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Oscars: Chloe Zhao Becomes Second Woman to Win Best Director

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26.04.2021 - 07:07

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Chloé Zhao has become only the second woman to ever win the Academy Award for best director, accepting the prize at the 2021 Oscars.

The award was presented by last year's winner, Bong Joon Ho, in Seoul, before Zhao took the stage to accept it at the awards' main venue, Los Angeles' Union Station.

The Nomadland helmer, who was widely expected to win after she swept up numerous precursor awards, is the first woman to win the directing Oscar since Kathryn Bigelow, who won for The Hurt Locker in 2010.

When Bigelow won, becoming the first woman to win that award, presenter Barbra Streisand said "the time has come," before reading Bigelow's name.

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