TUNE IN: THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

The winners of the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time.  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards show will be an in-person/virtual hybrid, with Diggs and some of the evening’s presenters live on stage in Los Angeles, and nominees appearing live remotely from various locations around the world 

Hosting the show will be Taye Diggs. Zendaya will receive the SeeHer Award. Presenting at the awards will be Kevin Bacon, Angela Bassett, Mayim Bialik, Orlando Bloom, Phoebe Dynevor, Morgan Freeman, Gal Gadot, Jim Gaffigan, Tony Hale, Chelsea Handler, Justin Hartley, Chris Hemsworth, Tyler Hoechlin, Jameela Jamil, Leslie Jordan, Javicia Leslie, Eva Longoria, Chrissy Metz, Mads Mikkelsen, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jared Padalecki, Ashley Park, Kyra Sedgwick, Yara Shahidi, Elizabeth Tulloch, Courtney B. Vance, John David Washington, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and all of this year’s Critics Choice Awards nominees .

Nominees: 

BEST DRAMA SERIES 

Better Call Saul (AMC) 

The Crown (Netflix) 

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 

Jason Bateman – Ozark (Netflix) 

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC) 

Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Josh O’Connor – The Crown (Netflix) 

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC) 

Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason (HBO)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (CBS All Access) 

Olivia Colman – The Crown (Netflix) 

Emma Corrin – The Crown (Netflix) 

Claire Danes – Homeland (Showtime) 

Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix) 

Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

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) 

Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES 

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 

Better Things (FX) 

The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) 

Mom (CBS) 

PEN15 (Hulu) 

Ramy (Hulu) 

Schitt’s Creek (Pop) 

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) 

What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Hank Azaria – Brockmire (IFC) 

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

Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu) 

Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) 

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) 

Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu) 

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES 

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) 

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) 

Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES  

William Fichtner – Mom (CBS) 

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

Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop) 

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 

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) 

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) 

BEST LIMITED SERIES 

I May Destroy You (HBO) 

Mrs. America (FX) 

Normal People (Hulu) 

The Plot Against America (HBO) 

The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) 

Small Axe (Amazon Studios) 

The Undoing (HBO) 

Unorthodox (Netflix) 

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

Bad Education (HBO) 

Between the World and Me (HBO) 

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) 

Hamilton (Disney+) 

Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon Studios) 

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

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 

Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America (FX) 

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You (HBO) 

Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People (Hulu) 

Shira Haas – Unorthodox (Netflix) 

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) 

Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

Daveed Diggs – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) 

Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) 

Dylan McDermott – Hollywood (Netflix) 

Donald Sutherland – The Undoing (HBO) 

Glynn Turman – Fargo (FX) 

John Turturro – The Plot Against America (HBO) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION   

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 

Desus & Mero (Showtime) 

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) 

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated) 

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) 

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) 

Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) 

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL 

Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (Netflix) 

Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (Netflix) 

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix) 

Marc Maron: End Times Fun (Netflix) 

Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix) 

Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (Netflix) 

BEST SHORT FORM SERIES 

The Andy Cohen Diaries (Quibi) 

Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (AMC/Youtube) 

Mapleworth Murders (Quibi) 

Nikki Fre$h (Quibi) 

Reno 911! (Quibi) 

Tooning Out the News (CBS All Access)

BEST PICTURE 

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Mank (Netflix) 

Minari (A24) 

News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) 

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

BEST ACTOR 

Ben Affleck – The Way Back (Warner Bros.) 

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) 

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Tom Hanks – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) 

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix) 

Steven Yeun – Minari (A24) 

BEST ACTRESS 

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu) 

Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) 

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) 

Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) 

Bill Murray – On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+) 

Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios) 

Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) 

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) 

Olivia Colman – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) 

Amanda Seyfried – Mank (Netflix) 

Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (A24) 

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS 

Ryder Allen – Palmer (Apple TV+) 

Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead (Netflix) 

Alan Kim – Minari (A24) 

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) 

Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky (Netflix) 

Helena Zengel – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE 

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Minari (A24) 

One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

BEST DIRECTOR 

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24) 

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

David Fincher – Mank (Netflix) 

Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Regina King – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24) 

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

Jack Fincher – Mank (Netflix) 

Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) 

Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) 

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) 

Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (A24) 

Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow (A24) 

Erik Messerschmidt – Mank (Netflix) 

Lachlan Milne – Minari (A24) 

Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet (Warner Bros.) 

Dariusz Wolski – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures) 

David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet (Warner Bros.) 

Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix) 

Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma (Focus Features) 

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

BEST EDITING 

Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) 

Kirk Baxter – Mank (Netflix) 

Jennifer Lame – Tenet (Warner Bros.) 

Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) 

Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) 

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

Alexandra Byrne – Emma (Focus Features) 

Bina Daigeler – Mulan (Disney) 

Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures) 

Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

Trish Summerville – Mank (Netflix) 

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP 

Emma (Focus Features) 

Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Mank (Netflix) 

Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) 

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu) 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

Greyhound (Apple TV+) 

The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures) 

Mank (Netflix) 

The Midnight Sky (Netflix) 

Mulan (Disney) 

Tenet (Warner Bros.) 

Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.) 

BEST COMEDY 

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios) 

The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) 

The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures) 

On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+) 

Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON) 

The Prom (Netflix) 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films) 

Collective (Magnolia Pictures) 

La Llorona (Shudder) 

The Life Ahead (Netflix) 

Minari (A24) 

Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures) 

BEST SONG  

Everybody Cries – The Outpost (Screen Media Films) 

Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) 

Husavik (My Home Town) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) 

Io sì (Seen) – The Life Ahead (Netflix) 

Speak Now – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) 

Tigress & Tweed – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu) 

BEST SCORE 

Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky (Netflix) 

Ludwig Göransson – Tenet (Warner Bros.) 

James Newton Howard – News of the World (Universal Pictures) 

Emile Mosseri – Minari (A24) 

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank (Netflix) 

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul (Disney)