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Oscars 2025: The complete list of winners

Adrien Brody, left, winner of the best actor award for The Brutalist, Mikey Madison, winner of the best actress award for Anora, Zoe Saldaña winner of the best actress in a supporting role award for Emilia Pérez, and Kieran Culkin winner of the best actor in a supporting role award for A Real Pain, pose in the press room during the 97th Academy Awards.
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Adrien Brody, left, winner of the best actor award for The Brutalist, Mikey Madison, winner of the best actress award for Anora, Zoe Saldaña winner of the best actress in a supporting role award for Emilia Pérez, and Kieran Culkin winner of the best actor in a supporting role award for A Real Pain, pose in the press room during the 97th Academy Awards.

Updated March 02, 2025 at 22:44 PM ET

The 97th Academy Awards took place Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Anora won five Oscars, including best picture, best actress, achievements in directing and editing, and best original screenplay.

Zoe Saldaña won the Academy Award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance in Emilia Pérez, making her the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar. Paul Tazewell won the Academy Award for costume design for his work on Wicked, making him the first Black male to win in the category.

The ceremony aired on ABC and streamed on Hulu. Hosted by Conan O'Brien, the Oscars took place in the aftermath of devastating Los Angeles wildfires. You can read our takeaways here and check out our red carpet coverage here.

Below is the full list of 2025 Academy Award winners and nominees.

Best picture

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

Achievement in directing

WINNER: Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown, James Mangold
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

Performance by an actor in a leading role

WINNER: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Performance by an actress in a leading role

WINNER: Mikey Madison, Anora
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best animated feature film

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

Best international feature film

WINNER: I'm Still Here, Brazil
The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
Emilia Pérez, France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
Flow, Latvia

Best documentary feature film

WINNER: No Other Land
Black Box Diaries
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane

Original Score

WINNER: The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

Achievement in cinematography

WINNER: The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best live action short film

WINNER: I'm Not a Robot
A Lien
Anuja
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Achievement in visual effects

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

Achievement in sound

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

Best documentary short film

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

Original Song

WINNER: "El Mal" from Emilia Pérez
"The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight
"Like A Bird" from Sing Sing
"Mi Camino" from Emilia Pérez
"Never Too Late" from Elton John: Never Too Late

Achievement in production design

WINNER: Wicked
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu

Achievement in film editing

WINNER: Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, David Jancso
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

WINNER: The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
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
Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

WINNER: Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan
A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
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)

WINNER: Anora, Written by Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat
September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

Achievement in costume design

WINNER: Wicked
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu

Best animated short film

WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Beautiful Men
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

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