NOT SO WHITE

Stars who may change face of awards

ALL FOUR ACTING CATEGORIES

This could be the first year ever that each of the four acting categories is won by a person of color.

The late Chadwick Boseman is considered the favorite for best actor for his performance as a headstrong horn player at a contentious recording session in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

“Judas and the Black Messiah” star Daniel Kaluuya is the front-runner for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, while Yuh-Jung Youn has a strong chance to win best supporting actress for her performance as a grandmother in “Minari,” a drama about a Korean-American family with big dreams.

In the best supporting actress category, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star Viola Davis and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” star Andra Day, who each play real-life singers in their respective films, have both won top honors at previous awards shows this year.

Davis, Boseman, Youn and Kaluuya each won at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this month, marking the first time four actors of color had done so at that event.

CHLOÉ ZHAO

The filmmaker behind “Nomadland,” a drama about a widow traveling the American West by van, has dominated awards season thus far, winning top director honors at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Directors Guild of America ceremonies.

If Zhao wins best director at the Oscars like many are predicting, she would become the first woman of color to win the honor.

Zhao would also be only the second woman to be named best director, following Kathryn Bigelow, who received the award in 2010 for the war movie “The Hurt Locker.”

VIOLA DAVIS

When Davis was nominated for best actress for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” last month, she became the first Black woman to receive four Oscar nods. With a win, she’d become the first to win two Oscars.

Davis was named best supporting actress in 2017 for the film adaptation of August Wilson’s stage drama “Fences.” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is also based on a

YUH-JUNG YOUN

Youn, who’s up for best supporting actress for her performance in “Minari” as the spirited Soonja, already made history as the first Korean actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, so a win would be a groundbreaking achievement.

The 73-year-old has a solid shot — she was already honored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the BAFTAs earlier this year.

STEVEN YEUN

After wowing critics with his portrayal of a father who moves his family to rural Arkansas to start a farm, the “Minari” star would be the first Asian-American performer to win best actor. He’s the first Asian-American actor to ever be nominated in the category.

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Should Boseman be named best actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” he’d become the second to receive that Oscar posthumously, and the first performer of color. The first was Peter Finch in 1977 for the social satire “Network.”

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was the final film role for Boseman, who died last August at age 43 following a four-year battle with colon cancer.

The Golden Globes, NAACP Image Awards and SAG Awards each named

Boseman best actor this year.