The 2025 Academy Award nominees are getting ready for what could possibly be many historic moments when the ceremony is broadcast reside on Sunday, March 2, on ABC.
Main the pack is Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical crime comedy with 13 Oscar nominations — probably the most ever for a non-English-language movie. It has dominated awards season, profitable Finest Movement Image and Finest Non-English Language Movie on the Golden Globes. Nonetheless, the movie will likely be competing with Anora, one other Finest Image nominee that’s gotten lots of buzz in latest weeks.
Zoe Saldaña, who received each the Golden Globe and Display Actors Guild Award for Finest Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez, stays a frontrunner within the class. Nonetheless, a lot of the eye has shifted to the movie’s lead, Karla Sofía Gascón, who made historical past as the primary trans actress nominated for Finest Actress on the Oscars. Gascón’s nomination has been mired in controversy, nevertheless, as resurfaced tweets deemed racist by many added drama to the awards race — although she remains to be anticipated to attend the ceremony.
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Shut behind are The Brutalist and Depraved, every incomes 10 nominations.
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist had a powerful displaying on the Golden Globes, profitable Finest Movement Image — Drama, whereas Adrien Brody took dwelling a Finest Actor in a Drama win and Corbet received Finest Director. In the meantime, Depraved’s Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo secured their first Oscar nominations, with Erivo on the verge of constructing historical past because the youngest EGOT winner if she takes dwelling the trophy.
One other main second belongs to first-time nominee Demi Moore, who received each a Golden Globe and SAG Award for Finest Actress for her efficiency in The Substance. If she takes dwelling the Oscar, it can mark the veteran actress’s first Academy Award win.
The milestones don’t cease there! This 12 months’s nominations embrace a bunch of artists which are breaking contemporary floor in Hollywood.
First-time performing nominees
Demi Moore
Demi Moore. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic by way of Getty Photos)
At 62, Moore celebrates her first Oscar nomination for Finest Actress for her function in The Substance. The efficiency not solely reignited her ardour for performing but in addition earned her a Golden Globe earlier this 12 months.
Mikey Madison
The younger actress is making waves as a first-time Oscar nominee for Finest Actress, because of her breakout efficiency in Anora.
Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Torres. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic by way of Getty Photos)
After profitable a Golden Globe earlier this awards season, Torres earned her first Oscar nomination for Finest Actress for her function in I’m Nonetheless Right here, making her solely the second Brazilian actor ever nominated in an performing class. The primary? Her mom, Fernanda Montenegro, who acquired a Finest Actress nomination for Central Station in 1999.
Sebastian Stan
The actor steps into the Oscar highlight along with his first nomination for Finest Actor, earned for his portrayal of Donald Trump in The Apprentice.
Ariana Grande
The pop star captivated audiences together with her function as Glinda in Depraved, incomes her a Finest Supporting Actress nomination in her Oscars debut.
Kieran Culkin
Kieran Culkin. (Mike Coppola/Getty Photos)
Finest recognized for his work in Succession, Culkin earned his first Oscar nomination for his standout supporting function in A Actual Ache, a efficiency that additionally garnered him a Golden Globe.
Isabella Rossellini
After a long time within the business, Rossellini acquired her first Oscar nomination for Finest Supporting Actress for her function as Sister Agnes in Conclave.
Zoe Saldaña
The actress earned a Finest Supporting Actress nomination for her efficiency as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez, a task that additionally introduced her Golden Globes recognition.
Jeremy Sturdy
The actor joins the Oscar race along with his first nomination for Finest Supporting Actor, because of his portrayal of Roy Cohn in The Apprentice.
Monica Barbaro
Barbaro earned her first Oscar nod for Finest Supporting Actress, delivering a standout efficiency as Joan Baez in A Full Unknown.
Man Pearce
The Australian actor and musician secured a Finest Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. in The Brutalist.
Yura Borisov
Not solely did Borisov obtain his first Oscar nomination for Finest Supporting Actor in Anora, however he’s additionally the primary Russian actor to be acknowledged in a efficiency class since 1977.
Cynthia Erivo’s double milestones
Already an Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner, Erivo might turn out to be the youngest EGOT winner at 38, because of her Finest Actress nomination for Depraved.
Cynthia Erivo. (TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic by way of Getty Photos)
However that’s not all — she can be the second Black girl to earn a number of Finest Actress nominations, after Viola Davis.
Erivo’s first nomination within the class got here for her efficiency in Harriet (2019). Davis, in the meantime, was acknowledged for The Assist (2011) and Ma Rainey’s Black Backside (2020). She received the Oscar for Finest Supporting Actress for Fences in 2017.
Timothée Chalamet: The youngest actor to get two Finest Actor nods since James Dean
At 29, Chalamet turns into the youngest actor to obtain two Finest Actor nominations since James Dean, incomes his newest for portraying Bob Dylan in A Full Unknown. He was beforehand nominated for Finest Actor in 2017’s Name Me By Your Identify at age 22. Dean was a 1956 nominee for East of Eden and a 1957 nominee for Large. Each got here posthumously, as Dean died in 1955 at 24.
Again-to-back noms for Colman Domingo
Following his nomination for Rustin final 12 months, Domingo achieved consecutive Finest Actor nominations along with his function in Sing Sing, a feat final achieved by Denzel Washington for Fences in 2017 and Roman J. Israel, Esq. in 2018. Domingo can be the primary out LGBTQ+ actor and Afro-Latino actor to attain such a feat.
Karla Sofía Gascón makes trans historical past
Karla Sofía Gascón. (John Nacion/GG2025/Penske Media by way of Getty Photos)
Gascón is the primary brazenly trans actress nominated for an Oscar, acknowledged for her lead function in Emilia Pérez. Within the movie, Gascón performs a Mexican crime boss who seeks out a lawyer (Saldaña) who helps the character transition into dwelling as a lady.
Emilia Pérez makes extra historical past
With 13 nominations, the Spanish-language movie surpasses earlier data, turning into the most-nominated non-English language movie in Oscar historical past.
The movie is nominated for Finest Image, Finest Director (Jacques Audiard), Finest Tailored Screenplay, Finest Actress (Gasco?n), Finest Supporting Actress (Saldaña), Finest Worldwide Function (France), two for Finest Authentic Music (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”), Finest Make-up and Hairstyling, Finest Authentic Rating, Finest Modifying, Finest Sound and Finest Cinematography.
