Oscars 2025: Full list of nominees revealed
An Australian star who was thought to be a solid chance for one of the Oscars top gongs has been overlooked – but another has got their first nomination.
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Nicole Kidman has suffered an Oscars snub after she failed to get a nomination for her role in racy movie BabyGirl.
It was thought the Australian actress was a shoo-in for an awards nod.
However, Guy Pearce has received his first ever Oscars nod with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Brutalist.
It’s looking increasingly like Demi Moore’s comeback could be on with a nomination for Best Actress after her Golden Globes win for the visual shock fest The Substance.
Awards season is officially here – and after the Golden Globes kicked things off earlier this month, all eyes are now on the Oscars race.
After being postponed twice due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the full list of nominees was finally announced on Thursday, US time, in a live presentation hosted by actors and Saturday Night Live stars Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang and broadcast from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
The 2025 Oscars ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien and held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, will be broadcast locally on Seven from 11am on Monday March 3.
Heading into the unveiling of nominations, one thing seemed clear: there were no obvious frontrunners.
The list of nominees was therefore absolutely primed to throw up some surprises – and it sure has delivered.
Musical thriller Emilia Pérez leads the pack with a whopping 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana.
With 10 nods apiece is architectural epic The Brutalist and smash-hit musical adaptation Wicked, directed Jon M. Chu.
Vatican drama Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown tied in third spot with eight apiece, while Anora collected six nominations.
Australian animated film Memoir of a Snail, which features Sarah Snook, is up for a gong.
Apart from Kidman, other notable omissions included rumoured Best Actor candidate Daniel Craig for his work in Queer, as well as Conclave filmmaker Edward Berger from the Best Director category.
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:
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
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
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 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, Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez
Animated Feature Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Live Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Original Score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Original Song
El Mal from Emilia Pérez
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
Like a Bird from Sing Sing
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
The Oscars will air in Australia on Monday, March 3.
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