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Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom. (David Lee/Netflix)
Viola Davis made history as the 2021 Oscar nominations were announced, breaking her own record as the Academy’s most-nominated Black actress.
Davis said she was “absolutely thrilled” to be nominated for Best Actress for her turn as bisexual blues singer Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey in
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. She becomes the first Black woman to achieve four nominations, an achievement she says reflects more on Hollywood’s shortcomings than anything else.
“For me, it’s a reflection of the lack of opportunities and access to opportunities people of colour have had in this business,” Davis told