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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Awards & Festivals

Academy Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
Academy Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Academy Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Costume Design
Academy Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Production Design
Academy Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Male Lead
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Supporting Male
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Feature
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Supporting Male
Independent Spirit Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Female Lead
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2020 | 3rd place: Best Performance
American Film Institute Awards
2021 | Winner: Top 10 Movies of the Year
BAFTA Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Costume Design
BAFTA Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Make Up & Hair
Writers Guild of America
2021 | Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes (USA)
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globes (USA)
2021 | Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Winner: Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | 2nd place: Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2021 | Winner: Best Actor
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2021 | Nominee: Best Production Design
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2021 | Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2021 | Nominee: Actress of the Year
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2021 | Winner: Actor of the Year
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Winner: Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Nominee: Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Nominee: Best Original Score
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2020 | Nominee: Best Costume Design
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2021 | Winner: Best Actor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2020 | Winner: Best Ensemble Cast
New York Film Critics
2021 | Winner: Best Use of Music
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best Ensemble
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Austin Film Critics Association
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2021 | Winner: Makeup and Hairstyling (Variety Artisans Award)
Seattle Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
Seattle Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Seattle Film Critics Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Ensemble Cast
Seattle Film Critics Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Costume Design
Gotham Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actor
AACTA International Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Actor
AACTA International Awards
2021 | Nominee: Best Actress
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2021 | Winner: Actress (Desert Palmer Achievement Award)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2021 | Winner: Best Actor
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2021 | Nominee: Josephine Baker Award
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Actress
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Costume Design
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actor
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Production Design
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Ensemble
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Film
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Winner: Outstanding Actor
Black Reel Awards
2021 | Nominee: Outstanding First Screenplay