After months of anticipation and controversies brewing up, the winners of the 97th Academy Awards are officially announced. All the stars from Hollywood who gave Oscar-winning performances last year aligned together on the 2nd of March 2025. The night was full of surprises for the lovers of Hollywood. If you want to know which star shined the brightest this year, this article is for you. It brings you a list of all the Oscar winners in 2025 under various categories like Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Film.
Oscar Winners 2025: Full List Of Winners
Following is the full list of the stars and the movies that shined the brightest for the 97th Academy Awards this year.
Best Picture Winner 2025
Anora won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Other nominations: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and the Wicked.
Best Actress Oscar 2025
Mikey Madison (Anora) won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Other nominations: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here).
Best Actor Oscar Award 2025
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Other nominations: Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice).
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Oscar Winners 2025: Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Other nominations: Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Other nominations: Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).
Best Director Oscar 2025
Sean Baker (Anora) won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Other nominations: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown).
Best International Feature
I’m Still Here (Brazil) won the Academy Award for Best International Feature.
Other nominations: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark), Emilia Pérez (France), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), and Flow (Latvia).
Oscar Winners 2025: Best Animated Feature
Flow won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Other nominations: Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, and The Wild Robot.
Best Original Screenplay
Anora – Sean Baker won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Other nominations for the award included The Brutalist – by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, A Real Pain – by Jesse Eisenberg, September 5 – by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David, and The Substance – by Coralie Fargeat.
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Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave – Peter Straughan shined the brightest winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Other nominations also included A Complete Unknown – by Jay Cocks and James Mangold, Emilia Péreby z – Jacques Audiard, Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, and Sing Sing by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar.
Oscar Winners 2025: Best Original Song
El Mal (Emilia Pérez) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Other nominations also included Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late), Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez), Like A Bird (Sing Sing), and The Journey (The Six Triple Eight).
Best Original Score
The Brutalist was awarded the Best Original Score during the 97th Academy Awards.
Other nominations: Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Wild Robot.
Best Documentary Feature
No Other Land won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Other nominations: Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, and Sugarcane.
Best Costume Design
Wicked won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Other nominations: Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Gladiator II.
Best Make-up And Hairstyling
The Substance won the Academy Award for Best Make-up and Hairstyling.
Other nominations: A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, and Wicked.
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Oscar Winners 2025: Best Production Design
Wicked won the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
Other nominations: The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, and Conclave.
Best Sound
Dune: Part Two won the Academy Award for Best Sound.
Other nominations: A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Wild Robot.
Best Film Editing
Anora won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
Other nominations: The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked.
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Other nominations: Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, and Nosferatu.
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Other nominations also included Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked.
Oscar Winners 2025: Best Live Action Short
I’m Not a Robot was awarded the Best Live Action Short during the 97th Academy Awards.
Other nominations included Anuja, The Last Ranger, A Lien, and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent.
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Best Animated Short
In the Shadow of the Cypress won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
Other nominations: Beautiful Men, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, and Yuck!
Best Documentary Short
The Only Girl in the Orchestra won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Other nominations: Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, and Instruments of a Beating Heart.
