Oscars: CODA Wins Best Picture of 2021

Here are the top four categories and the winners at the 94th Academy Awards that were held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 27, 2022, honoring films released in 2021, their producers, stars and directors:

Best Motion Picture: WINNER: CODA
(Producers: Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger)
Also nominated:
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: WILL SMITH – King Richard
Also nominated: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: JESSICA CHASTAIN – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Also nominated: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: TROY KOTSUR – CODA
Also nominated: Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: ARIANA DeBOSE – West Side Story
Also nominated: Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Best Achievement in Directing
WINNER: JANE CAMPION, The Power of the Dog
Also nominated: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story