Oscars 2021 Winners: Nomadland wins Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand take home Best Actor trophy – Eagles Vine

Cinema’s biggest night, the 93rd Academy Awards, started off with actor-director Regina King grabbing an Oscar statuette outside Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and walking it inside while credits rolled featuring the show’s presenters. The prestigious award ceremony saw Chloé Zhao set history yet again! Taking home the award for best director for ‘Nomadland’, Chloé Zhao emerged as the first woman of color and the second woman to win the prestigious award. Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn picked up the trophy for Best Actress in a supporting role and floored everyone with her acceptance speech.

Celebrated veteran actor Anthony Hopkins took home his second Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in ‘The Father’. He had previously won the trophy for his performance in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’. Anthony Hopkins personally didn’t pick up his trophy at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Frances McDormand bagged the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Nomadland’ at the 93
^rd Academy Awards. Interestingly, this is also Frances McDormand’s second Best Actress Oscar! She had previously won the golden statuette in 2018 for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’.

Here is the full list of winners of Oscars 2021:

Best Picture
Nomadland

Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father


Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor in a Supporting
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minnari

Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Production Design
Mank

Best Cinematography
Mank

Best Animated Feature Film
Soul

Best Animated Short Film

If Anything Happens I Love You

Best Live-Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette

Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher

Best Sound
Sound of Metal

Best Visual Effects
Tenet

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father

Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman

Best Original Score
Soul

Best Original Song
Fight for You

Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal

The 93rd Academy Awards were held at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station. The ceremony is taking place two months later than originally planned. The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on March 15 by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. All nominees and guests had undergone a minimum of two COVID-19 tests and were not required to wear a face mask while the cameras are rolling.