soul
Minari
News of the World
VFX
Love and Monsters
Mulan
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
The One And Only Ivan