Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang Unveil the 2025 Oscar Nominations, ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ Among Top Contenders

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are here. Actress and writer Rachel Sennott joined “Saturday Night Live” and “Wicked” star Bowen Yang in Beverly Hills on Thursday to announce the official nominees for the forthcoming Oscars, which will air on ABC on March 2 at 7 p.m. ET in Los Angeles. Yang opted for a suited look courtesy of Moschino while Sennott went with her iteration of the little black dress for the occasion.

“Emilia Pérez” leads the Oscar nods with 13 nominations, followed by “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” with 10 each. “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón made history in the Best Actress category, becoming the first openly trans performer to earn a nomination.

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The Best Actress category also features a string of impressive narratives between each of its nominees. At the age of 25, Mikey Madison earned her first Oscar nomination for her work in “Anora,” while Cynthia Erivo clinched a nomination for her turn in “Wicked.”

Demi Moore, who won a Golden Globe for her performance in “The Substance,” earned her first Oscar nomination, while Fernanda Torres received a nod for her work in “I’m Still Here.”

Torres’ mother, actress Fernanda Montenegro, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in “Central Station.”

Among the nominees for Best Costume Design, “Wicked” costume designer Paul Tazewell, with whom WWD spoke to in November 2024, picked up a nomination for the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Other nods in the category were handed to “Conclave,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Gladiator II” and “Nosferatu.”

Both “Wicked” and “Nosferatu” also landed nominations in Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Other films nominated in the category include “A Different Man,” “The Substance” and “Emilia Pérez.”

Below, see the full list of the 2025 Oscar nominees.

Best Picture

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

Best Director

Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Perez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofia Gascon, “Emilia Perez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothee Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Pérez”

Best International Feature Film

“I’m Still Here”
“The Girl with the Needle”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Flow”

Best Cinematography

“The Brutalist”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”

Best Adapted Screenplay

“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”

Best Original Screenplay

“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“September 5”
“The Substance”

Best Animated Feature

“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Visual Effects

“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”

Best Editing

“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”

Best Production Design

“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“A Different Man”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Wicked

Best Costume Design

“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Best Sound

“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Documentary Feature

“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”

Best Documentary Short Subject

“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Best Live Action Short

“Alien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent”

Best Animated Short

“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”

Best Original Song

“El Mal,” “Emilia Perez”
“The Journey,” “The Six Triple Eight”
“Like a Bird,” “Sing Sing”
“Mi Camino,” “Emilia Perez”
“Never Too Late,” “Elton John: Never Too Late”

Best Original Score

“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

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