It's a year of multiple firsts at this year's Oscars, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony for the highest achievement in film. Following is a list of major milestones this year. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Chloe Zhao - First Asian woman and first woman of colour to be nominated for best director (Nomadland).
Emerald Fennell - First woman to be nominated best director for her feature film debut (Promising Young Woman).
Directors - This is the first time two women have been nominated for directing in the same year.
Women received a record 76 nominations across all categories.
Riz Ahmed - First Muslim to be nominated best actor (Sound of Metal).
[Mahershala Ali was the first Muslim actor to win for his supporting roles in Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018)].
Chadwick Boseman - First Oscar nomination for Boseman, who died of cancer in August 2020, before the release of his final film (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom).
Judas And The Black Messiah - First best picture nominee made by an all-Black production team.
Youn Yuh-jung - First South Korean actor or actress to land an Oscar nomination (Minari).
Steven Yeun - First Asian American to receive the best actor nomination (Minari).
Viola Davis - Her fourth acting nomination makes Davis the most nominated Black actress in Oscar history. (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) She has won once.
Anthony Hopkins - At age 83, Hopkins is the oldest best actor nominee ever.
Tunisia - First nomination for the North African country (The Man Who Sold His Skin).
Romania - First nomination for Romania (Collective), which is competing in both the international film field and best documentary categories.
Maria Bakalova - First Bulgarian actress to be Oscar-nominated (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm).
Diversity - A record nine of the 20 acting nominees are people of colour: Andra Day, Chadwick Boseman, Leslie Odom Jr., LaKeith Stanfield, Riz Ahmed, Daniel Kaluuya, Viola Davis, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-Jung.
Academy Awards Ceremony - Will be held on April 25 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the first time, as well as at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.