WICKED Movie, Kieran Culkin, & More Win Academy Awards- Full List of Winners
Wicked won for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
By: Josh Sharpe Mar. 02, 2025
Kieran Culkin, Adrien Brody, Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Wicked, and more took home Academy Awards at the 97th Academy Awards. The Wicked movie won for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, and was nominated in 8 other categories, including Best Picture, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
The ceremony opened Erivo and Grande performing a medley of songs from the world of Oz. Grande started the performance with Somewhere Over the Rainbow, before Erivo sang Home from The Wiz. The two concluded with Defying Gravity from Wicked, marking their first live performance from the movie since its debut.
Presenters for the evening included Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, stars of the forthcoming Snow White reimagining, Andrew Garfield, Robert Downey Jr., Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, John Lithgow, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone, Bowen Yang, and more.
Note: Winners marked as **WINNER**
2025 Oscar Winners
Best Picture
Anora **WINNER**
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora **WINNER**
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist **WINNER**
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez **WINNER**
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain **WINNER**
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Original Song
"El Mal," Emilia Pérez **WINNER**
"The Journey," The Six Triple Eight
"Like a Bird," Sing Sing
"Mi Camino," Emilia Pérez
"Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Original Screenplay
Anora **WINNER**
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave **WINNER**
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora **WINNER**
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Original Score
The Brutalist **WINNER**
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Editing
Anora **WINNER**
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked **WINNER**
Best Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked **WINNER**
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance **WINNER**
Wicked
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist **WINNER**
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Best Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two **WINNER**
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best International Feature
I'm Still Here **WINNER**
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Best Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land **WINNER**
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat
Sugarcane
Best Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two **WINNER**
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best Animated Feature
Flow **WINNER**
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress **WINNER**
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Best Live-Action Short
A Lien
Anuja
I'm Not a Robot **WINNER**
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Documentary Short
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra **WINNER**
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