The nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards were announced on Monday, March 15th by actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer Nick Jonas for a total of 23 categories including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress.The 93rd Academy Awards will be held on April 25. Usually held in February, the Academy Awards were pushed this year due to the ongoing pandemic.The nominations were announced in a two-part presentation by the power couple.
Priyanka Chopra posted a video on Instagram along with her husband Nick, before announcing the awards. “This is by far the coolest #WFH day ever! Tune in to any of @theacademy accounts at 5:19am PDT to watch us reveal the #OscarNoms! @nickjonas,” she wrote.
Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell are on the Best Director slate for Nomadland and Promising Young Woman, respectively. Apart from Chadwick Boseman’s nomination, the list includes Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Andra Day (The United States Vs Billie Holiday) for Best Actress, and Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah), Leslie Odom Jr (One Night In Miami) and Lakeith Stanfield (Judas And The Black Messiah) for Best Supporting Actor.
Snubs included Jodie Foster, winner of the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress who was overlooked in the Oscar category. Instead, there was a nod for Maria Bakalova, star of the controversial Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
Here are the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards:
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey”s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
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
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie film
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-jung Youn, Minari
