Although there were only 170 guests at the 2021 Oscars gala, some decided to go two at a time.
And they were one of those who attracted the most attention in a simpler event than in other years and where each gesture took on special strength.
New, recently married, professional or classic red carpet couples who also wanted to show their union upon arrival at the ceremony.
Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford, at the Oscars of 2021.AMPAS / Reuters
Carey Mulligan, 35, was highly anticipated for her role in
A Promising Girl
, directed by Emerald Fennell (who also appeared with something of a companion: pregnant with her second child).
Mulligan attended with her husband, musician Marcus Mumford, of the group Mumford & Sons, 34 years old and born in California to English parents.
They both lead absolutely discreet lives and hardly ever pose together at events.
They reside in London with their two children, Evelyn and Wilfred.
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Their love story is striking, because they have known each other for decades.
They are childhood friends, they met at religious camps and letters were sent for years.
Although that relationship was broken, a decade ago they reconnected when she went to a Mumford & Sons concert (along with fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal) and saw each other after the recital, to instantly fall in love and get married in less than six months between a hundred of friends.
Paulina Porizkova and Aaron Sorkin, at the Oscars of 2021.Chris Pizzello / POOL / EFE
The surprise of the night was the public debut of one of the couples of the moment: the one formed by screenwriter, producer and director Aaron Sorkin, 59, and former model Paulina Porizkova, 56. He is the creator of
El ala West of the White House
(nominated for screenplay in
Chicago's Trial of the Seven
) was married to Julia Bingham for a decade; While she was one of the first great models in the industry, she just starred in a nude cover in Vogue Czech Republic and that for three decades she was married to singer Ric Ocasek, from whom she separated in 2017 and from whom, after he died. In 2019 and with two children in common, he had no inheritance left. Sorkin and Porizkova have been dating for only two months and this is their first appearance.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, at the Oscars in 2021.POOL / Reuters
The nominee Viola Davis, 55, remained faithful to the red carpet and also to the one who has been her companion for almost two decades: her husband, the actor Julius Tennon, 67. They have been married for 18 years (it is the third marriage for him and her first) and they have a daughter they adopted a decade ago, Genesis.
They also have projects in common, on television, film and theater, because they share a production company, JuVee.
Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza, at the Oscars in 2021.AMPAS / Reuters
British musician and actor Riz Ahmed (38, nominated for best actor for
Sound of Metal
) walked the red carpet with writer Fatima Farheen Mirza, 31. He told the Jimmy Kimmel show that he had proposed to her while they had a picnic and played Scrabble.
The proposal was so informal that the writer thought it was a joke.
The couple married last January, as Ahmed also told in the interview, and the Oscars was their first public appearance.
Margot Robbie and Josey McNamara, at the Oscars of 2021.Chris Pizzello / AP
This time not as an actress, but as a producer nominated for
A Promising Girl
, Margot Robbie was seen. The 30-year-old Australian walked the red carpet with Josey McNamara, her production partner on the film - in fact, the film's lead producer - and co-founder of the production company LuckyChap. A professional couple that surprised many, who expected to see the actress with her husband, also the producer of the film (and co-creator of its production company) Tom Ackerley, whom she met in 2013 on the set of
French Suite
, which she starred in and in which he was an assistant director, and whom he married in 2017. In a few small Oscars, they bet on the professional.
Isla Fisher finishes finishing off Sacha Baron Cohen's costume in Sydney, Australia, at the 2021 Oscars.Rick Rycroft / AP
From Sydney appeared Sacha Baron Cohen (49 years old, nominated as an actor for
The Chicago Trial of the Seven
and as a script for
Borat, film, film, sequel
) and his wife Isla Fisher, 45, of Scottish parents but raised in Australia.
The couple is one of the most stable in entertainment: they have been married for 11 years and have three children.
As is customary for them, they showed off humor in pre-red micro-carpet photos, with Fisher helping Cohen with the finishing touches to his original suit.
Chloe Zhao, with Charlene Swankie (right) and Joshua James Richards (left), at the Oscars in 2021.
Chloe Zhao (39 years old) had not one, but two red carpet couples. The director who won the Oscar for best director for
Nomadland
posed with Joshua James Richards, two years her junior, responsible for photography of the film and also nominated by her (although
Mank
won
). Zhao was researching in the US for his filming of
Nomadland
and then he met the Briton, who was also fascinated with the American Midwest. Then they started dating and he helped bring his script to life by joining his project as cinematographer. But in addition to posing with her partner and partner, the director walked the red carpet with Charlene Swankie, one of the nomads who give life and voice to her film.