Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Other than pink, that is.

How on earth is this person considered a person of color?

Hmmm. If we're extending it to nominees, here are some additional names not yet mentioned from the same time period:

Tom Hanks, Big (Penny Marshall)
Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee)
Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee)
Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion)
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth (Shekar Kapoor)
Meryl Streep, One True Thing (Carl Franklin)
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
Salma Hayek, Frida (Julie Taymor)
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Holly Hunter, Thirteen (Catherine Hardwicke)
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia (Nora Ephron)
Michael Keaton, Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Edward Norton, Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Emma Stone, Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu)
Tom Hardy, The Revenant (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu)
Sylvester Stallone, Creed (Ryan Coogler)

From this year:
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water (Guillermo Del Toro)
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water (Guillermo Del Toro)
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water (Guillermo Del Toro)
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out (Jordan Peele)
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound (Dee Rees)

Are we missing anyone else?

Off the top of my head, some additional nominees:

Adriana Barazza, Babel
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Marlon Brando, A Dry White Season
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Robert De Niro, Awakenings
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
William Hurt, Children of a Lesser God
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Piper Laurie, Children of a Lesser God
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Frances McDormand, North Country
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Charlize Theron, North Country

The list seems to be complete, but the list of non-winning nominees isn't all that expansive. This is all I could think of:

Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
Jane Alexander, Testament(Lynne Littman)
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces (Barbra Streisand)
Sandra Bullock, Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
Giancarlo Giannini, Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmuller)
Tom Hardy, The Revenant (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Naomie Harris, Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Ethan Hawke, Training Day (F. Gary Gray)
Amy Irving, Yentl (Barbra Streisand)
Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce)
Denzel Washington, Fences (Denzel Washington)
Denzel Washington, Malcom X (Spike Lee)

It has been noted at this year's Oscars that Mary J. Blige is actually the very first actress to be directed to an Oscar nominations by a woman of color which was a bit surprising to me so I thought, how many performers were directed to Oscar wins by either women or POC? Here's a (probably) incomplete list, let me know who I'm missing:

William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider-Woman (Hector Babenco)
Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines)
Holly Hunter, The Piano (Jane Campion)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (Jane Campion)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce)
Denzel Washington, Training Day (F. Gary Gray)
Charlize Theron, Monster (Patty Jenkins)
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (Valerie Faris)
Mo'Nique, Precious (Lee Daniels)
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady (Phyllida Lloyd)
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Viola Davis, Fences (Denzel Washington)

Does anyone have the answer to the question of who's the first actor ever NOMINATED for a film directed by either a woman or a POC? Is the answer Carol Kane in Hester Street? Anyone even earlier than that? Thanks!