Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o has received a 2014 Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her role in Steve McQueen’s film ’12 Years a Slave’. Somali actor, Barkhad Abdi has also been nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie ‘Captain Phillips’.
Lupita becomes the first Kenyan to get an Oscar Nomination.
The former MTV Shuga TV show star has received a lot of positive press recently and has also been nominated for the Golden Globes (which she lost out to Jennifer Lawrence) and the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).
12 Years a slave has also received nominations in:
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director
3. Best Actor
4. Best Supporting Actor
The other nominations in the different categories are below:
Best picture
“12 Years a Slave”
“American Hustle”
“Captain Phillips”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Gravity”
“Her”
“Nebraska”
“Philomena”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Director
Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”
David O. Russell, “American Hustle”
Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Lead actor
Christian Bale, “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Lead actress
Amy Adams, “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Judi Dench, “Philomena”
Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”
Sandra Bullock, “Gravity”
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillipsâ€
Bradley Cooper, “American Hustleâ€
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slaveâ€
Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Streetâ€
Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Clubâ€
Supporting actress
Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmineâ€
Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustleâ€
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slaveâ€
Julia Roberts, “August: Osage Countyâ€
June Squibb, “Nebraskaâ€
Animated feature film
“The Croodsâ€
“Despicable Me 2â€
“Ernest & Celestineâ€
“Frozenâ€
“The Wind Risesâ€
Cinematography
“The Grandmaster,†Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity,†Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis,†Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska,†Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners,†Roger A. Deakins
Costume design
“American Hustle,†Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster,†William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby,†Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman,†Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave,†Patricia Norris
Documentary feature
“The Act of Killingâ€
“Cutie and the Boxerâ€
“Dirty Warsâ€
“The Squareâ€
“20 Feet from Stardomâ€
Documentary short subject
“CaveDiggerâ€
“Facing Fearâ€
“Karama Has No Wallsâ€
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Lifeâ€
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hallâ€
Film editing
“American Hustle,†Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips,†Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club,†John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity,†Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave,†Joe Walker
Foreign language film
“The Broken Circle Breakdown,†Belgium
“The Great Beauty,†Italy
“The Hunt,†Denmark
“The Missing Picture,†Cambodia
“Omar,†Palestine
Makeup and hairstyling
“Dallas Buyers Club,†Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,†Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger,†Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Original score
“The Book Thief,†John Williams
“Gravity,†Steven Price
“Her,†William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena,†Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks,†Thomas Newman
Original song
“Alone Yet Not Alone†from “Alone Yet Not Aloneâ€
“Happy†from “Despicable Me 2â€
“Let It Go†from “Frozenâ€
“The Moon Song†from “Herâ€
“Ordinary Love†from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedomâ€
Production design
“American Hustle,†Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity,†Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby,†Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her,†Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave,†Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Animated short film
“Feralâ€
“Get a Horse!â€
“Mr. Hublotâ€
“Possessionsâ€
“Room on the Broomâ€
Live action short film
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)â€
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)â€
“Heliumâ€
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)â€
“The Voorman Problemâ€
Sound editing
“All Is Lost,†Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips,†Oliver Tarney
“Gravity,†Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,†Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor,†Wylie Stateman
Sound mixing
“Captain Phillips,†Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity,†Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,†Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis,†Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor,†Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Visual effects
“Gravity,†Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,†Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3,†Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger,†Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness,†Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Adapted screenplay
“Before Midnight,†written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips,†screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena,†screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave,†screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street,†screenplay by Terence Winter
Original screenplay
“American Hustle,†written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine,†written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club,†written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her,†written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska,†written by Bob Nelson