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Here are the 2025 nominees for the Oscars

Emilia Pérez, Netflix's musical about a trans drug lord in Mexico, leads with 13 nominations – including nods for star Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña for their acting, Jacques Audiard for directing, and a nomination for Best Picture.
Wicked and The Brutalist follow with 10 nominations each, including Best Picture. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were both nominated for their acting in Wicked, for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Adrien Brody, who plays a Jewish architect who immigrates to the U.S. after World War II in The Brutalist, also got an acting nod.
The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, March 2, hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien at the Dolby Theater and comes in the wake of devastating fires in L.A. that twice delayed the announcement of nominees.
Academy leaders say the ceremony "will celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires."
Here are the nominees:
Best Picture
- Anora | Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
- The Brutalist | Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers
- A Complete Unknown | Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
- Conclave | Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
- Dune: Part Two | Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
- Emilia Pérez | Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
- I'm Still Here | Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers
- Nickel Boys |Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
- The Substance | Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers
- Wicked | Marc Platt, Producer
Directing
- Anora | Sean Baker
- The Brutalist | Brady Corbet
- A Complete Unknown | James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard
- The Substance | Coralie Fargeat
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
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 Leading Role
- Cynthia Erivo | Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón | Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison | Anora
- Demi Moore | The Substance
- Fernanda Torres | I'm Still Here
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro | A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande | Wicked
- Felicity Jones | The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini | Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña | Emilia Pérez
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
Animated Short Film
- 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
Cinematography
- The Brutalist | Lol Crawley
- Dune: Part Two | Greig Fraser
- Emilia Pérez | Paul Guilhaume
- Maria | Ed Lachman
- Nosferatu | Jarin Blaschke
Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown | Arianne Phillips
- Conclave | Lisy Christl
- Gladiator II | Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
- Nosferatu | Linda Muir
- Wicked | Paul Tazewell
Documentary Feature
- 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 | Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn
Documentary Short
- 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
Film Editing
- Anora | Sean Baker
- The Brutalist | David Jancso
- Conclave | Nick Emerson
- Emilia Pérez | Juliette Welfling
- Wicked | Myron Kerstein
International Feature
- Brazil | I'm Still Here
- Denmark | The Girl with the Needle
- France | Emilia Pérez
- Germany | The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- Latvia | Flow
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; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
- The Journey from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- Like A Bird from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
- Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
Production Design
- The Brutalist | Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- Conclave | Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
- Dune: Part Two | Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- Nosferatu | Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
- Wicked | Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Live Action Short
- 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
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
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
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