26th_Critics'_Choice_Awards

26th Critics' Choice Awards
26th Critics' Choice Awards
	Title card
Date	March 7, 2021
Hosted by	Taye Diggs
Highlights
Most awards	Film:; Nomadland (4); Television:; The Crown (4)
Most nominations	Film:; Mank (12); Television:; The Crown / Ozark (6)
Best Picture	Nomadland
Best Comedy Series	Ted Lasso
Best Drama Series	The Crown
Best Limited Series	The Queen's Gambit
Best Movie Made for Television	Hamilton
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	The CW
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26th Critics' Choice Awards

26th Critics' Choice Awards for film and television

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on March 7, 2021, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3] The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and Taye Diggs returned to host for the third consecutive time.^[1] The television nominations were announced on January 18, 2021.^[4] The film nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.^[5] Mank led the film nominations with 12, followed by Minari with 10.^[5] The Crown and Ozark led the television nominations with six each.^[4] Overall, Netflix received a total of 72 nominations, 46 for film and 26 for television, the most for any studio or network.^[5]

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[Da5Bloods-7] Won Best Action Movie and Best Actor in an Action Movie (Delroy Lindo) at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[ActionMovie-9] Nominated for Best Action Movie at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[7]

[10] Won Best Animated Movie at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[11] Won Best Horror Movie at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[12] Won Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[14] Won Best Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[15] Won Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[BestActorInAHorrorSeries-16] Nominated for Best Actor in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[7]

[17] Won Best Actress in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[BestActressInAHorrorSeries-18] Nominated for Best Actress in a Horror Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[7]

[19] Nominated for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[7]

[20] Won Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards^[6]

[Hammond-1] [1]
Hammond, Pete (June 18, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards Moves To March 7; Eligibility Extended To End Of February For Films But Keeps 2020 Calendar Year For TV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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Hipes, Patrick (March 7, 2021). "How To Watch The 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[TV_Nominations-4] [4]
Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 18, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations: 'Ozark', 'The Crown' & Netflix Lead". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[Film_Nominations-5] [5]
Hammond, Pete (February 8, 2021). "'Mank', 'Minari' Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations; Netflix Tops Studios; Chadwick Boseman Receives 4". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

[Super_Winners-6] [6]
Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 10, 2021). "Critics Choice Super Awards Full Winners List: 'Palm Springs', 'Soul', 'The Boys' Among Top Honorees". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 10, 2021.

[Super_Nominees-8] [7]
Hammond, Pete (November 20, 2020). "'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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McRady, Rachel (March 7, 2021). "Zendaya Honored With 5th Annual SeeHer Award at 2021 Critics Choice Awards". ET Online. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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Best Picture Nomadland Da 5 Bloods^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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 Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman David Fincher – Mank Regina King – One Night in Miami... Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods^{[lower-alpha 1]} Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor *Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom* as Levee Green** (posthumous) Ben Affleck – The Way Back as Jack Cunningham Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Tom Hanks – News of the World as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul^{[lower-alpha 1]} Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Best Actress *Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman* as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas** Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callahan Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie as Marie Jones
Best Supporting Actor *Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah* as Fred Hampton** Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway (posthumous)^{[lower-alpha 1]} Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe	Best Supporting Actress *Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* as Tutar Sagdiyev** Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman as Elizabeth Weiss Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
Best Young Actor/Actress *Alan Kim – Minari* as David Yi** Ryder Allen – Palmer as Sam Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead as Momo Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky as Young Iris "Sully" Sullivan Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada	Best Acting Ensemble The Trial of the Chicago 7 Da 5 Bloods^{[lower-alpha 1]} Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari One Night in Miami...
Best Original Screenplay Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Jack Fincher – Mank Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Darius Marder and Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7	Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies – News of the World Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami... Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton – The Father
Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Lachlan Milne – Minari Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods^{[lower-alpha 1]} Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet^{[lower-alpha 2]} Dariusz Wolski – News of the World	Best Editing *Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7* (TIE) Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (TIE)** Kirk Baxter – Mank Jennifer Lame – Tenet^{[lower-alpha 2]} Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Costume Design Ann Roth – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Alexandra Byrne – Emma Bina Daigeler – Mulan^{[lower-alpha 2]} Suzie Harman and Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman Trish Summerville – Mank	Best Production Design Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale – Mank Cristina Casali and Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas – Tenet^{[lower-alpha 2]} Stella Fox and Kave Quinn – Emma Karen O'Hara, Mark Ricker, and Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Score Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross – Soul^{[lower-alpha 3]} Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky Ludwig Göransson – Tenet^{[lower-alpha 2]} James Newton Howard – News of the World Emile Mosseri – Minari Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank	Best Song "Speak Now" – One Night in Miami... "Everybody Cries" – The Outpost^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Fight for You" – Judas and the Black Messiah "Husavik (My Home Town)" – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Io sì (Seen)" – The Life Ahead "Tigress & Tweed" – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Hair and Makeup Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Emma Hillbilly Elegy Mank Promising Young Woman The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Best Visual Effects Tenet^{[lower-alpha 2]} Greyhound^{[lower-alpha 2]} The Invisible Man^{[lower-alpha 4]} Mank The Midnight Sky Mulan^{[lower-alpha 2]} Wonder Woman 1984
Best Comedy Palm Springs^{[lower-alpha 5]} Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Forty-Year-Old Version The King of Staten Island On the Rocks The Prom	Best Foreign Language Film Minari • United States Another Round • Denmark / Netherlands / Sweden Collective • Luxembourg / Romania La Llorona • Guatemala The Life Ahead • Italy Two of Us • France

Best Drama Series The Crown (Netflix) Better Call Saul (AMC) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Lovecraft Country (HBO)^{[lower-alpha 1]} The Mandalorian (Disney+)^{[lower-alpha 2]} Ozark (Netflix) Perry Mason (HBO) This Is Us (NBC)
Best Actor in a Drama Series *Josh O'Connor – The Crown* as Prince Charles (Netflix)** Jason Bateman – Ozark as Martin "Marty" Byrde (Netflix) Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson (NBC) Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country as Atticus "Tic" Freeman (HBO)^{[lower-alpha 3]} Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman (AMC) Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason as Perry Mason (HBO)	Best Actress in a Drama Series *Emma Corrin – The Crown* as Princess Diana (Netflix)** Christine Baranski – The Good Fight as Diane Lockhart (CBS All Access) Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II (Netflix) Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison (Showtime) Laura Linney – Ozark as Wendy Byrde (Netflix) Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country as Letitia "Leti" Lewis (HBO)^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series *Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country* as Montrose Freeman (HBO)*^{[lower-alpha 3]} Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul* as Mike Ehrmantraut (AMC) Justin Hartley – This Is Us as Kevin Pearson (NBC) John Lithgow – Perry Mason as Elias Birchard "E. B." Jonathan (HBO) Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip (Netflix) Tom Pelphrey – Ozark as Ben Davis (Netflix)	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series *Gillian Anderson – The Crown* as Margaret Thatcher (Netflix)** Cynthia Erivo – The Outsider as Holly Gibney (HBO)^{[lower-alpha 5]} Julia Garner – Ozark as Ruth Langmore (Netflix) Janet McTeer – Ozark as Helen Pierce (Netflix) Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country as Ruby Baptiste (HBO)^{[lower-alpha 5]} Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul as Kim Wexler (AMC)
Best Comedy Series Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Better Things (FX) The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Mom (CBS) PEN15 (Hulu) Ramy (Hulu) Schitt's Creek (Pop) What We Do in the Shadows (FX)^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Best Actor in a Comedy Series *Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso* as Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)** Hank Azaria – Brockmire as Jim Brockmire (IFC) Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows as Laszlo Cravensworth (FX) Nicholas Hoult – The Great as Peter III (Hulu) Eugene Levy – Schitt's Creek as Johnny Rose (Pop) Ramy Youssef – Ramy as Ramy Hassan (Hulu)	Best Actress in a Comedy Series *Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek* as Moira Rose (Pop)** Pamela Adlon – Better Things as Sam Fox (FX) Christina Applegate – Dead to Me as Jen Harding (Netflix) Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant as Cassie Bowden (HBO Max) Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows as Nadja (FX)^{[lower-alpha 7]} Issa Rae – Insecure as Issa Dee (HBO)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series *Dan Levy – Schitt's Creek* as David Rose (Pop)** William Fichtner – Mom as Adam Janikowski (CBS) Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows as Guillermo de la Cruz (FX) Alex Newell – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mo (NBC) Mark Proksch – What We Do in the Shadows as Colin Robinson (FX) Andrew Rannells – Black Monday as Blair Pfaff (Showtime)	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series *Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso* as Rebecca Welton (Apple TV+)** Lecy Goranson – The Conners as Becky Conner (ABC) Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time as Lydia Riera (Pop) Annie Murphy – Schitt's Creek as Alexis Rose (Pop) Ashley Park – Emily in Paris as Mindy Chen (Netflix) Jaime Pressly – Mom as Jill Kendall (CBS)
Best Limited Series The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) I May Destroy You (HBO) Mrs. America (FX on Hulu) Normal People (Hulu) The Plot Against America (HBO) Small Axe (Prime Video) The Undoing (HBO) Unorthodox (Netflix)	Best Movie Made for Television Hamilton (Disney+) Bad Education (HBO) Between the World and Me (HBO) The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) Sylvie's Love (Prime Video) What the Constitution Means to Me (Prime Video)
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television *John Boyega – Small Axe* as Leroy Logan (Prime Video)** Hugh Grant – The Undoing as Jonathan Fraser (HBO) Paul Mescal – Normal People as Connell Waldron (Hulu) Chris Rock – Fargo as Loy Cannon (FX) Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True as Dominick and Thomas Birdsey (HBO) Morgan Spector – The Plot Against America as Herman Levin (HBO)	Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television *Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit* as Beth Harmon (Netflix)** Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly (FX on Hulu) Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You as Arabella Essiedu (HBO) Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People as Marianne Sheridan (Hulu) Shira Haas – Unorthodox as Esther "Esty" Shapiro (Netflix) Tessa Thompson – Sylvie's Love as Sylvie Parker (Prime Video)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television *Donald Sutherland – The Undoing* as Franklin Reinhardt (HBO)** Daveed Diggs – The Good Lord Bird as Frederick Douglass (Showtime) Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird as Henry "Onion" Shackleford (Showtime) Dylan McDermott – Hollywood as Ernest "Ernie" West (Netflix) Glynn Turman – Fargo as Doctor Senator (FX) John Turturro – The Plot Against America as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf (HBO)	Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television *Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America* as Shirley Chisholm (FX on Hulu)** Betsy Brandt – Soulmates as Caitlin Jones (AMC) Marielle Heller – The Queen's Gambit as Alma Wheatley (Netflix) Margo Martindale – Mrs. America as Bella Abzug (FX on Hulu) Winona Ryder – The Plot Against America as Evelyn Finkel (HBO) Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America as Betty Friedan (FX on Hulu)
Best Talk Show Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC / Syndicated) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)	Best Comedy Special Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix) (TIE) Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix) (TIE) Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (Netflix) Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (Netflix) Marc Maron: End Times Fun (Netflix) Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (Netflix)
Best Short Form Series Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (AMC / YouTube) The Andy Cohen Diaries (Quibi) Mapleworth Murders (Quibi) Nikki Fre$h (Quibi) Reno 911! (Quibi) Tooning Out the News (CBS All Access)

Film	Nominations
Mank	12
Minari	10
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	8
News of the World	7
Da 5 Bloods	6
Nomadland
One Night in Miami...
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sound of Metal	5
Tenet	5
The Father	4
Emma	3
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Life Ahead
The Midnight Sky
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	2
First Cow
Hillbilly Elegy
Mulan
On the Rocks
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Pieces of a Woman

Film	Wins
Nomadland	4
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	3
Minari	2
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Program	Network	Category	Nominations
The Crown	Netflix	Drama	6
Ozark	Netflix		6
Lovecraft Country	HBO		5
Mrs. America	FX on Hulu	Limited
Schitt's Creek	Pop	Comedy
What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Comedy
Better Call Saul	AMC	Drama	4
The Plot Against America	HBO	Limited	4
Mom	CBS	Comedy	3
Normal People	Hulu	Limited
Perry Mason	HBO	Drama
The Queen's Gambit	Netflix	Limited
Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	Comedy
This Is Us	NBC	Drama
The Undoing	HBO	Limited
Better Things	FX	Comedy	2
Fargo	FX	Limited
The Flight Attendant	HBO Max	Comedy
The Good Fight	CBS All Access	Drama
The Good Lord Bird	Showtime	Limited
I May Destroy You	HBO	Limited
Ramy	Hulu	Comedy
Small Axe	Prime Video	Limited
Sylvie's Love	Prime Video	Movie
Unorthodox	Netflix	Limited

26th_Critics'_Choice_Awards

26th Critics' Choice Awards

Winners and nominees

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#SeeHer Award

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Films with multiple nominations and wins

Television programs with multiple nominations and wins

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