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The 2021 Oscars are this weekend and while there are frontrunners in plenty of categories, there’s one category in particular that is still very unpredictable.

The Best Actress award could go to any of the five nominees and there is no clear winner right now. Leading up to the Academy Awards, there are four big awards shows that serve as pre-cursors to help predict who will win the Oscar. These four awards are the Golden Globe, the Critics Choice Award, the SAG Award, and the BAFTA.

All four of those awards went to different women this year!

The five nominees are Nomadland‘s Frances McDormand, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom‘s Viola Davis, Promising Young Woman‘s Carey Mulligan, The United States vs. Billie Holliday‘s Andra Day, and Pieces of a Woman‘s Vanessa Kirby.

We’re breaking down each actress’ chance at winning the award.

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The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards event is streaming tonight (April 22) and photos from the pre-taped event have been released!

Zendaya looked gorgeous while walking her first red carpet in over a year and Oscar nominee Andra Day also made an in-person appearance for the awards show.

Other attendees included Laverne Cox, Leslie Jones, Storm Reid, and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke.

Zendaya and Andra are both honorees at the event alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Erivo, and Michaela Coel. The show is being hosted by Laverne and Storm is hosting the pre-show. Leslie and Tarana are two of the evening’s presenters!

Make sure to watch the show on Essence.com and Essence Studios.

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Andra Day is opening up about her Oscar nomination for The United States vs. Billie Holiday during her appearance on Friday’s (April 16) Ellen Degeneres Show.

Guest hosted by Tiffany Haddish, the 36-year-old actress and singer opened up about the iconic role she took on and also revealed what happened to the beautiful bouquet of flowers that Beyonce had sent her after her nomination was announced.

“They’re still kicking, too,” Andra confirmed. “They may be dead, but they’re never leaving my house.”

Andra also just released a new song called “Phone Dies”!

Click inside to hear Andra Day’s brand new song, “Phone Dies” and read the lyrics!More Here! »

Andra Day almost quit acting.

The 36-year-old The United States Vs. Billie Holiday star revealed that she nearly dropped out of acting in an interview for Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast.

During the interview, she discussed her recent Golden Globe Awards win, followed by best actress Oscar nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in the Hulu movie.

“I laugh because it just seems so unreal. I feel like only God could have put something like this together. It reminds me of how much care and dedication people put into this story,” she said.

But researching for the role nearly made her consider quitting.

“I thought I was gonna retire after this movie from acting because I thought, ‘This s–t is too deep.’ I’ve always loved actors and always had respect for them, but now I have a whole new respect for them and how deep they have to go. If I had to do something like this again: not eating, not sleeping, just drinking and smoking, I don’t know if I could survive that s–t,” she said.

“It’s difficult to get these stories funded and to get off the ground. A lot of our narratives have been surprised, so I want to tell stories in movies and music,” she added.

Watch her reaction to the news of winning a Golden Globe!

Andra Day brought us to tears with her reaction to winning the 2021 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her work in the title role in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

When the 36-year-old actress and singer’s name was called as the winner, she became so emotional in a very sweet, happy moment.

“I’m in the presence of giants with Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Vanessa Kirby and Carey Mulligan, you inspire me so much,” she said. “And to the amazing transformative, dynamic, Billie Holiday, who just transformed me with this role, and with her presence and her spirit.”

Andra is the second Black actress to win the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama after Whoopi Goldberg for her work in The Color Purple.

See the entire list of winners right here.

Congratulations!!!!

Andra Day steps out in style for the 2021 Golden Globes on Sunday night (February 28) in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old singer and actress wore a long gray silk tulle Chanel dress, which required over 1000 hours of work to make it. There are over 180,000 embroidered elements on the dress!

Andra‘s look was completed with Chanel Fine Jewelry, a Chanel bag and Chanel makeup.

Andra is up for two awards at tonight’s ceremony: Best Actress in a Motion Picture & Best Original song for The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

If you missed it, see why fans were mad after watching the new movie, which is streaming now on Hulu.

The 2021 Golden Globes, hosted bi-coastally by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, air tonight @ 8/7c on NBC.

Lee Daniels‘ United States Vs. Billie Holiday film finally premiered on Hulu tonight and fans have a lot of thoughts about the flick.

The movie centers on Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, who spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe.

However, not many recall that beginning in the 1940’s in New York City, the federal government targeted Billie in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

After screening the movie, many fans took to social media and opened up about how the movie resonated with them and how mad they are for the treatment Billie was subject to.

“I’m mad as hell the Billie Holiday movie got me pissed off at bae like this,” one fan wrote after watching.

Another added, “This movie made me very sad for Billie Holiday. Black women in general.”

Andra Day, who plays Billie, is nominated at this weekend’s Golden Globes for her role, as well as Best Original Song.

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