Oscars 2021: Complete winners list (2024)

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood were honored at the 2021 Oscars Sunday.

"Nomadland" took home the award for best picture, while the film's star, Frances McDormand, won the award for best actress. The film's director, Chloé Zhao, also made history when she won for best director.

In one of the most surprising moments of the night, Anthony Hopkins won the best actor award for his performance in Florian Zeller's "The Father."

Many expected late actor Chadwick Boseman to win a posthumous best actor Oscar for his performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." He had racked up multiple awards prior to the Oscars.

Best supporting actor went to Daniel Kaluuya for "Judas and the Black Messiah" and Yuh-Jung Youn won best actress in a supporting role for Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari."

Another highlight of the night was the "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" makeup and hair team making Oscars history. Hair department head Mia Neal and celebrity hairstylist Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be nominated and win for best makeup and hairstyling.

The 2021 Oscars show was originally scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 28, but was postponed last June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out the full winners list below:

Original Screenplay

  • "Judas and the Black Messiah"
  • "Minari"
  • "Promising Young Woman" - WINNER
  • "Sound of Metal"
  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

Adapted Screenplay

  • "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
  • "The Father" - WINNER
  • "Nomadland"
  • "One Night in Miami"
  • "The White Tiger"

International Feature Film

  • "Another Round" (Denmark) - WINNER
  • "Better Days" (Hong Kong)
  • "Collective" (Romania)
  • "The Man Who Sold His Skin" (Tunisia)
  • "Quo Vadis, Aida?" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • 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"

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Daniel Kaluuya gave this speech as he accepted the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor for their performance in 'Judas and the Black Messiah’ at the Oscars.

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Makeup and Hairstyling

  • "Emma"
  • "Hillbilly Elegy"
  • "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - WINNER
  • "Mank"
  • "Pinocchio"

Costume Design

  • "Emma"
  • "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - WINNER
  • "Mank"
  • "Mulan"
  • "Pinocchio"

Directing

  • Thomas Vinterberg, "Another Round"
  • David Fincher, "Mank"
  • Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari"
  • Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland" - WINNER
  • Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"

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Chloé Zhao accepts Best Director Academy Award for ‘Nomadland’

Chloé Zhao is the first woman of color to win an Oscar for Best Director.

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Sound

  • "Greyhound"
  • "Mank"
  • "News of the World"
  • "Sound of Metal" - WINNER
  • "Soul"

Live Action Short Film

  • "Feeling Through"
  • "The Letter Room"
  • "The Present"
  • "Two Distant Strangers" - WINNER
  • "White Eye"

Animated Short Film

  • "Burrow"
  • "Genius Loci"
  • "If Anything Happens I Love You" - WINNER
  • "Opera"
  • "Yes-People"

Animated Feature Film

  • "Onward"
  • "Over the Moon"
  • "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon"
  • "Soul" - WINNER
  • "Wolfwalkers"

Documentary Short

  • "Colette" - WINNER
  • "A Concerto Is a Conversation"
  • "Do Not Split"
  • "Hunger Ward"
  • "A Love Song for Latasha"

Documentary Feature

  • "Collective"
  • "Crip Camp"
  • "The Mole Agent"
  • "My Octopus Teacher" - WINNER
  • "Time"

Visual Effects

  • "Love and Monsters"
  • "The Midnight Sky"
  • "Mulan"
  • "The One and Only Ivan"
  • "Tenet" - WINNER

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
  • Glenn Close, "Hillbilly Elegy"
  • Olivia Colman, "The Father"
  • Amanda Seyfried, "Mank"
  • Yuh-Jung Yoon, "Minari" - WINNER

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Yuh-jung Youn wins Best Supporting Actress

Yuh-jung Youn makes history as first Korean to win Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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Production Design

  • "The Father"
  • "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
  • "Mank" - WINNER
  • "News of the World"
  • "Tenet"

Cinematography

  • "Judas and the Black Messiah"
  • "Mank" - WINNER
  • "News of the World"
  • "Nomadland"
  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

Film Editing

  • "The Father"
  • "Nomadland"
  • "Promising Young Woman"
  • "Sound of Metal" - WINNER
  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

Original Song

  • "Fight for You" ("Judas and the Black Messiah") - WINNER
  • "Hear My Voice" ("The Trial of the Chicago 7")
  • "Husavik" ("Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga")
  • "Io Si (Seen)" ("The Life Ahead")
  • "Speak Now" ("One Night in Miami")

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H.E.R. wins Oscar for Best Original Song “Fight For You”

H.E.R. wins Oscar for Best Original Song “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah.

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Original Score

  • "Da 5 Bloods"
  • "Mank"
  • "Minari"
  • "News of the World"
  • "Soul" - WINNER

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2:33

Jon Batiste wins Best Original Score

Jon Batiste wins the Oscar for Best Original Score for Disney’s ‘Soul.’

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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"

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Chloé Zhao accepts the Best Picture Academy Award for her film ‘Nomadland’

‘Nomadland’ wins Best Picture at the 2021 Oscars.

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Actress in a Leading Role

  • 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"

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Frances McDormand wins Best Actress for her work in Oscars Best Picture ‘Nomadland’

McDormand now has three best-actress Oscars. First: in 2018 for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing."

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Actor in a Leading Role

  • Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"
  • Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
  • Anthony Hopkins, "The Father" - WINNER
  • Gary Oldman, "Mank"
  • Steven Yeun, "Minari"

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