Oscars 2021: Nominee Olivia Colman walks red carpet at London Academy Awards screening

She is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Father opposite Anthony Hopkins. 

And Olivia Colman looked radiant as ever as she arrived at the Oscars red carpet for a screening of the 93rd Academy Awards in London on Sunday.

The actress, 47, exuded glamour in a red long-sleeved dress with a turtle neck and pleated hemline for the socially-distanced event.

The garment also featured a matching belt while the film star added height to her frame with a pair of matching heels.

Olivia, who previously won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in The Favourite, added to her outfit with a gold clutch bag.

The actress completed her look for the event with a pair of shimmering silver earrings. 

Also in attendance at the London screening was Gary Oldman who is nominated for Best Actor for the third time for his role in Mank.

The actor, 63, looked dapper in a black suit with a light blue vest and a black bow tie. 

Lakeith Stanfield was another famous face at the London screening where he arrived on the red carpet in a black blazer and matching trousers.

The actor, 29, also sported a white shirt with a large collar along with a black belt and a pair of sunglasses.

Lakeith is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this year’s awards for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. 

The 93rd Academy Awards marks the first time Tinseltown’s finest have assembled in over a year, for a three-hour show that co-producer Steven Soderbergh has described as being ‘like a movie.’

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is hosting the delayed ceremony at the historic Union Station in Los Angeles, California where socially distanced movie stars can go mask-free while on-camera or seated in the main show room.

Built in 1939, the national historic landmark and its main terminal is 161,000 square feet, creating plenty of room for theatrics on Hollywood’s biggest night. 

During normal times, when COVID restrictions haven’t crimped travel, more than 100,000 people a day walk through its halls.

Comparatively the Dolby Theatre, where the glitzy event is usually held, can only seat around 3,300 people which would have created difficulties in putting on an award show amid the pandemic.

But in the spacious station, believed to be large enough to accommodate social distancing requirements with its soaring main hall featuring windows that are 40-feet high, stars have more room to mingle and maneuver.

Sticking to a ‘No Zoom’ policy unlike other shows that have taken place this awards season, Academy organizers have teased a ‘British hub’ for UK actors who are unable to make it in person, as well as another rumored ‘surprise location.’

During a year that saw movie theatres closed due to the pandemic, there were eight new films that did manage to impress Academy voters enough to be in contention for Hollywood’s biggest award, the Oscar for Best Picture (last year there were nine nominees in the category.)

While blockbusters may be absent this year, there have been a wide range of movies that have caught the attention of Academy voters, including the lavish Mank, Netflix’s ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried.

Another strong contender is Minari, an indie drama about Korean immigrants scraping out a living off the land in rural America, written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Steven Yeun.

The eight films in the top category this year are The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

It is the first time that two female directors have ever been nominated in the Best Director category, with Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) both receiving nods. Only five women have ever been nominated in the category before.

An official spokesperson called this year’s event ‘an Oscars like none other, while prioritizing the public health and safety of all those who will participate.’

The Academy and ABC will certainly be hoping that their ambitious plans will drum up more excitement than they have elsewhere during a dismal award seasons, after the virtual Golden Globes plunged to 6.9 million viewers this year – a 64 percent drop from 2020.