List of African Academy Award winners and nominees
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This is a list of African Academy Award winners and nominees, including Academy Award winners and nominees who are from Africa by birth or citizenship.
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Best Actress
Best Actress | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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2003 | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos | Won | |
2005 | North Country | Josey Aimes | Nominated |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1962 | Omar Sharif | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali | Nominated | |
2003 | Djimon Hounsou | In America | Mateo | Nominated | |
2006 | Blood Diamond | Solomon Vandy | Nominated | ||
2013 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abdiwali Muse | Nominated |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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2013 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey | Won | Nyong'o was born in Mexico. |
Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is awarded to a country, not to an individual, and the submitting country is the officially designated nominee in this category.
Academy Award for Foreign Language Film | |||||
Year | Country | Flag | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1969 | Algeria | ![]() |
Z | Won | First African film to win an Academy Award. |
1976 | Ivory Coast | ![]() |
Black and White in Color | Won | |
1983 | Algeria | ![]() |
Le Bal | Nominated | |
1995 | Dust of Life | Nominated | |||
2004 | South Africa | ![]() |
Yesterday | Nominated | |
2005 | Tsotsi | Won | First non-French-language African film to win in this category. | ||
2006 | Algeria | ![]() |
Days of Glory | Nominated | |
2010 | Outside the Law | Nominated | |||
2014 | Mauritania | ![]() |
Timbuktu | Nominated |
Best Documentary Feature
Academy Award for Documentary Feature | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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2013 | Jehane Noujaim (director) | The Square | Nominated |
Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Film Editing | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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2015 | Margaret Sixel | Mad Max: Fury Road | Won | Sixel is a South African-born Australian |
Best Music, Original Score
Academy Award for Original Music Score | |||||
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1985 | Caiphus Semenya | ![]() |
The Color Purple | Nominated | |
1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | ![]() |
Cry Freedom | Nominated |
Best Music, Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone |
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1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | "Cry Freedom" | Nominated | Nominated with George Fenton |
2012 | Herbert Kretzmer | Les Misérables | "Suddenly" | Nominated | Kretzmer is a South African-born Englishman. Nominated with Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg |
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone |
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2009 | Neill Blomkamp | District 9 | Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp |
Nominated |