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Critics’ Choice Awards 2021: The complete list of winners

Mon 8 March 2021 15:15, UK

The 26th annual Critics Choice Awards, an event that looks to honour the best film and television of the year, were presented Sunday as Chloé Zhao and her film Nomadland claimed the big prizes.

Zhao, who recently made history to become only the second woman to win the Best Director prize at the Golden Globes, again walked away with the honour at the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Nomadland, which stars Francis McDormand as a modern-day nomad living out of a van owing to the economic impact of the Great Recession, also picked up the award for Best Picture.

In total, Nomadland took home four prizes in what was a monumental success for the production. Elsewhere, the late Chadwick Boseman won Best Actor for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Carey Mulligan won Best Actress for Promising Young Woman and The Crown reigned supreme in television.

See the full list, below.

Critics’ Choice Awards 2021 winners:

FILM:

Best Picture

Nomadland – Winner
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
News of the World
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) – Winner
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
David Fincher (Mank)
Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
Regina King (One Night in Miami)
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) – Winner
Ben Affleck (The Way Back)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Tom Hanks (News of the World)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) – Winner
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie)

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) – Winner
Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) – winner
Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)

Best Young Actor/Actress

Alan Kim (Minari) – Winner
Ryder Allen (Palmer)
Ibrahima Gueye (The Life Ahead)
Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Caoilinn Springall (The Midnight Sky)
Helena Zengel (News of the World)

Best Cinematography

Nomadland (Joshua James Richards) – Winner
Da 5 Bloods (Newton Thomas Sigel)
First Cow (Christopher Blauvelt)
Mank (Erik Messerschmidt)
Minari (Lachlan Milne)
News of the World (Dariusz Wolski)
Tenet (Hoyte Van Hoytema)

Best Costume Design

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ann Roth) – winner
Emma (Alexandra Byrne)
Mank (Trish Summerville)
Mulan (Bina Daigeler)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Suzie Harman, Robert Worley)
Promising Young Woman (Nancy Steiner)

Best Editing

Sound of Metal (Mikkel E.G. Nielsen) – Winner
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Alan Baumgarten) – Winner
The Father (Yorgos Lamprinos)
Mank (Kirk Baxter)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
Tenet (Jennifer Lame)

Best Hair and Makeup

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Winner
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Mank
Promising Young Woman
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Visual Effects

Tenet – Winner
Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Wonder Woman 1984

Best Acting Ensemble

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – winner
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami

Best Original Screenplay

Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell) – Winner
Mank (Jack Fincher)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman)
Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, Abraham Marder)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland (Chloé Zhao) – Winner
The Father (Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller)
First Cow (Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ruben Santiago-Hudson)
News of the World (Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)

Best Production Design

Mank (Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale) – Winner
Emma (Kave Quinn, Stella Fox)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton)
News of the World (David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx)
Tenet (Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas)

Best Score

Soul (Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) – Winner
The Midnight Sky (Alexandre Desplat)
Mank (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
Minari (Emile Mosseri)
News of the World (James Newton Howard)
Tenet (Ludwig Göransson)

Best Song

One Night in Miami (‘Speak Now’) – Winner
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (‘Husavik (My Home Town)’)
The Life Ahead (‘Io Si (Seen)’)
Judas and the Black Messiah (‘Fight for You’)
The Outpost (‘Everybody Cries’)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (‘Tigress & Tweed’)

Best Foreign Language Film

Minari – Winner
Another Round
Collective
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Two Of Us

Best Comedy

Palm Springs – Winner
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Forty-Year-Old Version
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
The Prom

TELEVISION:

Best Drama Series

The Crown – Winner
Better Call Saul
The Good Fight
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Perry Mason
This Is Us

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Josh O’Connor (The Crown) – Winner
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Emma Corrin (The Crown) – Winner
Christine Baranski (The Good Fight)
Olivia Colman (The Crown)
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Michael K. Williams (Lovecraft Country) – Winner
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Justin Hartley (This Is Us)
John Lithgow (Perry Mason)
Tobias Menzies (The Crown)
Tom Pelphrey (Ozark)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Gillian Anderson (The Crown) – Winner
Cynthia Erivo (The Outsider)
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Janet McTeer (Ozark)
Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

Best Comedy Series

Ted Lasso – Winner
Better Things
The Flight Attendant
Mom
Pen15
Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) – Winner
Hank Azaria (Brockmire)
Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows)
Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) – Winner
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)
Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows)
Issa Rae (Insecure)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy (Schitt’s Creek) – Winner
William Fichtner (Mom)
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows)
Alex Newell (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)
Mark Proksch (What We Do in the Shadows)
Andrew Rannells (Black Monday)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) – Winner
Lecy Goranson (The Conners)
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time)
Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek)
Ashley Park (Emily in Paris)
Jaime Pressly (Mom)

Best Limited Series

The Queen’s Gambit – Winner
I May Destroy You
Mrs. America
Normal People
The Plot Against America
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox

TV Movie

Hamilton – Winner
Bad Education
Between the World and Me
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Sylvie’s Love
What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

John Boyega (Small Axe) – Winner
Hugh Grant (The Undoing)
Paul Mescal (Normal People)
Chris Rock (Fargo)
Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much is True)
Morgan Spector (The Plot Against America)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) – Winner
Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You)
Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
Tessa Thompson (Sylvie’s Love)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Donald Sutherland (The Undoing) – Winner
Daveed Diggs (The Good Lord Bird)
Joshua Caleb Johnson (The Good Lord Bird)
Dylan McDermott (Hollywood)
Glynn Turman (Fargo)
John Turturro (The Plot Against America)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America) – Winner
Betsy Brandt (Soulmates)
Marielle Heller (The Queen’s Gambit)
Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)
Winona Ryder (The Plot Against America)
Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)

Best Talk Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers – Winner
Desus & Mero
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Red Table Talk

Best Comedy Special

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill – Winner
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia – Winner
Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Marc Maron: End Times Fun
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything

Best Short Form Series

Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler – Winner
The Andy Cohen Diaries
Mapleworth Murders
Nikki Fre$h
Reno 911!
Tooning Out the News

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