Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Are the First Black Women to Be Oscar-Nominated For Hair and Makeup
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Fresh off the heels of Grammys weekend, the 2021 Academy Award nominations were officially announced on March 15, and even though this year s ceremony won t take place for another month, the nominees are already making history. Chadwick Boseman posthumously received his first-ever Oscar nomination for his role in
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, while Viola Davis s best actress nod for her work on the same film officially made her the most nominated Black actress in Oscar history. But it s not just the actors in the film that are breaking barriers: the movie s lead hairstylists, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, just became the first Black women to receive nominations in the makeup and hairstyling category.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ And ‘Small Axe’ Win Big At The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The annual honors are considered predictions for the Oscars. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020): (L to R) Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Taylour Paige as Dussie Mae, and Dusan Brown as Sylvester., Cr. David Lee / Netflix
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association issued their annual awards last week. The association is considered one of most prestigious group of critics in the entertainment industry and their honors have successfully predicted Academy Award winners since the late seventies. For the past eleven years each film they nominated for Best Picture has been nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.