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KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO 2021 Critics Choice Awards: Full winners list

2021 Critics Choice Awards: Full winners list

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Awards season continues this Sunday with the 2021 Critics Choice Awards.

The 26th annual Critics Choice Awards aired on Sunday, March 7 at 7pm ET on The CW.

Taye Diggs returned as host for this year’s ceremony, with an all-star roster of celebrity presenters including Kevin Bacon, Gal Gadot, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Angela Bassett, Orlando Bloom, Chris Hemsworth and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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This year’s nominees featured darlings of the 2021 awards season, including films like “Nomadland,” “Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami,” and shows such as “The Crown,” “Ozark” and “The Mandalorian.”

See the full winners list below, updated live during the event by RADIO.COM.

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Best Supporting Actor

WINNER — Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Bill Murray, “On the Rocks”
Leslie Odom, Jr., “One Night in Miami”
Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”

Congratulations to @MariaBakalova96, winner of the #CriticsChoice Award for Best Supporting Actor for her role in #BoratSubsequentMoviefilm @BoratSagdiyev pic.twitter.com/6pIdG4cq8R

— Critics Choice (@CriticsChoice) March 8, 2021

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER — Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

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Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER — Gillian Anderson – “The Crown”
Cynthia Erivo – “The Outsider”
Julia Garner – “Ozark”
Janet McTeer – “Ozark”
Wunmi Mosaku – “Lovecraft Country”
Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul”

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Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER — Michael K. Williams – “Lovecraft Country”
Jonathan Banks – “Better Call Saul”
Justin Hartley – “This Is Us”
John Lithgow – “Perry Mason”
Tobias Menzies – “The Crown”
Tom Pelphrey – “Ozark”

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Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER — Donald Sutherland – “The Undoing”
Daveed Diggs – “The Good Lord Bird”
Joshua Caleb Johnson – “The Good Lord Bird”
Dylan McDermott – “Hollywood”
Glynn Turman – “Fargo”
John Turturro – “The Plot Against America”

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Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER — Uzo Aduba – “Mrs. America”
Betsy Brandt – Soulmates
Marielle Heller – “The Queen’s Gambit”
Margo Martindale – “Mrs. America”
Winona Ryder – “The Plot Against America”
Tracey Ullman – “Mrs. America”

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Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER — Alan Kim, “Minari”
Ryder Allen, “Palmer”
Ibrahima Gueye, “The Life Ahead”
Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Caoilinn Springall, “The Midnight Sky”
Helena Zengel, “News of the World”

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Best Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER — Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Jonathan Majors, “Lovecraft Country”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

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Best Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER — Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Fight”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Jurnee Smollett, “Lovecraft Country”

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Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER — Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”
Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Normal People”
Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
Tessa Thompson, “Sylvie’s Love”

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Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

WINNER — John Boyega, “Small Axe”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Paul Mescal, “Normal People”
Chris Rock, “Fargo”
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much is True”
Morgan Spector, “The Plot Against America”

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Best Comedy

WINNER — “Palm Springs”
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
“The Forty-Year-Old Version”
“The King of Staten Island”
“On the Rocks”
“The Prom”

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Best Comedy Special

WINNERS (2-way tie) — “Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill” / “Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia”
“Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty”
“Hannah Gadsby: Douglas”
“Marc Maron: End Times Fun”
“Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything”

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“One Night in Miami”

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Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER — Daniel Levy – “Schitt’s Creek”
William Fichtner – “Mom”
Harvey Guillén – “What We Do in the Shadows”
Alex Newell – “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”
Mark Proksch – “What We Do in the Shadows”
Andrew Rannells – “Black Monday”

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Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER — Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
Lecy Goranson, “The Conners”
Rita Moreno, “One Day at a Time”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Ashley Park, “Emily in Paris”
Jaime Pressly, “Mom”

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Best Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER — Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Hank Azaria, “Brockmire”
Matt Berry, “What We Do in the Shadows”
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”

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Best Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER — Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Natasia Demetriou, “What We Do in the Shadows”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”

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Best Comedy Series

WINNER — "Ted Lasso"
“Better Things”
“The Flight Attendant”
“Mom”
“PEN15”
“Ramy”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“What We Do in the Shadows”

Never underestimate the outsider.

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— The Crown (@TheCrownNetflix) November 15, 2020

Best Drama Series

WINNER — “The Crown”
“Better Call Saul”
“The Good Fight”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Ozark”
“Perry Mason”
“This Is Us”

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Best Talk Show

WINNER — “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
“Desus & Mero”
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“Red Table Talk”

Best Limited Series

WINNER — “The Queen’s Gambit”
“I May Destroy You”
“Mrs. America”
“Normal People”
“The Plot Against America”
“Small Axe”
“The Undoing”
“Unorthodox”

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SeeHer Award

WINNER — Zendaya

Best Song

WINNER — "Speak Now" – “One Night in Miami”
"Everybody Cries" – “The Outpost”
"Fight for You" – “Judas and the Black Messiah”
"Husavik (My Home Town)" – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
"Io sì (Seen)" – “The Life Ahead”
"Tigress & Tweed" – “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”

Best Director

WINNER — Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods”
Regina King, “One Night in Miami”
Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER — “Minari”
“Another Round”
“Collective”
“La Llorona”
“The Life Ahead”
“Two of Us”

Best Visual Effects

WINNER — “Tenet”
"Greyhound"
“The Invisible Man”
“Mank”
“The Midnight Sky”
“Mulan”
“Wonder Woman 1984”

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER — Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Jack Fincher, “Mank”
Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, “Sound of Metal”
Aaron Sorkin, "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER — Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies, “News of the World”
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father”
Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami”
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Cinematography

WINNER — Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
Christopher Blauvelt, “First Cow”
Erik Messerschmidt, “Mank”
Lachlan Milne, “Minari”
Newton Thomas Sigel, “Da 5 Bloods”
Hoyte Van Hoytema, “Tenet”
Dariusz Wolski, “News of the World”

Best Editing

WINNERS (2-way tie) — Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, “Sound of Metal” / Alan Baumgarten, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Kirk Baxter, “Mank”
Jennifer Lame, “Tenet”
Yorgos Lamprinos, “The Father”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Production Design

WINNER — Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale, “Mank”
Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx, “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan, “News of the World”
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas, “Tenet”
Kave Quinn, Stella Fox, “Emma”
Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Costume Design

WINNER — Ann Roth, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Alexandra Byrne, “Emma”
Bina Daigeler, “Mulan”
Suzie Harman & Robert Worley, “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Nancy Steiner, “Promising Young Woman”
Trish Summerville, “Mank”

Best Hair and Makeup

WINNER — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Emma”
“Hillbilly Elegy”
“Mank”
“Promising Young Woman”
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”

Best Score

WINNER — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, “Soul”
Alexandre Desplat, “The Midnight Sky”
Ludwig Göransson, “Tenet”
James Newton Howard, “News of the World”
Emile Mosseri, “Minari”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, “Mank”

Best Movie Made for Television

WINNER — “Hamilton”
“Bad Education”
“Between the World and Me”
“The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel”
“Sylvie’s Love”
“What the Constitution Means to Me”

Best Short Form Series

WINNER — “Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler”
“The Andy Cohen Diaries”
“Mapleworth Murders”
“Nikki Fre$h”
“Reno 911!”

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Best Actor

WINNER — Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom”
Ben Affleck, “The Way Back”
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Tom Hanks, “News of the World”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”

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Best Actress

WINNER — Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Zendaya, “Malcolm & Marie”

Best Picture

WINNER — “Nomadland”
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey's Black Bottom”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“News of the World”
“One Night in Miami”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

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