Who won Oscars for 2025? See the full winners list here

“Anora” won big at the 2025 Oscars, taking home multiple awards, including best picture and best director, at the 97th Academy Awards.

“Emilia Pérez” had the most nominations this year with 13, including nods for best picture, best director, best writing and multiple acting nominations. Karla Sofía Gascón made Oscar history when she became the first transgender woman to be nominated in any acting category when she received a best actress nomination for playing the film’s title role. Her Oscar campaign, however, has since become marred by controversy after offensive posts she made on social media surfaced, and the award went to Mikey Madison, who starred in “Anora.”

“Wicked,” based on the hit Broadway musical, and “The Brutalist” both came in second with 10 nominations each, and were also competing for best picture, best director and a slew of acting nominations.

Ariana Grande was up for best supporting actress for her role as Galinda, the good witch, in “Wicked,” but ultimately lost out to Zoe Saldaña — who became the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar.

Adrian Brody won his second best actor Oscar for his role as architect László Tóth in “The Brutalist.” When Brody won his first Oscar for 2002’s “The Pianist” at age 29, he became the youngest person to win the award. Timothée Chalamet was also nominated for best actor for his performance as the iconic folk singer Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” and had been hoping to break Brody’s record. Also nominated in the category were Ralph Fiennes, who starred in “Conclave,” Colman Domingo and Sebastian Stan, who could have become the first person to ever win best actor for playing the sitting U.S. president had he gone home with the award.

Rounding out the best picture category were “Dune: Part Two,” “Anora,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys” and “The Substance.”

Former “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien helmed this year’s ceremony. A two-time host of the Emmys, this was O’Brien’s first time as master of ceremonies for the Academy Awards. 

Below is the full list of winners and nominees as each category is announced:

Best picture

• “Anora” — Winner
• “The Brutalist”
• “A Complete Unknown”
• “Conclave”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Emilia Pérez”
• “I’m Still Here”
• “Nickel Boys”
• “The Substance”
• “Wicked”

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

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