Chadwick Boseman has received a Best Actor nomination at the 2021 Oscars. Seven actors before him also were nominated for posthumous honors for their last performances.
Chadwick Boseman’s death in August 2020 led to many tributes being paid to him by the great and good of Hollywood, but the actor could receive one final plaudit for his work. In the nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards, the Black Panther actor is one of five actors nominated for Best Actor. This makes him the eighth actor to be nominated posthumously for Hollywood’s biggest prize. The actor is nominated for his final performance, as Levee Green in Netflix ’s film adaptation of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. This comes a few weeks after the actor won a Golden Globe for his performance, as well as being nominated for a BAFTA. In one of the most emotional moments of the 2021 Golden Globes, Boseman’s award was accepted by his widow Taylor Simone Ledward. „He would thank God,“ she said.
