All the winners from the 2021 Critics Choice Awards

Here's who claimed a trophy on Sunday night.
March 7, 2021 4:16 p.m. EST
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Taye Diggs hosted the 26th Critics Choice awards on March 7, an in-person and virtual hybrid show with nominees appearing from all over the world. Chloé Zhao's Nomadland was the big winner of the night, with The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom also scoring big wins. 

Here are all the winners from the 2021 Critics Choice Awards. 

Film

Best Picture

WinnerNomadland 

Da 5 Bloods 

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 Actor

Winner: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Ben Affleck – The Way Back 

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Tom Hanks – News of the World

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

Gary Oldman – Mank

Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress

Winner: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always 

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah 

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods 

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 

Bill Murray – On the Rocks 

Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal 

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman – The Father 

Amanda Seyfried – Mank 

Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

Best Young Actor/Actress

Winner: Alan Kim – Minari 

Ryder Allen – Palmer

Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky

Helena Zengel – News of the World

Best Acting Ensemble

WinnerThe Trial of the Chicago 7 

Da 5 Bloods 

Judas and the Black Messiah 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Minari 

One Night in Miami 

Best Director

Winner: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

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 Trial of the Chicago 7 

Best Original Screenplay

Winner:: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari 

Jack Fincher – Mank 

Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal 

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World

Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father

Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami 

Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Cinematography

Winner: Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow

Erik Messerschmidt – Mank 

Lachlan Milne – Minari 

Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods 

Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet

Dariusz Wolski – News of the World 

Best Production Design

Winner: Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank 

Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield

David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World 

Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet

Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma 

Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Best Editing

Winner (TIE): Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal & Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Kirk Baxter – Mank 

Jennifer Lame – Tenet 

Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father 

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

Best Costume Design

Winner: Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Alexandra Byrne – Emma

Bina Daigeler – Mulan

Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield 

Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman 

Trish Summerville – Mank 

Best Hair & Makeup

WinnerMa Rainey’s Black Bottom

Emma 

Hillbilly Elegy

Mank 

Promising Young Woman 

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Visual Effects

WinnerTenet 

Greyhound 

The Invisible Man

Mank 

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

Wonder Woman 1984 

Best Comedy

WinnerPalm Springs

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

The Forty-Year-Old Version 

The King of Staten Island 

On the Rocks

The Prom 

Best Foreign Language Film

WinnerMinari 

Another Round 

Collective 

La Llorona 

The Life Ahead

Two of Us

Best Song

Winner: "Speak Now" – One Night in Miami

"Everybody Cries" – The Outpost 

"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 Score

Winner: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul

Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky 

Ludwig Göransson – Tenet 

James Newton Howard – News of the World 

Emile Mosseri – Minari

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank 

TV

Best Drama Series

WinnerThe Crown (Netflix) 

Better Call Saul (AMC) 

The Good Fight (CBS All Access) 

Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

The Mandalorian (Disney+) 

Ozark (Netflix) 

Perry Mason (HBO) 

This Is Us (NBC) 

Best Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Josh O'Connor – The Crown (Netflix)

Jason Bateman – Ozark (Netflix)

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country (HBO)

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason (HBO)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER: Emma Corrin – The Crown (Netflix)

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (CBS All Access)

Olivia Colman – The Crown (Netflix)

Claire Danes – Homeland (Showtime)

Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix)

Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO)

Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul (AMC) 

Justin Hartley – This Is Us (NBC)

John Lithgow – Perry Mason (HBO) 

Tobias Menzies – The Crown (Netflix) 

Tom Pelphrey – Ozark (Netflix) 

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER: Gillian Anderson – The Crown (Netflix) 

Cynthia Erivo – The Outsider (HBO) 

Julia Garner – Ozark (Netflix) 

Janet McTeer – Ozark (Netflix) 

Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Comedy Series

WinnerTed 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) 

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner: Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) 

Hank Azaria – Brockmire (IFC)

Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 

Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu) 

Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu) 

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner: Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek (Pop) 

Pamela Adlon – Better Things (FX) 

Christina Applegate – Dead to Me (Netflix) 

Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) 

Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 

Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner: Daniel Levy – Schitt's Creek (Pop) 

William Fichtner – Mom (CBS) 

Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 

Alex Newell – Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) 

Mark Proksch – What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 

Andrew Rannells – Black Monday (Showtime) 

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Winner: Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) 

Lecy Goranson – The Conners (ABC) 

Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time (Pop) 

Annie Murphy – Schitt's Creek (Pop) 

Ashley Park – Emily in Paris (Netflix) 

Jaime Pressly – Mom (CBS) 

Best Limited Series

WinnerThe Queen's Gambit (Netflix) 

I May Destroy You (HBO) 

Mrs. America (FX) 

Normal People (Hulu) 

The Plot Against America (HBO) 

Small Axe (Amazon Studios) 

The Undoing (HBO) 

Unorthodox (Netflix) 

Best Movie Made for Television

WinnerHamilton (Disney+) 

Bad Education (HBO) 

Between the World and Me (HBO) 

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) 

Sylvie's Love (Amazon Studios) 

What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon Studios) 

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television 

Winner: John Boyega – Small Axe (Amazon Studios) 

Hugh Grant – The Undoing (HBO) 

Paul Mescal – Normal People (Hulu) 

Chris Rock – Fargo (FX) 

Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True (HBO) 

Morgan Spector – The Plot Against America (HBO) 

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) 

Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America (FX) 

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You (HBO) 

Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People (Hulu) 

Shira Haas – Unorthodox (Netflix) 

Tessa Thompson – Sylvie's Love (Amazon Studios) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Donald Sutherland – The Undoing (HBO) 

Daveed Diggs – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) 

Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) 

Dylan McDermott – Hollywood (Netflix) 

Glynn Turman – Fargo (FX) 

John Turturro – The Plot Against America (HBO) 

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America (FX) 

Betsy Brandt – Soulmates (AMC) 

Marielle Heller – The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) 

Margo Martindale – Mrs. America (FX) 

Winona Ryder – The Plot Against America (HBO) 

Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America (FX) 

Best Talk Show

Winner: 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

Winner (TIE): Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix) & Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix) 

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

WinnerBetter 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)

BEFORE YOU GO: Chloe Zhao becomes the second woman to win Best Director at the Golden Globes

 

[video_embed id='2150821']BEFORE YOU GO: Chloe Zhao becomes the second woman to win Best Director at the Golden Globes[/video_embed]


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