Chadwick Boseman became an Academy Award nominee on Monday. With this year’s Oscar nominations, the late actor is in the category of Best Actor for his performance in the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
The posthumous nomination comes six months after Boseman’s death in August of 2020 at age 43, with Ma Rainey marking his final film role.
Boseman becomes only the fourth late performer in Oscars’ history to be nominated Best Actor.
James Dean, Peter Finch, Spencer Tracy and Massimo Troisi all picked up nominations after their deaths, with Finch winning in 1977 for Network.
Boseman’s Oscar nominations cap off an awards season that has thus far seen him make history at the SAG Awards as the first actor to earn four nominations in a single year and win Best Actor awards at both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, with his wife Taylor Simone Ledward accepting the honours on his behalf, ETonline reports.
“It has to be said aloud that for those of us who know Chad intimately, personally, professionally, those he taught, those he gave a word for advice, those who taught him: it is so hard to find a celebratory feeling in these moments,” she said upon his Critics Choice win. “As proud as we are of him, yes for his work, but even more just for who he is as a person, but his work deserves this. His work in this film deserves this — he deserves this.”
Full list of nominees:
Actor in a Supporting Role
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, “The Sound of Metal”
Lakeith Stanfeld, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Youn Yuh-Jung, “Minari”
Costume Design
“Emma”
“Mank”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Mulan”
“Pinocchio”
Music (Original Score)
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“News of the World”
“Soul”
Animated Short Film
“Burrow”
“Genius Loci”
“If Anything Happens I Love You”
“Opera”
“Yes-People”
Live-Action Short Film
“Feeling Through”
“The Letter Room”
“The Present”
“Two Distant Strangers”
“White Eye”
Sound
“Greyhound”
“Mank”
“News of the World”
“Soul”
“Sound of Metal”
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
“The Father”
“Nomadland”
“One Night in Miami”
“The White Tiger”
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Minari”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”
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”
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Animated Feature Film
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”
“Soul”
“Wolfwalkers”
Cinematography
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“News of the World”
“Nomadland”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Directing
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Documentary Feature
“Collective”
“Crip Camp”
“The Mole Agent”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“Time”
Documentary Short Subject
“Colette”
“A Concerto Is a Conversation”
“Do Not Split”
“Hunger Ward”
“A Love Song for Latasha”
Film Editing
“The Father”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
International Feature Film
“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Bosnia and Herzegoniva
“Another Round,” Denmark
“Better Days,” Hong Kong
“Collective,” Romania
“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Emma”
“Hillbilly Elegy”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Mank”
“Pinocchio”
Music (Original Song)
“Fight for You,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Hear My Voice,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Húsavík,” “Eurovision Song Contest”
“Io Si (Seen),” “The Life Ahead”
“Speak Now,” “One Night in Miami”
Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas And The Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound Of Metal”
“The Trial Of The Chicago 7″
Production Design
“The Father”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Mank”
“News of the World”
“Tenet”
Visual Effects
“Love and Monsters”
“The Midnight Sky”
“Mulan”
“The One and Only Ivan”
“Tenet”
The 2021 Oscars air live on Sunday, April 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
