Oscars 2021: Here’s how the Academy Awards line-up is packed with many firsts!

Los Angeles: It’s a yr of a number of firsts at this yr`s Oscars, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony for the highest achievement in movie. Following is an inventory of main milestones this yr. The winners will likely be introduced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday.

CHLOE ZHAO – First Asian girl and first girl of color to be nominated for finest director (“Nomadland”).

EMERALD FENNELL – First girl to be nominated finest director for her characteristic movie debut (“Promising Young Woman”).

DIRECTORS – This is the first time two ladies have been nominated for guiding in the identical yr.

WOMEN obtained a report 76 nominations throughout all classes.

RIZ AHMED – First Muslim to be nominated finest actor (“Sound of Metal”).

(Mahershala Ali was the first Muslim actor to win for his supporting roles in “Moonlight” (2016) and “Green Book” (2018)).

CHADWICK BOSEMAN – First Oscar nomination for Boseman, who died of most cancers in August 2020, earlier than the launch of his ultimate movie (“Ma Rainey`s Black Bottom”).

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH – First finest image nominee made by an all-Black manufacturing workforce.

YOUN YUH-JUNG – First South Korean actor or actress to land an Oscar nomination (“Minari”).

STEVEN YEUN – First Asian American to obtain the finest actor nomination (“Minari”).

VIOLA DAVIS – Her fourth performing nomination makes Davis the most nominated Black actress in Oscar historical past. (“Ma Rainey`s Black Bottom”) She has gained as soon as.

ANTHONY HOPKINS – At age 83, Hopkins is the oldest finest actor nominee ever.

TUNISIA – First nomination for the North African nation (“The Man Who Sold His Skin”).

ROMANIA – First nomination for Romania (“Collective”), which is competing in each the worldwide movie discipline and finest documentary classes.

MARIA BAKALOVA – First Bulgarian actress to be Oscar-nominated (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”).

DIVERSITY – A report 9 of the 20 performing nominees are folks of color: Andra Day, Chadwick Boseman, Leslie Odom Jr., LaKeith Stanfield, Riz Ahmed, Daniel Kaluuya, Viola Davis, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-Jung.

ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY – It will likely be held on April 25 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the first time, in addition to at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.