2026 Oscars: Full list as Nigerian-British actress Mosaku among nominees
2026-03-15 - 11:47
The 2026 Oscars award will hold on Sunday, March 15, 2026, with Nigerian-British actress Wunmi Mosaku among this year’s nominees. Mosaku earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sinners, making her one of the notable names with Nigerian roots in contention at this year’s Oscars. Also nominated for Sinners are Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo. Jordan is in the running for Best Actor, while Lindo secured a nod for Best Supporting Actor. Mosaku joins a competitive field as Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another emerge as two of the films leading this year’s race for major awards. The 98th Academy Awards is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, with Conan O’Brien returning as host. Below is the full list of categories and nominees Below is the full list of categories and nominees: Best Picture Bugonia F1: The Movie Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Best Actor Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon Michael B. Jordan, Sinners Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent Best Actress Jessie Buckley, Hamnet Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value Emma Stone, Bugonia Best Supporting Actor Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein Delroy Lindo, Sinners Sean Penn, One Battle After Another Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value Best Supporting Actress Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value Amy Madigan, Weapons Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Nigeria) Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another Best Director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler, Sinners Original Screenplay Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler, Sinners Adapted Screenplay Will Tracy, Bugonia Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams Animated Feature Arco Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 Documentary Feature The Alabama Solution Come See Me in the Good Light Cutting Through Rocks Mr Nobody Against Putin The Perfect Neighbour International Feature The Secret Agent, Brazil It Was Just an Accident, France Sentimental Value, Norway Sirāt, Spain The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia Editing Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value Michael P. Shawver, Sinners Cinematography Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams Original Score Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein Max Richter, Hamnet Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another Ludwig Göransson, Sinners Casting Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sinners Production Design Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Costume Design Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash F1: The Movie Jurassic World Rebirth The Lost Bus Sinners Sound F1: The Movie Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Sirāt Makeup and Hairstyling Frankenstein Kokuho Sinners The Smashing Machine The Ugly Stepsister Original Song “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, and Teddy Park “I Lied to You” from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave Live-Action Short Butcher’s Stain A Friend of Dorothy Jane Austen’s Period Drama The Singers Two People Exchanging Saliva Documentary Short All the Empty Rooms Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” The Devil Is Busy Perfectly A Strangeness Vanguard News