{"id":20183,"date":"2021-04-20T19:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=20183"},"modified":"2021-04-20T23:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T23:27:31","slug":"first-time-actor-oscar-nominations","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/first-time-actor-oscar-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"So Many First-Time Film Actors Are Up For Oscars This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steven Yeun (Photo: Rich Fury\/Getty Images for PRADA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2021 Academy Awards<\/a> are poised to be <\/span>historic for Black women<\/span><\/a> \u2014 and a lot of first-time film actors, too. <\/span>For the first time ever, Black women<\/a> were nominated for hair and makeup styling: <\/span>Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom<\/span><\/i><\/a> hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, Viola Davis\u2019 hair stylist. \u201cThe recognition of my art and talent by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bigger than me,\u201d <\/span>Wilson told <\/span>Variety<\/span><\/i><\/a>. Davis is nominated too, for Netflix\u2019s <\/span>Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom<\/span><\/i>, making Oscar history with her 4th nomination. Davis is now the most-nominated Black actress <\/span>ever<\/span><\/i>, and the only Black woman with two Best Actress nominations. Andra Day is also nominated for Best Actress<\/a> for her role in Hulu\u2019s <\/span>The United States vs. Billie Holiday<\/span><\/i><\/a>. It\u2019s the first time in 48 years that two Black women have been nominated in the Best Actress category since Diana Ross and Cicely Tyson were both nominated in 1973. This is Day\u2019s first time acting in a movie but she\u2019s not the only first-timer nominated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter <\/span><\/i><\/a>confirmed a record amount of newbies have been nominated for Oscars this year. Day, <\/span>Minari\u2019s<\/span><\/i> Yuh-Jung Youn, <\/span>Sound of Metal\u2019s<\/span><\/i> Paul Raci, <\/span>Borat\u2019s<\/span><\/i> Maria Bakalova, and <\/span>Minari\u2019<\/span><\/i>s Steven Yeun are all first-time film acting Oscar nominees. According to<\/span> THR<\/span><\/i>, \u201cWhen it comes to Academy Awards prognostication, there’s often no greater predicting factor than the existence of a previous nomination\u201d \u2014 except that\u2019s not the case this year. Only four of the 16 people nominated have received previous nominations. The entertainment website credits the pandemic as leveling the playing field. \u201cWithout the ability to hobnob during a pandemic, Hollywood publicists apparently had less industry sway these past few months than film critics,\u201d<\/span> THR<\/span><\/i> explained. We\u2019re hoping as the world opens up post-COVID, the nominees continue to reflect shifting demographics and that Oscar voters are increasingly progressive in their choices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28001,"featured_media":20186,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nSo Many First-Time Film Actors Are Up For Oscars This Year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United States vs. Billie Holiday's Andra Day, Minari\u2019s Yuh-Jung Youn, Sound of Metal\u2019s Paul Raci, Borat\u2019s Maria Bakalova, and Minari\u2019s Steven Yeun are all first-time Oscar acting nominees.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/first-time-actor-oscar-nominations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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