This year’s ceremony was hosted by former “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien. Though he had previously hosted the Emmys twice, this marked his first time leading the Academy Awards.”
“Anora” dominated the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night, winning five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the 97th Academy Awards. Sean Baker, who directed, edited, wrote, and co-produced the film, took home four Oscars, tying Walt Disney’s record for the most Academy Awards won by a single person in a single year. However, Baker’s achievement was unique in that all his wins were for the same film, whereas Disney’s 1954 wins spanned four different projects. While Bong Joon-Ho also accepted four Oscars in 2020, one of them—Best International Feature—was awarded to South Korea rather than him personally.
“Emilia Pérez” led this year’s nominations with 13, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, and multiple acting categories. Karla Sofía Gascón made history as the first transgender woman to be nominated in any acting category, earning a Best Actress nod for her titular role. However, her Oscar campaign was overshadowed by controversy when offensive social media posts resurfaced. The Best Actress award ultimately went to Mikey Madison for her performance in “Anora.”
Zoe Saldaña, who became the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar, won Best Supporting Actress—one of only two awards for “Emilia Pérez” that night. Meanwhile, “Wicked,” adapted from the hit Broadway musical, and “The Brutalist” entered the night with 10 nominations each, both competing for Best Picture, Best Director, and several acting categories.
Adrian Brody won his second Best Actor Oscar for portraying architect László Tóth in “The Brutalist.” When he won for “The Pianist” in 2002 at age 29, he became the youngest Best Actor winner in history. Timothée Chalamet, nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” had hoped to break that record. Other nominees in the category included Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Colman Domingo, and Sebastian Stan, who could have made history as the first actor to win for playing a sitting U.S. president.
Here is the complete list of winners and nominees:
Best picture
• “Anora” — Winner
• “The Brutalist”
• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Conclave”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “I’m Still Here”
• “Nickel Boys”
• “The Substance”
• “Wicked”
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Best actress
• Mikey Madison, “Anora” — Winner
• Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
• Karla Sofia Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
• Demi Moore, “The Substance”
• Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Best actor
• Adrian Brody, “The Brutalist” — Winner
• Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
• Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
• Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
• Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Best supporting actor
• Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” — Winner
• Yura Borisov, “Anora”
• Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
• Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
• Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Best supporting actress
• Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” — Winner
• Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
• Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
• Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
• Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Best director
• Sean Baker, “Anora” — Winner
• Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
• James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
• Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
• Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Best cinematography
• “The Brutalist,” Lol Crawley — Winner
• “Dune: Part Two,” Greig Fraser
• “Emilia Pérez,” Paul Guillaume
• “Maria,” Edward Lachman
• “Nosferatu,” Jarin Blaschke
Best animated feature
• “Flow” — Winner
• “Inside Out 2”
• “Memoir of a Snail”
• “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
• “The Wild Robot”
Best animated short
• “In the Shadow of the Cypress” — Winner
• “Beautiful Men”
• “Magic Candies”
• “Wander to Wonder”
• “Yuck!”
Best costume design
• “Wicked,” Paul Tazewell — Winner
• “A Complete Unknown,” Arianne Phillips
• “Conclave,” Lisy Christl
• “Gladiator II,” Janty Yates
• “Nosferatu,” Linda Muir
Best original screenplay
• “Anora,” Sean Baker — Winner
• “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
• “A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg
• “September 5,” Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder
• “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat
Best adapted screenplay
• “Conclave,” Peter Straughan — Winner
• “A Complete Unknown,” Jay Cocks & James Mangold
• “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain & Nicolas Livecchi
• “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
• “Sing Sing,” Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John “Divine G” Whitfield
Best makeup and hairstyling
• “The Substance” — Winner
• “A Different Man”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “Nosferatu”
• “Wicked”
Best film editing
• “Anora,” Sean Baker — Winner
• “The Brutalist,” Dávid Jancsó
• “Conclave,” Nick Emerson
• “Emilia Pérez,” Juliette Welfling
• “Wicked,” Myron Kerstein
Best production design
• “Wicked,” Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales — Winner
• “The Brutalist,” Judy Becker
• “Conclave,” Suzie Davies
• “Dune: Part Two,” Patrice Vermette
• “Nosferatu,” Craig Lathrop
Best original song
• “El Mal,” “Emilia Pérez” (Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard) — Winner
• “Never Too Late,” “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)
• “Mi Camino,” “Emilia Pérez” (Clement Ducol & Camille)
• “Like a Bird,” “Sing Sing” (Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander)
• “The Journey,” “The Six Triple Eight” (Diane Warren)
Best documentary short
• “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” — Winner
• Death by Numbers”
• “I Am Ready, Warden”
• “Incident”
• “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
Best documentary feature
• “No Other Land,” Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor — Winner
• “Black Box Diaries,” Shiori Itō
• “Porcelain War,” Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
• “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” Johan Grimonprez
• “Sugarcane,” Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie
Best sound
• “Dune: Part Two” — Winner
• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “Wicked”
• “The Wild Robot”
Best visual effects
• “Dune: Part Two” — Winner
• “Alien: Romulus”
• “Better Man”
• “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
• “Wicked”
Best live-action short
• “I’m Not a Robot” — Winner
• “A Lien”
• “Anuja”
• “The Last Ranger”
• “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
Best international feature
• “I’m Still Here,” Walter Salles (Brazil) — Winner
• “The Girl with the Needle,” Magnus von Horn (Denmark)
• “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard (France)
• “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany)
• “Flow,” Miguel Gomes (Latvia)
Best original score
• “The Brutalist,” Daniel Blumberg — Winner
• “Conclave,” Volker Bertelmann
• “Emilia Pérez,” Clément Ducol & Camille
• “Wicked,” John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
• “The Wild Robot,” Kris Bowers
