(NEXSTAR) – The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning after a pair of delays prompted by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
Comedians and actors Bowen Yang (“SNL,” “Wicked”) and Rachel Sennott (“Shiva Baby,” “Bottoms”) announced the nominees from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Leading the pack with a total of 13 nods is “Emilia Pérez.” The Spanish-language French-made film earned honors for Best Picture, Directing, Cinematography and more. The star of the film, Karla Sophia Gascon, was also nominated for Actress in a Leading Role, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.
“The Brutalist” and “Wicked” also made strong showings with 10 nominations each, even despite recent controversy over the former’s use of artificial intelligence. “Conclave” and “A Complete Unknown” also came away with eight nods apiece.
A complete list of the nominees can be found below.
Best Picture:
- “Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker
- “The Brutalist” — Nominees to be determined
- “A Complete Unknown” — Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman
- “Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman
- “Dune: Part Two” — Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve
- “Emilia Pérez” — Nominees to be determined
- “I’m Still Here” — Nominees to be determined
- “Nickel Boys” — Nominees to be determined
- “The Substance” — Nominees to be determined
- ‘Wicked” — Marc Platt
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 — “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”
Writing (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
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- “A Complete Unknown” — James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- “Conclave” — Peter Straughan
- “Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
- “Nickel Boys” — RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
- “Sing Sing” — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Cinematography:
- “The Brutalist” — Lol Crawley
- “Dune: Part Two” — Greig Fraser
- “Emilia Pérez” — Paul Guilhaume
- “Maria” — Ed Lachman
- “Nosferatu” — Jarin Blaschke
Costume Design:
- “A Complete Unknown” — Arianne Phillips
- “Conclave” — Lisy Christl
- “Gladiator II” — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
- “Nosferatu” — Linda Muir
- ‘Wicked” — Paul Tazewell
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
Music (Original Score):
- “The Brutalist” — Daniel Blumberg
- “Conclave” — Volker Bertelmann
- “Emilia Pérez” — Clément Ducol and Camille
- “Wicked” — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
- “The Wild Robot” — Kris Bowers
Music (Original Song):
- “El Mal” — from “Emilia Pérez”; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
- “The Journey” — from “The Six Triple Eight”; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- “Like a Bird” — from “Sing Sing”; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- “Mi Camino” — from “Emilia Pérez”; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
- “Never Too Late” — from “Elton John: Never Too Late”; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
Makeup and Hairstyling:
- “A Different Man” — Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
- “Emilia Pérez” — Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
- “Nosferatu” — David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- “The Substance” — Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
- “Wicked” — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Film Editing:
- “Anora” — Sean Baker
- “The Brutalist” — David Jancso
- “Conclave” — Nick Emerson
- “Emilia Pérez” — Juliette Welfling
- “Wicked” — Myron Kerstein
Live Action Short Film:
- “A Lien” — Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
- “Anuja” — Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
- “I’m Not a Robot” — Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
- “The Last Ranger” — Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
- “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” — Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
Animated Feature Film:
- “Flow” — Nominees to be determined
- “Inside Out 2” — Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
- “Memoir of a Snail” — Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
- “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nominees to be determined
- “The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
Animated Short Film:
- “Beautiful Men” — Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
- “In the Shadow of the Cypress” — Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
- “Magic Candies” — Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
- “Wander to Wonder” — Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
- “Yuck!” — Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
Documentary Feature Film:
- “Black Box Diaries” — Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
- “No Other Land” — Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
- “Porcelain War” — Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
- “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” — Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
- “Sugarcane” — Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Film:
- “Death by Numbers” — Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
- “I Am Ready, Warden” — Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
- “Incident” — Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
- “Instruments of a Beating Heart” — Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
- “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” — Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Production Design:
- “The Brutalist” — Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- “Conclave” — Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
- “Dune: Part Two” — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- “Nosferatu” — Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
- “Wicked” — Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Visual Effects:
- “Alien: Romulus” — Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
- “Better Man” — Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
- “Dune: Part Two” — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
- “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
- “Wicked” — Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
Sound:
- “A Complete Unknown” — Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
- “Dune: Part Two” — Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
- “Emilia Pérez” — Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
- “Wicked” — Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
- “The Wild Robot” — Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
The 97th Academy Awards will be held March 2, 2025, at 4 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET.
Thursday morning’s announcement was originally planned for Jan. 17 but was delayed due to the wildfires burning in Los Angeles County. The Academy had also extended its voting period to “allow additional time for our members” amid the devastation.
An “Oscars Nominees Luncheon” scheduled for February was also canceled.
“Our members always share how important it is for us to come together as a community, and we are determined to use this opportunity to celebrate our resilient and compassionate industry,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a joint statement released last Monday. “We also look forward to honoring our frontline workers who have aided with the fires, recognizing those impacted, and encouraging people to join the Academy in supporting the relief efforts. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.