A by-the-numbers look at a year of Oscar diversity, firsts

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Andra Day in "The United States vs Billie Holiday." (Takashi Seida/Paramount Pictures via AP) (Takashi Seida, Ā© 2020 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.)

LOS ANGELES ā€“ A look, by the numbers, at notable facts, figures and trivia from the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards:

11 ā€” First-time acting nominees. With the pandemic prompting Hollywood to hold back most of its major motion pictures in 2020, pulling big stars from the competition, newbies became the norm in the four acting categories. First-timers include Amanda Seyfried for ā€œMank," Andra Day for ā€œThe United States vs. Billie Holidayā€ and Paul Raci for ā€œSound of Metal.ā€ The best director category has even fresher faces, with only one repeat nominee, David Fincher, among the five up for the coveted Oscar.

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10 ā€” Nominations for ā€œMank," the most of any film this year, with nods for best picture, best director for Fincher, best actor for Gary Oldman and best supporting actress for Seyfried.

9 ā€” Actors of color nominated, a record. They include Steven Yeun, whose nod for ā€œMinariā€ makes him the first Asian American to be nominated for best actor, and Riz Ahmed, who became the first person of Pakistani descent to be nominated in an acting category with his own best actor nod for ā€œSound of Metal.ā€

8 ā€” Career nominations for Glenn Close, who is up for best supporting actress this year for ā€œHillbilly Elegy.ā€ Her first was for ā€œThe World According to Garpā€ in 1983. She has never won an Oscar.

7 ā€” Actors who have been nominated for Oscars after their deaths, now that Chadwick Boseman has received a posthumous nomination for best actor for ā€œMa Rainey's Black Bottom.ā€ The tragic honor puts him in elite company that includes James Dean, Spencer Tracy, Massimo Troisi and Peter Finch, who became the only man to win best actor posthumously, for ā€œNetworkā€ in 1977. In the best supporting actor category, Heath Ledger and Ralph Richardson were nominated, with Ledger winning for ā€œThe Dark Knightā€ in 2009. Boseman died in August after a long and largely secret battle with colon cancer.

6 ā€” Black actors nominated, Boseman, Day, Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Leslie Odom Jr. and LaKeith Stanfield, after only one, Cynthia Erivo, was nominated last year.

5 ā€” African nations that have received nominations for best international feature, now that Tunisia has its first nominee, ā€œThe Man Who Sold His Skin." Those five nations have combined for 10 nominated films. Along with Tunisia's one, Algeria has had five, South Africa has had two, and Ivory Coast and Mauritania have had one apiece.

4 ā€” Nominations received by ā€œNomadlandā€ director ChloĆ© Zhao, a record for a woman in a record year for women. An unprecedented 70 women received 76 nominations, led by Zhao, who was nominated for director, adapted screenplay, editing, and best picture as a producer. That tops Sofia Coppola and Fran Walsh, who each got three nominations in 2003. Zhao, who is also the first woman of color to be nominated for best director, is joined by ā€œPromising Young Womanā€ director Emerald Fennel in the category, making it the first time two women have been nominated.

3 ā€” Career nominations for Sacha Baron Cohen, thanks to Abbie Hoffman and Borat. Baron Cohen is nominated for best supporting actor for playing Hoffman in ā€œThe Trial of the Chicago 7.ā€ And just as he was for the first ā€œBoratā€ film in 2007, he is nominated for best adapted screenplay this year for ā€œBorat Subsequent Moviefilm.ā€

2 ā€” Career nominations for Olivia Colman, whose nod for ā€œThe Fatherā€ follows 2019's for ā€œThe Favourite.ā€ She is one-for-one after winning best actress, and is nominated for best supporting actress this year.

1 ā€” Man nominated for both best actor and best original song. Odom, who came to fame singing and acting in ā€œHamilton,ā€ has become the first man nominated for both in the same year for ā€œOne Night in Miami,ā€ in which he plays singer Sam Cooke. Three women have done it, all very recently: Mary J. Blige for ā€œMudboundā€ in 2018, Lady Gaga for ā€œA Star is Bornā€ in 2019, and Cynthia Erivo for ā€œHarrietā€ in 2020. Barbra Streisand was the first to be nominated for both, but for different films in different years.

0 ā€” Nominations for director Spike Lee or actor Delroy Lindo, whose ā€œDa 5 Bloodsā€ was among Monday's biggest snubs. The film received just one nomination, for best score.

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This story has been corrected to reflect that Olivia Colman won best actress in 2019, not 2020, and that three women, not four, have been nominated for acting and song in the same year.

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