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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jehane Noujaim (director) | The Square | Nominated | |
Best Film Editing
| Academy Award for Film Editing | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Neill Blomkamp | District 9 | Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp |
Nominated | |
See also
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Academy Awards lists
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| Combined major Oscars | |
| Combined major awards | |
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