Riz Ahmed, Carey Mulligan, Gary Oldman and Sacha Baron Cohen also landed nods from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Colman picked up a supporting actress nomination for The Father, where she stars alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins, who was nominated for best actor. The movie is about a man slipping into dementia.
Academy Awards 2021: Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Judas and the Black MessiaH
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Best Picture
Promising Young Woman
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Best Picture
Sound of Metal
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Best Picture
The Trial of the Chicago 7
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Best Actress
Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
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Best Actress
Andra Day in The United States vs Billie Holiday
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Best Actress
Pieces of a Woman
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Best Actress
Frances McDormand in a scene from Nomadland
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Best Actress
Carey Mulligan in a scene from the film Promising Young Woman
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Best Actor
Riz Ahmed in a scene from Sound of Metal
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Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman as Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
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Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins in a scene from The Father
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Best Actor
Gary Oldman portrays Herman Mankiewicz in a scene from Mank
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Best Actor
Yeri Han with Steven Yeun in a scene from Minari
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Kaluuya has already won a Golden Globe and scored Bafta and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his supporting role as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah. It is his second nod in three years – as he was previously nominated for horror Get Out in 2018.
Baron Cohen was nominated for his performance in The Trial Of The Chicago 7.
Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman is considered to be the frontrunner in the best actor category and is tipped to receive a posthumous nod for his performance as an ambitious trumpeter in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Academy Awards Oscar Moments – In pictures
2019
Olivia Colman accepts the Actress in a Leading Role award for ‘The Favourite’ onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards
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2017
the cast of ‘La La Land’ mistakenly awarded the Oscar for Best Picture from presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty during the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
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2013
It’s surely every nominee’s nightmare; when the biggest night of your life and a moment you have dreamed of since stage school goes spectacularly wrong. And one can only imagine what Jennifer Lawrence, in full Dior finery and in front of a hundreds of millions audience, must have been feeling as she tripped on the stairs on her way to receiving the Best Actress award. To her absolute credit, J.Law handled a pretty serious Oscar malfunction with impressive grace and dignity. She had a brief second seen here with her head in her hands, picked herself up and continued to the stage to remark in a masterful understatement and to a sympathetic standing ovation “…that was really embarrassing.” Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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2014
The the famous celebrity selfie featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper and Kevin Spacey It was by all accounts Ellen going slightly off script as she organised a snap of her and her Oscar pals at the 2014 ceremony. Huddled in close, it must have been Bradley Cooper’s nose for a good picture and some innate photographic timing that bagged him the textbook selfie: fun but not contrived? Check. Everyone smiling and in the moment? Check. No blinking? Check. All pretty much in focus? Check. Everyone in shot a bona fide A-lister? Of course, check. Break the internet? Definitely check. Ellen’s selfie would become one of Twitter’s biggest hits ever Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform “Shallow”
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2019
Rami Malek takes a fall during the 91st Annual Academy Awards
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2018
Emma Watson’s tattoo
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2018
Jennifer Lawerence climbs over seats
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2018
Helen Mirren on a Jetski
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2018
Frances McDormand accepts Best Actress for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
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2016
Kate Winslet congratulates Leonardo DiCaprio as he finally wins an Oscar for his performance in ‘The Revenant’ at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
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2014
Brad Pitt eats pizza as Angelina Jolie, looks on in the audience during the 86th Academy Awards
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2014
Ellen handing out takeout pizza to Hollywood’s front-row finest was perfect comedy theatre. As the nominees, dressed up to the nines in designer gowns and perfect tuxes, contemplated the pros and cons of eating a sloppy slice off paper plates in front of a few hundred million people, Ellen did what she does best. With a helping hand from Brad Pitt’s waiter efforts she brought a common and spontaneous touch to what can be pretty formal proceedings Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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2013
Maybe it was the pent up stress of that trip earlier in the night; or a moment of madness that led to this photo as she gave the finger in the press room après awards. Contrary to her graceful recovery as she stumbled on the Oscar steps, this rather indiscreet moment was caught long after the TV cameras had stopped rolling. As the media scrambled for explanations in the post mortem, it seems ‘high spirits’ might be the most apt as J.Law herself said she ‘did a shot’ before she entered the room to face the awaiting press Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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2012
Back in 2012 Angelina Jolie stunned the Oscar crowd with this dramatic pose in a strapless Versace dress. Owning the red carpet, with hands on hips and right leg angled to emphasise the revealing thigh-high split, it was the dream shot for any photographer. The world was wowed, the internet went into meltdown and the leg, complete with its own Twitter account, became a celebrity overnight Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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2010
Ben Stiller announces the Best Make-Up at the 82nd Academy Awards
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2010
Winner for Best Director and Best Picture Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker” gives her acceptance speech at the 82nd Academy Awards
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2009
Heath Ledger appears on screen in his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight”, winning Best Supporting Actor at the 81st Academy Awards
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2002
Halle Berry accepts her Oscar for best actress for her role in Monster s Ball during the 74th annual Academy Awards
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2001
Bjork arrives at the 73rd annual Academy Awards in her infamous swan gown
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2000
South Park’s” Trey Parker wearing a Jennifer Lopez-style dress with Marc Shalman, nominated for the song “Blame Canada” from the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut,” arrive with Matt Stone wearing a Gwenyth Paltrow style dress (right) at the 72nd Academy Awards
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1999
Director and actor Roberto Benigni jumps on the back of some chairs in excitement after winning the Oscar for best foreign language film for “Life is Beautiful” during the 71st Academy Awards
1999
Gwyneth Paltrow cries as she accepts the Oscar for best actress for her role in “Shakespeare in Love,” during the 71st Annual Academy Awards
1987
Cher accepts her Best Actress Oscar award for ‘Moonstuck’ at the Academy Awards
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1985
Oscar acceptance speeches are notorious terrain to navigate: too long, too short, or the fear of missing out names to thank – the list of potential misfires goes on. And somewhere in the Oscar rule book is also to make sure you don’t overstep the emotional mark, which Sally Fields may not have spotted when she accepted her Academy Award for Best Actress in 1985 for her starring role in ‘Places In Your Heart.’ In a speech that has been described as ‘earnest’ and for some a classic example of the adulation that actors can crave, it ended in an awkward and emotional crescendo as Fields poured out her heart with the now infamous words “…and I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now…you like me.” A phrase now firmly in the pop culture history books, and also one she later partially reprised with a good dose of parody in adverts for US TV Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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1974
Host David Niven gets a surprise while introducing Elizabeth Taylor at the 46th Academy Awards
1972
Comedian Charlie Chaplin with his wife Oona displays the honorary Oscar he received at the 44th Academy Awards
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1973
Marlon Brando’s performance as Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Mafia flick ‘The Godfather’ is the stuff of legend. It also won Brando the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973. But before the 45th Academy Awards Brando announced he was boycotting the ceremony. Picking up the award instead was Sacheen Littlefeather, the president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. To both cheers and boos, Littlefeather read from a note that Brando was not accepting the Oscar, “that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry”. It was not the first or last time the Oscars have played backdrop to some prime-time political points and protests and this year is likely to be no exception Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive
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1940
Hattie McDaniel is given the Academy Award for the best performance by an actress in a supporting role in 1939 for her work as “Mammy” in the film version of “Gone With the Wind”. The award was presented by actress Fay Bainter
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Kirby and Mulligan will compete in the best actress category, for their turns in Pieces Of A Woman and Promising Young Woman respectively. Golden Globe winner Andra Day was nominated for The United States v. Billie Holliday.
They are joined by Frances McDormand for her turn as a van-dwelling nomad travelling through the American West in Nomadland, and the record-breaking Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
A tweet from one of Netflix’s official accounts said: “Viola Davis, Best Actress nominee for MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, just made Oscar® history with her 4th nomination. She is now the most-nominated Black actress ever, and the only Black woman with two Best Actress nominations”.
Chadwick Boseman – In pictures
Black Panther (2018)
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Chadwick Boseman arrives at the 2016 Oscars in Los Angeles
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25th Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019
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Chadwick Boseman posing for a 2014 portrait in New York
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Actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman delivers the keynote address at Howard University’s commencement ceremony for the 2018 graduating class
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Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala 2018
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Chadwick Boseman, winner of the International Man of the Year Award with Chris Hemsworth in 2018
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Premiere of Avengers: Infinity War in 2018
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Michael B. Jordan, Leitia Wright, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Daniel Kaluuya and Danai Gurira pose for photographers upon arrival at the 2018 premiere of the film “Black Panther” in London.
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Cast members Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o pose at the premiere of Black Panther in Los Angeles, California in 2018
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Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2018
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Comic book writer Stan Lee and actor Chadwick Boseman attend the world premiere of Marvel Studios Black Panther in 2018
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Chadwick Boseman star of the film Black Panther poses for a photo before the start of the NBA All-Star basketball game in 2018
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Chadwick Boseman arrives at the 2018 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
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Chadwick Boseman poses backstage with his Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award for Black Panther in 2019
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91st Academy Awards 2019
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21 Bridges New York Screening 2019
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21 Bridges New York Screening 2019
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25th Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019
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Chadwick Boseman and Taylor Simone Ledward arrive at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019
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Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman and Angela Bassett attend the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019
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The Oscars has significantly expanded its voting body over the past year, inviting more than 800 new members, after it once again faced criticism for the lack of diversity in its nominations for the 2020 ceremony.
There will also be interest in the directing category, where two female filmmakers are in the running for recognition.
In the past 92 ceremonies, only five women directors have made it on to the ballot and in 2020, no female directors were nominated.
There has only ever been one woman to win the prize – Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas announced the nominees
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Chloe Zhao is considered to be the frontrunner in the category this year, for her work on Nomadland, and would be the first Asian woman to be recognised.
Zhao said: “I’m so thrilled for our nominations! Thank you to the Academy. I’m grateful to have gone on this journey with our talented team of filmmakers and to have met so many wonderful people who generously shared their stories with us. Thank you so much to my academy peers for recognizing this film that is very close to my heart.”
Fennell was nominated for her directorial debut Promising Young Woman, and is the first British woman to compete in the category.
Fennell responded on Twitter: “So proud and grateful to every amazing person who worked on this film. Never going to stop crying.”
Husband and wife Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas announced this year’s Oscar nominations in a live, two-part presentation on Monday afternoon. The couple were broadcasting from London.
The Academy Awards were delayed by the pandemic and are now scheduled to take place on April 25.