The 93rd annual Academy Awards were, as usual, filled with many white winners this year, but we did see some colorful victories.
Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao made history as the first woman of color to win Best Director. Her American wanderlust drama starring Frances McDormand also won Best Picture — and McDormand also won for Best Lead Actress.
Other notable people of color who took home trophies for the night include Judas and the Black Messiah star King Daniel Kaluuya, who was honored with Best Actor in a Supporting Role while Korean acting icon Yuh-Jung Youn won Best Supporting Actress for her turn as the charismatic grandma in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
H.E.R., the half Filipino and half Black queen, won Best Song for “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah. She’s in good company as fellow Filipino Robert Lopez won in the same category for Frozen‘s “Let It Go” in 2013 and for Coco‘s “Remember Me” in 2017.
On top of that, Kemp Powers’ Soul won for Best Animated Feature and Jon Batiste won for Best Score for the Pixar pic. Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Oscar on Sunday for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. With that, Neal and Wilson became the first Black women to win in the category. Speaking of the Netflix pic about the music legend, we were expecting the late, great Chadwick Boseman to win Best Actor for his role in the film, but were surprised when Anthony Hopkins took home the trophy, ending the ceremony on a whimper.
Read the complete list of winners below.
Best Picture
Nomadland
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best Actress
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Director
Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Best Original Song
“Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Best Original Score
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul
Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Best International Feature Film
Another Round
Denmark
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Best Cinematography
Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
Best Production Design
Mank
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Best Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Best Sound
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ann Roth
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
