Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, a groundbreaking musical about a transgender gangster on the run in Mexico, has made history with 13 Oscar nominations, becoming the most-nominated non-English language film in the Academy’s history. This surpasses the records set by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001) and Roma (2018).
The film’s lead, Karla Sofía Gascón, also achieved a historic milestone as the first openly transgender actor to receive an Oscar nomination, following in the footsteps of Elliot Page, who was nominated for Juno prior to transitioning. Emilia Pérez earned nominations in major categories, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldaña), Adapted Screenplay, International Feature, and twice for Original Song.
Brady Corbet’s epic The Brutalist and the blockbuster adaptation Wicked also dominated with 10 nominations each. Meanwhile, James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave both secured eight nominations, though Berger missed out on a directing nod.
Best picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best supporting actor
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best directing
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best adapted screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best original screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Best international feature
I’m Still Here
The Girl With the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of a Sacred Fig
Flow
Best animated feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best documentary feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Best editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Best production design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best costume design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best original score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best original song
El Mal, Emilia Pérez
The Journey, The Six Triple Eight
Like a Bird, Sing Sing
Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late
Best live action short
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best animated short
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Best documentary short
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best makeup and hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best visual effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
