The 2021 Academy Awards was a night of surprises, snubs, and history-making celebrations. Chloé Zhao took home the night’s biggest prize for Best Director for Nomadland, becoming the first woman of color to win for directing. Zhao also scored the coveted Best Picture prize, and the film’s Frances McDormand took home the award for Best Actress, making Nomadland the 2021 Oscars lead. In a surprising, and somewhat anti-climatic twist, Anthony Hopkins of The Father took home Best Actor, a confusing upset for critics and fans who anticipated Chadwick Boseman to posthumously receive the award. See our full list of the 2021 Academy Award winners below.
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland – WINNER
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – WINNER
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Actress
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland – WINNER
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari – WINNER
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best International Feature
Another Round – WINNER
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Animated Feature
Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul – WINNER
Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher – WINNER
Time
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Soul – WINNER
Minari
News of the World
Best Original Song
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
“Husavik,” Eurovision Song Contest
“Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman – WINNER
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father – WINNER
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
News of the World
Nomadland
Mank – WINNER
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal – WINNER
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Sound
Greyhound
Sound of Metal – WINNER
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Best Live-Action Short
Feeling Through
Two Distant Strangers – WINNER
The Letter Room
The Present
White Eye
Best Animated Short
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You – WINNER
Opera
Yes-People
Best Documentary Short
A Concerto is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Colette – WINNER
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
Tenet – WINNER
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank – WINNER
News of the World
Tenet
