Critics Choice Awards Announces Netflix’s ‘Ozark’ and ‘The Crown’ Are up for Top Nominations

The Critics Choice awards announced that Netflix originals, Ozark and The Crown took the lead in nominations for Best Drama category. 

The 26th annual Critics Choice Awards will be held on Sunday, March 7 from 7-9 p.m ET/PT. The award show will be hosted by American actor and singer, Taye Diggs. The official Instagram account for Critics Choice announced on January 18 the nominees for this year’s awards show. A photo was posted captioned “Ozark and The Crown lead with six nominations each!”

The Netflix original, Ozark is a drama series based on award-winning actor Jason Bateman, portrayed as Marty Byrde who moves his wife Wendy, played by Laura Linney, and two kids to an area in the Ozarks. Soon Marty becomes involved with money-laundering in which he needs to pay off a Mexican drug lord in hopes that his family stays safe.

Ozark’s, Bateman, and Linney were selected for Best Actor and Actress in a Drama Series. Tom Pelphrey, Julia Garner, and Janet McTeer were also nominated for their supporting roles. 

The Crown, a four-season drama series that was released in 2016 portrays the legendary life of Queen Elizabeth, played by Olivia Coleman, and events such as her marriage with Phillip Duke, played by Tobias Menzies. The series takes place from the 1940s capturing events that shape the early 21st century.

Members of the cast of The Crown were also nominated for the category of Best Actor and Actress in a Drama Series. Josh O’Connor is nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series along with actresses, Olivia Coleman and Emma Corrin nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Nominated for their supporting roles are actor, Menzies and actress, Gillian Anderson.

The Crown actor, Menzies expressed to Twitter how honored he was for the nomination.

Thanks so much to @CriticsChoice, delighted to be nominated along side such a brilliant group actors https://t.co/LbqOCUhmhV

— Tobias Menzies (@TobiasMenzies) January 19, 2021

Both of these Netflix series contributed to the total of 26 nominations of Netflix originals at the Critics Choice Awards. Tune into The CW Television network on March 7 to find out the winners.

To get more updates about the categories and nominees for this years Critics Choice Awards follow the official Twitter account.

To follow the official account for Ozark click here.

To follow the official account for The Crown click here.