Oscars 2025: The complete list of winners
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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.
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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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