Yahoo Lifestyle Oscars 2025: The Complete List Of Nominees
The 2025 awards season is officially underway with Thursday’s nominations for the Oscars.
Nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards were announced early Thursday at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles by “Saturday Night Live” standout Bowen Yang, who starred in this year’s “Wicked,” and writer-actor Rachel Sennott, who starred in “Saturday Night.”
The announcements arrived after a devastating month for Southern Californians, as the ongoing wildfires in the region have placed tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders and untold numbers of residents have lost their homes.
Academy CEO Bill Kramer told the Los Angeles Times last week that after “consultation with ABC, our board” and major stakeholders in the industry, “we have made the carefully considered decision to proceed with the 97th Oscars ceremony as planned on March 2.”
The Academy did extend the voting period and postponed its announcements by several days, as some of its members are among the affected. Some people called on the Academy to cancel the upcoming ceremony entirely, but the show is slated to go on — with a lot of competition in play now.
“Emilia Pérez” is leading in all categories with a whopping 13 nominations, including a first-time nod for actor Zoe Saldaña. “The Brutalist” follows with 10 nominations, including three in the acting categories for Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and 2003 Oscar winner Adrien Brody.
“Wicked” earned 10 nominations, including a surprise first-time nod for star Ariana Grande, while “Conclave” and “A Complete Unknown” each earned eight — including a second-ever Oscar nod for Timothée Chalamet, who learned how to sing and play guitar to portray Bob Dylan in the film.
Among the biggest surprises are “Emilia Pérez” actor Karla Sofía Gascón becoming the first trans woman to be nominated in the Best Actress category, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross not scoring a nomination in the Best Original Score bracket for their work on “Challengers.”
Yang cheered when Sebastian Stan was named in the Best Actor category for “The Apprentice,” where Stan plays a young Donald Trump. The real-life Trump tried to delay the film’s release until after last year’s election. Whether the president will react to Stan’s nod remains to be seen.
Perhaps most surprising is that every nominee for Best Director this year has never been nominated in that category before ― something that hasn’t happened since 1998 ― and that Demi Moore, who gave a moving speech after winning a Golden Globe earlier this year, just might win her first Oscar.
Conan O’Brien will host the Oscars for the first time in his career when the ceremony airs March 2 on ABC and its website, Hulu Live TV and elsewhere.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Actor In A Supporting Role
Yura Borisov (“Anora”)
Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”)
Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”)
Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”)
Actress In A Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro (“A Complete Unknown”)
Ariana Grande (“Wicked”)
Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”)
Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”)
Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”)
Makeup And Hairstyling
“A Different Man” (Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado)
“Emilia Pérez” (Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini)
“Nosferatu” (David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton)
“The Substance” (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)
“Wicked” (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)
Music (Original Score)
“The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg)
“Conclave” (Volker Bertelmann)
“Emilia Pérez” (Clément Ducol and Camille)
“Wicked” (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
“The Wild Robot” (Kris Bowers)
Music (Original Song)
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol)
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Best Short Film (Live Action)
“A Lien” (Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz)
“Anuja” (Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai)
“I’m Not a Robot” (Victoria Warmerdam and Trent)
“The Last Ranger” (Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw)
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” (Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek)
Best Short Film (Animated)
“Beautiful Men” (Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande)
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” (Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi)
“Magic Candies” (Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio)
“Wander to Wonder” (Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper)
“Yuck!” (Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“A Complete Unknown” (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
“Conclave” (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)
“Emilia Pérez” (Screenplay by Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)
“Nickel Boys” (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)
“Sing Sing” (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Anora” (Written by Sean Baker)
“The Brutalist” (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
“A Real Pain” (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)
“September 5” (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David)
“The Substance” (Written by Coralie Fargeat)
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Black Box Diaries” (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin)
“No Other Land” (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham)
“Porcelain War” (Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen)
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety)
“Sugarcane” (Nominees to be determined)
Best Documentary Short Film
“Death by Numbers” (Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard)
“I Am Ready, Warden” (Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp)
“Incident” (Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven)
“Instruments of a Beating Heart” (Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari)
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington)
Best International Feature Film
“I’m Still Here” (Brazil)
“The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark)
“Emilia Pérez (France)
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
“Flow” (Latvia)
Best Animated Feature Film
“Flow” (Nominees to be determined)
“Inside Out 2” (Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen)
“Memoir of a Snail” (Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney)
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Nominees to be determined)
“The Wild Robot” (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)
Production Design
“The Brutalist” (Production design by Judy Becker; set decoration by Patricia Cuccia)
“Conclave” (Production design by Suzie Davies; set decoration by Cynthia Sleiter)
“Dune: Part Two” (Production design by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Shane Vieau)
“Nosferatu” (Production design by Craig Lathrop; set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerová)
“Wicked” (Production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Lee Sandales)
Best Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown” (Arianne Phillips)
“Conclave” (Lisy Christl)
“Gladiator II” (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
“Nosferatu” (Linda Muir)
“Wicked” (Paul Tazewell)
Film Editing
“Anora” (Sean Baker)
“The Brutalist” (David Jancso)
“Conclave” (Nick Emerson)
“Emilia Pérez” (Juliette Welfling)
“Wicked” (Myron Kerstein)
Sound
“A Complete Unknown” (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
“Dune: Part Two” (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)
“Emilia Pérez” (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)
“Wicked” (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)
“The Wild Robot” (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)
Visual Effects
“Alien: Romulus” (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
“Better Man” (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
“Dune: Part Two” (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer)
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)
“Wicked” (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)
Cinematography
“The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley)
“Dune: Part Two” (Greig Fraser)
“Emilia Pérez” (Paul Guilhaume)
“Maria” (Ed Lachman)
“Nosferatu” (Jarin Blaschke)
Actor In A Leading Role
Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”)
Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”)
Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”)
Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”)
Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”)
Actress In A Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”)
Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”)
Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
Demi Moore (“The Substance”)
Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”)
Directing
Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”)
James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”)
Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)
Best Picture
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
