Chadwick Boseman takes home Best Actor for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom while Carey Mulligan wins Best Actress for Promising Young Woman at Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Just four months after his tragic passing, the late Chadwick Boseman picked up a posthumous award for his final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Boseman, who passed from colon cancer in late August, won Best Actor at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards on Sunday afternoon.
Carey Mulligan took home the Best Actress award for her performance in Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman, arriving in theaters on Christmas Day.
Best Actor: Just four months after his tragic passing, the late Chadwick Boseman picked up a posthumous award for his final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan took home the Best Actress award for her performance in Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman, arriving in theaters on Christmas Day
Boseman plays Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, alongside Viola Davis’ title character, based on the play of the same name by August Wilson.
Boseman beat out Riz Ahmed, who was named runner-up in the category for his performance in The Sound of Metal.
The late actor’s co-star Glynn Turman also won for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance as Toledo, with the 73-year-old becoming the oldest actor to win the award.
Last role: Boseman plays Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, alongside Viola Davis’ title character, based on the play of the same name by August Wilson
Viola Davis also took runner-up to Promising Young Woman’s Mulligan in the Best Actress category.
Mulligan has also won the Sunset Film Circle Awards for her portraying Cassandra, a woman haunted by her past who seeks vengeance against the men who try to take advantage of her.
Promising Young Woman writer-director Emerald Fennell also won Best Screenplay, with Eliza Hittman getting runner-up for Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
Cassandra: Mulligan has also won the Sunset Film Circle Awards for her portraying Cassandra, a woman haunted by her past who seeks vengeance against the men who try to take advantage of her
Writer-director: Promising Young Woman writer-director Emerald Fennell also won Best Screenplay, with Eliza Hittman getting runner-up for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
The Best Film winner could certainly shake up awards season, with LAFC picking Small Axe, a series of five films directed by Steve McQueen.
Small Axe also won Best Cinematography for Shabier Kirchner’s work behind the camera, while McQueen took runner-up for Best Director to Chloe Zhao for Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand.
Zhao had previously won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Director, and if she wins the National Board of Review, she would be the first woman to win what is known as the ‘precursor trifecta,’ with every other trifecta winner earning an Oscar nomination.
Nomadland: Small Axe also won Best Cinematography for Shabier Kirchner’s work behind the camera, while McQueen took runner-up for Best Director to Chloe Zhao for Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand
Other winners include taking Best Supporting Actress for Minari, with Amanda Seyfried taking runner-up for Mank.
Wolfwalkers won Best Animated Film, with Soul taking runner-up, while Time earned Best Documentary/Non-Fiction, with Collective getting runner-up.
Beanpole won Best Foreign Language Film, with Martin Eden earning runner-up honors.
You can take a look at the full list of winners and runner-ups below.