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Anora wins big at Oscars with five awards in major categories

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Updated 04:12 3 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 03:48 3 Mar 2025 GMT

Anora wins big at Oscars with five awards in major categories

Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards winning five out of six of its nominated awards

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Anora absolutely swept the 2025 Oscars and took home the top prize for Best Picture, with its director Sean Baker becoming the first person to win four Oscars in the same year.

Last night (March 2), the 97th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Anora - a film about a stripper who lives in Brooklyn - was up for six awards and won five of them for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Actress and Best Picture.

Anora actor Yuriy Borisov lost out on the Best Supporting Actor award, which went to Kieran Culkin for his role in A Real Pain.

Baker - who made history after picking up Oscars for editing, writing, directing and Best Picture - thanked the Academy, his team alongside the 'of course, incredible, incredible cast' from Mikey Madison to all involved, complimenting them for 'elevating everything' he wrote.

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He continued: "I want to thank the sex worker community - they have shared their stories, they have shared their life experiences with me over the years. My deepest respect, thank you, I share this with you."

During her acceptance speech for Best Actress - which marks her first Academy Award - Madison said she'd 'continue to support and be an ally' to the sex worker community alongside noting how 'honored' she is to be 'recognized' alongside the rest of the nominees in the category.

Anora stars Mikey Madison (Neon)
Anora stars Mikey Madison (Neon)

Baker previously reflected to UNILAD he was slightly taken aback by the 'universal love and support of' Anora when it was first released.

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He told UNILAD: "I thought just the subject matter alone would cause the film to be a little more divisive [...] so that's encouraging.

“This is my fifth film that covers the subject matter so each time I do it, it's another individual story that shows a different aspect of sex work but hopefully done in a way that allows audiences to connect with the main character - have empathy for the main character. And remove, or hopefully help remove, the unfair stigma [surrounding the adult industry]."

Baker was quick to note the themes 'tackled in the film are really presented to the audience in a way that is left up for interpretation'.

"I think people can apply their own histories to these things, their own politics," he said. "I think that's part of why I wanted to make this film - to spark discussion."

Oscars 2025 results: all of the nominees and winners

Best supporting actor

Yura Borisov - Anora

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Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain - WINNER

Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce - The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best animated feature

Flow - WINNER

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Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best costume design

Wicked - WINNER

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Nosferatu

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Best original screenplay

Anora - Sean Baker - WINNER

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The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David

The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Best adapted screenplay

A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold

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Conclave - Peter Straughan - WINNER

Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard

Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best make-up and hairstyling

A Different Man

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Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance - WINNER

Wicked

Best film editing

Anora - WINNER

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The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

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Best supporting actress

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown

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Ariana Grande - Wicked

Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez - WINNER

Best production design

Wicked - WINNER

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Conclave

Best original song

'Never Too Late' - Elton John: Never Too Late

'El Mal' - Emilia Pérez - WINNER

'Mi Camino' - Emilia Pérez

'Like A Bird' - Sing Sing

'The Journey' - The Six Triple Eight

Best sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two - WINNER

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best visual effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two - WINNER

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

Best cinematography

The Brutalist - WINNER

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

Best original score

The Brutalist - WINNER

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best international feature

I'm Still Here - Brazil - WINNER

The Girl with the Needle - Denmark

Emilia Pérez - France

The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany

Flow - Latvia

Best actor

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist - WINNER

Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best director

Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker - Anora - WINNER

Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

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 picture

Anora - WINNER

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I'm Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Featured Image Credit: ABC
Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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