The 2025 Oscar Nominations Are Here: ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Wicked’ Lead

The highly anticipated 2025 Oscar nominations are finally here after several delays due to the ongoing devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires. Originally slated for January 17 then moved to January 19, the nominations were officially announced Thursday, January 23 via a livestream hosted by Wicked and Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang and Saturday Night star Rachel Sennott.

Dominating after winning big at the Golden Globes is the Spanish-language musical about a drug lord seeking gender reassignment surgery Emilia Pérez with 13 nominations. Following are the historical epic, The Brutalist which follows an architect who flees post-war Europe to rebuild his life in America, and Wicked, the screen adaptation of the iconic long-running Broadway musical with 10 nominations each. Additionally, Conclave, a political thriller about the election of a new pope, and A Complete Unknown, which tells the story of Bob Dylan’s early career, join the front runners with eight nominations each.

There were 13 first-time acting nominees announced, including a historic nomination for Emilia Pérez star, Karla Sofía Gascón in the Best Actress category making her the first openly transgender person nominated for an acting Oscar. “What an illusion, what an honor, what love. I feel fulfilled, it is the culmination of nine months of promotion and two years of work.” Gascón told The Hollywood Reporter.

Alongside Gascón in the Best Actress category is Demi Moore, who is also nominated for the first time in her career which has spanned four decades for her role as Elisabeth Sparkle in the body horror film, The Substance. Filling out the rest of the category’s first-timers are Mikey Madison for Anora and Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here.

Among the other first-time nominees is Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Glinda in Wicked. Grande took to her Instagram to share her excitement. 

“Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition,” read the post’s caption. “I cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise. i’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. i’m so proud of you, tiny.”

Grande is joined by first-time nominees Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez, Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown and Isabella Rossellini for Conclave.

The first-time acting nominations didn’t stop at the actresses though, Sebastian Stan nabbed his first nomination for Best Actor for The Apprentice along with co-star Jeremy Strong who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Strong shares the category with fellow first-timers Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain and Yura Borisov for Anora.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place on Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theater, hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien. See the full list of nominees below.

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 Pérez
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

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 Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Adapted Screenplay

• A Complete Unknown, James Mangold and Jay Cocks
• Conclave, Peter Straughan
• Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi
• Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield

Best Original Screenplay

• Anora, Sean Baker
• The Brutalist, Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
•  A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5, Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David
• The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

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

Best International Feature

• 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 Film Editing

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked

Best Production Design

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Costume Design

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best Sound

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

Best Original Song

• “Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late, Elton John and Brandi Carlisle
• “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille and Jacques Audiard
• “Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
• “The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight, Diane Warren
• “Like a Bird,” Sing Sing, Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Live-Action Short

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

Best Animated Short

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

Best Documentary Short

• Death by Numbers
• I am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra