93rd Academy Awards: Oscars Line-Up Packed With Firsts

It’s a year of multiple firsts at this year’s Oscars, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony for the highest achievement in film.

Following is a list of major milestones this year. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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

EMERALD FENNELL – First woman to be nominated best director for her feature film debut (“Promising Young Woman”).

DIRECTORS – This is the first time two women have been nominated for directing in the same year.

WOMEN received a record 76 nominations across all categories.

CHADWICK BOSEMAN – First Oscar nomination for Boseman, who died of cancer in August 2020, before the release of his final film (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).

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

STEVEN YEUN – First Asian American to receive a best actor nomination (“Minari”).

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

ROMANIA – First nomination for Romania (“Collective”), which is competing in both the international film field and best documentary categories.

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

DIVERSITY – A record nine of the 20 acting nominees are people 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 – Will be held on April 25 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the first time, as well as at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.