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BAFTAs 2021 tonight (April 11), becoming only the second woman to walk away with the prize for Best Director.Zhao was nominated for her work helming Nomadland and was shortlisted in the category alongside Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell, Babyteeth’s Shannon Murphy, Another Round’s Thomas Vinterberg, Minari’s Lee Isaac Chung, Rocks’ Sarah Gavron and Quo Vadis, Aida?’s Jasmila Žbanić.This year saw the most women nominated for Best Director in the awards show’s history with four female nominees, as the BAFTAs’ improved diversity across its shortlists.The only other woman to win Best Director at the British awards show is Kathryn Bigelow, who won the award in 2010 for The Hurt Locker.

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