Mikey Madison has taken home the coveted Actress in a Leading Role at the Oscars this year!
The Oscars had a bit of a different feel to it this year, but it was full of the excitement that we’ve come to know and love.
Conan O’Brien hosted the evening for the first time as all of the Hollywood elites gathered at the Dolby Theatre in LA.
This feels like it has been a great year for women in the industry, and the nominees for Actress in a Leading Role (Best Actress) show that.
Cynthia Erivo took 2024 by storm, as her performance in Wicked left moviegoers absolutely stunned.
Taking on the role of Elphaba, there was a lot of pressure on Erivo to deliver – and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t think that she smashed it.
Karla Sofía Gascón has had a mixed year, and although she received a nomination for her role in Emilia Perez, her attendance was marked with controversy.
She was removed from the campaign trail of the film by Netflix after resurfaced tweets led to backlash.
Gascón is the first out transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
Mikey Madison got the nod for her portrayal of Ani in Anora, which followed a young escort from Brooklyn who meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Demi Moore is a household name, and yet she continues to go from strength to strength.
If you’ve seen The Substance, then you’ll know why her nomination for Best Actress came as no surprise.
She plays TV fitness host, Elisabeth Sparkle, who is deemed too old for her job, and turns to a black market drug that promises age-defying results… and it gets a bit horrific (in a good way) from then.
Fernanda Torres’s nomination comes with added emotion, as her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was previously nominated for the same award in 1998.
This is the first time that this has happened in the Oscars’ history.
Torres picked up her nomination for playing Eunice Paiva in I’m Still Here, a movie that centers around a mother who is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971.
While all of these nominees deserved the award for their outstanding performances, only one could win.
The award this year went to Mikey Madison.
It’s hard to argue with the choice, and we can’t wait to see what roles she takes on in the future – especially as this was her first nomination!
Naturally overcome with emotion, Madison began her speech but noting that although she has lived in LA all of her life, she always felt that Hollywood was “far away” from what she could achieve.
Madison thanked the crew of Anora for their hard work and paid special tribute to her family, who have been supporting her all these years.
She then went on: “I want to again recognize and honor the sex worker community. I will continue to support and be an ally. The women that I’ve had the privilege of meeting from that community have been one of the highlights of this entire incredible experience.”
The Oscar winner then complimented her fellow nominees before saying that the award is a “dream come true”.
Here’s the list of all the winners from the night:
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Best Picture
Winner: Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best Director
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Best Actor in a Lead Role
Winner: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Actress in a Lead Role
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, Anora
Winner: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Winner: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Original Screenplay
Winner: Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Animated Feature
Winner: Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Winner: Wicked
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Winner: Wicked
Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Editing
Winner: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
Winner: The Substance
Wicked
Sound
A Complete Unknown
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Original Score
Winner: The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Original Song
Winner: “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)
Black Box Diaries
Winner: No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
