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Riz Ahmed’s sweet moment with wife Fatima Farheen Mirza on Oscars red carpet has us swooning as they make public debut
Riz Ahmed and Fatina Marheen Mirza made their red carpet debut at Oscars 2021 with the most sweet moment that has fans swooning.
The Sound Of Metal star, who is nominated in the best actor category, recently revealed he and novelist Fatima had married after meeting in New York.
Appearing at tonight’s glitzy ceremony, though, it was clear the pair were relationship goals as Riz made sure his partner was feeling comfortable in front of the flashing lights.
Case in point when he stopped the photographers to help fix Fatima’s hair.
In video broadcast from the red carpet ahead of the ceremony, Riz was seen turning to photographers and saying ‘one second’ as he turned towards his wife and began to smooth her hair behind her shoulders as she smiled up at him.
He added: ‘I’m the official groomer for the evening.’
Afterwards, Riz and his wife, the author of A Place for Us, beamed as they posed for cameras.
As our hearts melted.
Recently Riz revealed he had tied the knot after they met in New York while he was preparing for his latest film.
Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he said: ‘She’s an amazing novelist. We met so randomly while I was preparing for this role, for Sound Of Metal when I was in New York.
‘We both sat down at the same table in the cafe where we both turned up to write. We were both jostling over the same laptop plug points, like a very modern way of meeting.
‘And we struck up a friendship and reconnected down the line. But it’s weirdly like one of the many things about preparing for this role that was so special, it just brought a lot of goodness into my life.
‘Obviously I met Fatima for the first time and met so many people in the deaf community that have become friends. There’s just something about this whole period around this film that was kind of life changing.’
Fatima is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include A Place for Us. She was raised in California, according to her website.
Riz, who as well as acting is also a rapper, joked about the supposed ‘secret’ wedding.
He told the TV host: ‘It’s a weird one because we live in a social media age if you don’t get on the megaphone about stuff it’s like, it’s a secret. But I never know how much is oversharing.’
Oscars 2021 nominations
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Actress in a leading role
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Actress in a supporting role
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Actor in a supporting role
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr – One Night In Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best costume design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinnochio
Best original score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best adapted screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
The White Tiger
Best original screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Animated short film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Live action short film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Documentary feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Documentary short subject
Colette
A Concierto is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
International Feature Film
Another Round – Denmark
Better Days – Hong Kong
Collective – Romania
The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Film editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
Makeup and hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Animated feature film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Original song
Fight For You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
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