'' Zero Dark Thirty '' was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards : Best Picture , Best Actress , Best Original Screenplay , Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing . Paul N. J. Ottosson won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing , tying with '' Skyfall '' . This was only the sixth tie in Academy Awards history , and the first since 1994 . '' Zero Dark Thirty '' was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards at the 70th Golden Globe Awards , including Best Motion Picture – Drama , Best Director , Best Screenplay , with Chastain winning Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
85th Academy Awards
85th Academy Awards
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