The highly anticipated 2025 Oscars showcased strong contenders across all categories. Anora, Wicked, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and The Brutalist generated significant buzz, with Emilia Pérez leading with 13 nominations. However, Anora emerged as the night's big winner, securing four awards, including Best Actress for Mikey Madison. Sean Baker, the film's writer, director, editor, and co-producer, also took home four statues, tying Walt Disney's record for the most Academy Awards won by a single individual.
Zoe Saldaña made history with her Best Supporting Actress win for Emilia Pérez, becoming the first American of Dominican descent to receive the award. In her emotional acceptance speech, she stated, "My grandmother came to this country in 1961 — I am a proud child of immigrant parents. With dreams, dignity, and hardworking hands, I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the last."
Here are all the winners of the 97th Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Best Actor
Winner: Adrian Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: 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
Winner: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Best Director
Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez, Paul Guillaume
Maria, Edward Lachman
Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short
Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Beautiful Men
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Best Costume Design
Winner: Wicked, Paul Tazewell
A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips
Conclave, Lisy Christl
Gladiator II, Janty Yates
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg
September 5, Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave, Peter Straughan
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
Winner: The Substance
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Film Editing
Winner: Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Dávid Jancsó
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein
Best Production Design
Winner: Wicked, Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
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
Winner: The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: No Other Land, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
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
Winner: Dune: Part Two
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best Live-Action Short
Winner: I'm Not a Robot
A Lien
Anuja
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best International Feature
Winner: I'm Still Here, Walter Salles (Brazil)
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
Winner: The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol & Camille
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
