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The 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards just ended with Nomadland cementing its pioneer status in preparation for Oscar nominations with four victories, including Best Film and Best Director by Chloé Zhao. Carey Mulligan also made a strong climb on the field in the race for Best Actress, currently open, with a win tonight for Promising young woman, while writer / director Emerald Fennell won the film’s best original script award.
While an interview with a certain pair of royals took place on another channel, the Netflix royalty The crown clean in front of the TV: The opulent historical drama was awarded Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Drama. Anya Taylor-Joy followed her recent Golden Globe win with a Best Actress in a Limited Series win for her work on The Queen’s Gambit, which also won the Best Limited Series award.
Read the full list of Critics’ Choice Awards winners below.
BEST PHOTO
Da 5 Bloods
Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
Mank
Minari
World News
Nomadland – WINNER
One night in miami
Promising young woman
Metal sound
The Chicago Trial 7
BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – The way back
Riz Ahmed – Metal sound
Chadwick Boseman – Black Bottom by Ma Rainey – WINNER
Tom Hanks – World News
Anthony Hopkins – The father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
Andra Day – United States x Billie Holiday
Sidney Flanigan – Never, rarely, sometimes, always
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising young woman – WINNER
Zendaya – Malcolm and Marie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Chicago Trial 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Bill Murray – On the rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One night in miami
Paul Raci – Metal sound
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm – WINNER
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Ryder Allen – Palmer
Ibrahima Gueye – Life ahead
Alan Kim – Minari – WINNER
Talia Ryder – Never, rarely, sometimes, always
Caoilinn Springall – The midnight sky
Helena Zengel – World News
BEST PERFORMANCE SET
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
Minari
One night in miami
The Chicago Trial 7 – WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR
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 Chicago Trial 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising young woman – WINNER
Jack Fincher – Mank
Eliza Hittman – Never, rarely, sometimes, always
Darius Marder and Abraham Marder – Metal sound
Aaron Sorkin – The Chicago Trial 7
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN
Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies – World News
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The father
Powers of Kemp – One night in miami
Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher Blauvelt – First cow
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
Lachlan Milne – Minari
* WINNER * Joshua James Richards – Nomadland – WINNER
Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Principle
Dariusz Wolski – World News
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – David Copperfield’s personal story
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – World News
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Principle
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank – WINNER
Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma
Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton – Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
BEST EDITION
Alan Baumgarten – The Chicago Trial 7 – WINNER (tie)
Kirk Baxter – Mank
Jennifer Lame – Principle
Yorgos Lamprinos – The father
Mikkel EG Nielsen – Metal sound – WINNER (tie)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne – Emma
Bina Daigeler – Mulan
Suzie Harman and Robert Worley – David Copperfield’s personal story
Ann Roth – Black Bottom by Ma Rainey – WINNER
Nancy Steiner – Promising young woman
Trish Summerville – Mank
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Black Bottom by Ma Rainey – WINNER
Mank
Promising young woman
United States x Billie Holiday
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound
The invisible man
Mank
The midnight sky
Mulan
Principle – WINNER
Wonder Woman 1984
BEST COMEDY
Borat Subsequent MovieFilm
The forty-year-old version
The King of Staten Island
On the rocks
Palm Springs – WINNER
The prom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE MOVIE
Another round
Collective
La Llorona
Life ahead
Minari – WINNER
Two of us
BEST MUSIC
“Everyone cries” – The Outpost
“Fight for you” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Husavik (my hometown)” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io sì (view)” – Life ahead
“Speak Now” – One night in miami – WINNER
“Tigress and Tweed” – United States x Billie Holiday
BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The midnight sky
Ludwig Göransson – Principle
James Newton Howard – World News
Emile Mosseri – Minari
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste – Soul – WINNER
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better to call Saul
The crown – WINNER
The good fight
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Perry Mason
These are U.S
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Sterling K. Brown – These are U.S
Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor – The crown – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk – Better to call Saul
Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
BEST ACTRESS IN THE DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski – The good fight
Olivia Colman – The crown
Emma Corrin – The crown – WINNER
Claire Danes – Homeland
Laura Linney – Ozark
Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks – Better to call Saul
Justin Hartley – These are U.S
John Lithgow – Perry Mason
Tobias Menzies – The crown
Tom Pelphrey – Ozark
Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN THE DRAMA SERIES
Gillian Anderson – The crown – WINNER
Cynthia Erivo – The outside
Julia Garner – Ozark
Janet McTeer – Ozark
Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country
Rhea Seehorn – Better to call Saul
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Best things
The flight attendant
Mommy
PEN15
Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso – WINNER
What we do in the shadows
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Hank Azaria – Brockmire
Matt Berry – What we do in the shadows
Nicholas Hoult – The big
Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef – Ramy
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon – Best things
Christina Applegate – Dead to me
Kaley Cuoco – The flight attendant
Natasia Demetriou – What we do in the shadows
Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Issa Rae – Insecure
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
William Fichtner – Mommy
Harvey Guillén – What we do in the shadows
Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
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
Lecy Goranson – The Conners
Rita Moreno – One day at a time
Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
Ashley Park – Emily in Paris
Jaime Pressly – Mommy
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso – WINNER
BEST LIMITED SERIES
I can destroy you
Lady america
Normal people
The conspiracy against America
The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Small Ax
The Undo
Unorthodox
BEST FILM MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bad Education
Between the world and me
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of the Gospel
Hamilton – WINNER
Sylvie’s love
What the constitution means to me
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Boyega – Small Ax – WINNER
Hugh Grant – The Undo
Paul Mescal – Normal people
Chris Rock – Fargo
Mark Ruffalo – I know this is true
Morgan Spector – The conspiracy against America
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – Lady america
Michaela Coel – I can destroy you
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal people
Shira Haas – Unorthodox
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s love
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Daveed Diggs – The good lord bird
Joshua Caleb Johnson – The good lord bird
Dylan McDermott – Hollywood
Donald Sutherland – The Undo – WINNER
Glynn Turman – Fargo (FX)
John Turturro – The conspiracy against America (HBO)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Uzo Aduba – Lady america – WINNER
Betsy Brandt – Perfect soulmates
Marielle Heller – The Queen’s Gambit
Margo Martindale – Lady america
Winona ryder – The conspiracy against America
Tracey Ullman – Lady america
BEST TALK SHOW
Desus and Mero
Complete front with Samantha Bee
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Dawn with Seth Meyers – WINNER
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Red table conversation
BEST SPECIAL COMEDY
Fortune Feimster: sweet and salty
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 hours to kill – WINNER (link)
Marc Maron: End Times Fun
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia – WINNER (link)
Patton Oswalt: I love everything
BEST SHORT FORM SERIES
The Andy Cohen Diaries
Better Call Saul: ethics training with Kim Wexler – WINNER
Murders of Mapleworth
Nikki Fre $ h
Reno 911!
Spreading the news
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