Oscar Winners 2025: Anora!

Anora, about a sex worker in Brooklyn, dominated the 97th Academy Awards, winning best picture, best director, best actress, best editor and original screenplay.

Wicked, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical,won two of the 10 Oscars for which it was nominated, for production design and custom design (Wicked and its connection to theater)

Broadway veteran Kieran Culkin (about to return to Broadway this season in Glengarry Glen Ross) took home an Oscar as best supporting actor for “A Real Pain.”

Below a complete list of the winners 

BEST PICTURE
Anora

Nominees
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

Nominees
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady CorbetThe Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

BEST ACTRESS
Mikey Madison, Anora

Nominees
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi MooreThe Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Nominees
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress 
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Nominees
Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande-Butera — Wicked
Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini — Conclave
Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Nominees
Yura Borisov — Anora
Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain
Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice

Best Original Screenplay
Anora

Nominees
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay 
Conclave

Nominees
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best International Feature Film
I’m Still Here

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

Best Animated Feature Film
Flow

Best Documentary Feature Film 
No Other Land

Nominees
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
Sugarcane

Best Original Score
The Brutalist

Nominees
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Original Song
“El Mal” — Emilia Pérez

Nominees
“The Journey” — Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird” — Sing Sing
“Mi Camino” — Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” — Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Cinematography 
The Brutalist

Nominees
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best Production Design
Wicked

Nominees
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Costume Design
Wicked

Nominees
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Substance

Nominees
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Visual Effects 
Dune Part Two

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

Best Sound
Dune Part Two

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

Best Film Editing
Anora

Nominees
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Live Action Short Film
I’m Not A Robot

Nominees
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Animated Short Film
In The Shadow of the Cypress

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

Best Documentary Short Film
The Only Girl In the Orchestra

Nominees
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

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