Teyana Taylor Has Best Reaction to One Battle After Another's Critics Choice 2026 Win for Best Picture

As for Teyana, the 35-year-old was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress alongside Wicked: For Good’s Ariana Grande, Weapons’ Amy Madigan, Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku and Sentimental Value’s Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, though the trophy went to Amy.

The show was the topper on an incredible year for the “Gonna Love Me” singer—who shares kids Iman "Junie" Tayla, 10, and Rue Rose, 5, with ex-husband Iman Shumpert—as she previously shared how amazed she was at the recognition she received for the film after so long in the entertainment industry.

“You can see my patience being in this game since I was 15, doing a little bit of everything,” Teyana told The Hollywood Reporter in November. “This moment hits a lot harder than it would’ve if everything had gone my way when I wanted it to.”

In addition to acting, Teyana has made a name for herself as a singer (with four studio albums), a model, a choreographer for Beyoncé and even a reality star, appearing on a 2007 episode of the MTV show My Super Sweet 16.

As for where she is in career right now, Teyana feels everything has fallen into place perfectly, adding, “There’s no such thing as complaining about answered prayers.”

She joked, “Do you know how dope it is to be shown this much love from people who don’t know you from a can of paint?”

For a look at more of the winners from the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, keep reading.

(E! and USA Network are both part of Versant Media.) WINNER: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Cary Christopher - Weapons (Warner Bros.) WINNER: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.) Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.) Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)

Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

WINNER: Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Colleen Atwood, Christine Cantella – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)

Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

WINNER: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (Netflix)

Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal – The Smashing Machine (A24)

Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, Jason Collins – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

WINNER: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson – F1 (Apple Original Films)

Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell – Frankenstein (Netflix)

Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams – Superman (Warner Bros.)

“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films)

WINNER: “Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)

Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu) Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)

David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC) Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)

Watch the Critics Choice Awards 2026 live Sunday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. on E! and USA Network.