2021 Academy Awards Odds For Best Picture, Actor, Actress & More

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Apr 25, 2021, 07:42 PM EDT

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Apr 25, 2021, 07:42 PM EDT

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The 2021 Academy Awards, which usually take place in February, were delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, nominations for the 93rd iteration of Hollywood's Biggest Night made a late mid-March debut with the awards show set to take place on April 25 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Below are betting odds for the Academy Awards as of April 24 and via DraftKings.

New to betting? Favorites have a minus (-) sign and the number indicates the money you would need to risk to win $100, whereas underdogs have a plus (+) sign while that number indicates the money you would win for every $100 bet.

Example: The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a +550 underdog for Best Picture, which means you would net a $550 profit on a $100 bet if it wins. Learn more here.

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Best Picture

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Nomadland	-670	87%
The Trial of the Chicago 7	+600	14.3%
Minari	+1400	6.7%
Promising Young Woman	+1700	5.6%
Mank	+3300	2.9%
Judas and the Black Messiah	+3300	2.9%
The Sound of Metal	+5000	2.0%
The Father	+10000	1%

Best Director

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)	-3335	97.1%
David Fincher (Mank)	+1000	9.1%
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)	+1700	5.6%
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)	+2000	4.8%
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)	+2500	3.9%

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Best Actor

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)	-1667	94.3%
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)	+700	12.5%
Riz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal)	+1400	6.7%
Steven Yeun (Minari)	+2500	3.9%
Gary Oldman (Mank)	+3300	2.9%

Best Actress

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)	+125	44.4%
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)	+200	33.3%
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)	+400	20%
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)	+600	14.3%
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)	+2000	4.8%

How do I interpret betting odds? At +400 odds, Frances McDormand has a 20% implied probability to win Best Actress for her performance in Nomadland. Convert more using our Betting Odds Calculator.

Best Supporting Actor

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)	-2500	96.2%
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)	+1200	7.7%
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)	+1200	7.7%
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)	+1700	5.6%
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)	+3300	2.9%

Best Supporting Actress

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)	-500	83.3%
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)	+375	21.1%
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)	+1000	9.1%
Olivia Colman (The Father)	+2000	4.8%
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)	+3300	2.9%

Best Original Screenplay

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Promising Young Woman	-455	82%
The Trial of the Chicago 7	+275	26.71%
Minari	+1400	6.7%
Sound of Metal	+3300	2.9%
Judas and the Black Messiah	+3300	2.9%

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Nomadland	-400	80%
The Father	+275	26.7%
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	+800	11.1%
One Night in Miami	+1400	6.7%
The White Tiger	+3300	2.9%

Best International Feature

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Another Round (Denmark)	-1250	92.6%
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	+650	13.3%
Collective (Romania)	+1200	7.7%
Better Days (Hong Kong)	+2500	3.9%
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)	+2500	3.9%

Best Documentary Feature

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
My Octopus Teacher	-500	83.3%
Time	+400	20%
Collective	+800	11.1%
Crip Camp	+2000	4.8%
The Mole Agent	+5000	2%

Best Documentary Short Subject

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
A Love Song for Latasha	-250	71.4%
A Concerto is a Conversation	+300	25%
Colette	+1000	9.1%
Hunger Ward	+1200	7.7%
Do Not Split	+1400	6.7%

Best Animated Feature

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Soul	-5000	98%
Wolfwalkers	+700	12.5%
Onward	+2500	3.9%
Over The Moon	+2800	3.5%
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	+4000	2.4%

Best Animated Short

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
If Anything Happens I Love You	-335	77%
Opera	+450	18.2%
Burrow	+650	13.3%
Genius Loci	+1000	9.1%
Yes People	+2500	3.9%

Best Cinematography

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Nomadland	-400	80%
Mank	+350	22.2%
News of the World	+1400	6.7%
Judas and the Black Messiah	+1700	5.6%
The Trial of the Chicago 7	+2000	4.8%

Best Costume Design

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	-500	83.3%
Emma	+350	22.2%
Mank	+1000	9.1%
Pinocchio	+2500	3.9%
Mulan	+3300	2.9%

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	-670	87%
Pinocchio	+550	15.4%
Hillbilly Elegy	+1200	7.7%
Mank	+2000	4.8%
Emma	+2500	3.9%

Best Original Song

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Speak Now (One Night in Miami)	-155	60.8%
Io Sì (Seen) (The Life Ahead)	+225	30.8%
Husavik (Eurovision Song Contest)	+350	22.2%
Fight for You (Judas and the Black Messiah)	+2500	3.9%
Hear My Voice (The Trial of the Chicago 7)	+2500	3.9%

Best Sound

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Sound of Metal	-2500	96.2%
Soul	+1000	9.1%
Mank	+1000	9.1%
Greyhound	+2000	4.8%
News of the World	+3300	2.9%

Best Visual Effects

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Tenet	-560	84.9%
The Midnight Sky	+275	26.7%
Mulan	+1700	5.6%
The One and Only Ivan	+2500	3.9%
Love and Monsters	+2500	3.9%

Best Original Score

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Soul	-1667	94.3%
Mank	+800	11.1%
Minari	+1700	5.6%
Da 5 Bloods	+2500	3.9%
News of the World	+2500	3.9%

Best Film Editing

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Sound of Metal	-118	54.1%
The Trial of the Chicago 7	-110	42.4%
Nomadland	+650	13.3%
The Father	+2000	4.8%
Promising Young Woman	+4000	2.4%

Best Production Design

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
Mank	-560	84.9%
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	+650	13.3%
Tenet	+800	11.1%
News of the World	+2000	4.8%
The Father	+2000	4.8%

Best Live Action Short

Nominee	Odds	Implied Prob.
The Letter Room	-167	62.6%
Two Distant Strangers	+150	40%
Feeling Through	+1200	7.7%
The Present	+1200	7.7%
White Eye	+3300	2.9%

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