After collecting a Golden Globe nomination, a BAFTA nod and numerous critics awards in the lead-up to the 93rd Academy Awards, Chadwick Boseman earned a posthumous lead actor Oscar nomination Monday morning for Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” his final feature film performance. It marks the first career Oscar nomination for Boseman, who died in August at the age of 43 after a private battle with cancer. The “Black Panther” star shot to global fame as the Wakandan king T’Challa in Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise, leading 2018’s Academy Award-winning “Black Panther,” the first comic book superhero movie to be nominated for the best picture Oscar. Boseman earned a record four SAG Award nominations in film categories this year with individual nominations for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Da 5 Bloods” and as part of the ensemble casts of both films. When “Black Panther” won the SAG Award for outstanding ensemble in 2019, Boseman delivered a memorable and powerful acceptance speech.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 15, 2021 13:27 UTC