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Oscars 2021 nominees prove Hollywood needs Black hair stylists but rarely sees them
The first Black hairstylists are up for an Oscar. For the first time ever. In 2021.
Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom. David Lee / Netflix
April 25, 2021, 6:04 PM UTC / Updated April 25, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC
Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson are up for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at tonight’s Academy Awards, making them the first Black people nominated for the 40-year-old category.
It’s 2021 and Black people in America are still becoming “the first.”
Both are being recognized for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a Netflix film about a fictionalized recording session of the real-life trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey, played by Viola Davis (the late Chadwick Boseman also co-stars in his final role), and Rainey s band in 1920s Chicago. Neal was the head of the hair department and Wilson, as Davis’ personal hairstylist, styled her client for the ti