Mikey Madison at the 2025 Oscars

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Mikey Madison at the 2025 Oscars

Anora was the big winner at the 2025 Academy awards, taking home Oscars for best picture, best director for Sean Baker and best actress for Mikey Madison.

The Brutalist star Adrien Brody picked up best actor, with the film also winning for cinematography and original score.

As expected, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin won the supporting actor prizes for Emilia Perez and A Real Pain, respectively.

The ceremony took place tonight (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien hosting for the first time.

Oscar winners 2025

Best picture

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • I’m Still Here
  • Nickel Boys
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

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

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 supporting role

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

Directing

  • Sean Baker - Anora
  • Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
  • James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
  • Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
  • Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

International feature film

  • I’m Still Here - Brazil
  • The Girl With The Needle - Denmark
  • Emilia Pérez - France
  • The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - Germany
  • Flow - Latvia

Animated feature film

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

Documentary feature

  • Black Box Diaries
  • No Other Land
  • Porcelain War
  • Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat
  • Sugarcane

Adapted screenplay

  • A Complete Unknown - James Mangold and Jay Cocks
  • Conclave - Peter Straughan
  • Emilia Perez - Jacques Audiard
  • Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
  • Sing Sing - Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

Original screenplay

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

Cinematography

  • The Brutalist - Lol Crawley
  • Dune: Part Two - Greig Fraser
  • Emilia Perez - Paul Guilhaume
  • Maria - Ed Lachman
  • Nosferatu - Jarin Blaschke

 Film editing

  • Anora - Sean Baker
  • The Brutalist - David Jancso
  • Conclave - Nick Emerson
  • Emilia Perez - Juliette Welfling
  • Wicked - Myron Kerstein

Production design

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

Music (original score)

  • The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
  • Conclave - Volker Bertelmann
  • Emilia Perez - Clément Ducol and Camille
  • Wicked - John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
  • The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers

Music (original song)

  • ‘El Mal’ - Emilia Perez
  • ‘The Journey’ - The Six Triple Eight
  • ‘Like A Bird’ - Sing Sing
  • ‘Mi Camino’ - Emilia Perez
  • ‘Never Too Late’ - Elton John: Never Too Late

Visual effects

  • Alien: Romulus
  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
  • Wicked

Sound

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

Costume Design

  • A Complete Unknown - Arianne Phillips
  • Conclave - Lisy Christl
  • Gladiator II - Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
  • Nosferatu - Linda Muir
  • Wicked, Paul Tazewell

Makeup and hairstyling

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

Live-action short film

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

Documentary short

  • Death By Numbers
  • I Am Ready, Warden
  • Incident
  • Instruments Of A Beating Heart
  • The Only Girl In The Orchestra

Animated short film

  • Beautiful Men
  • In The Shadow Of The Cypress
  • Magic Candies
  • Wander To Wonder
  • Yuck!

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