Cynthia Erivo led the British glamour as she arrived at the 2025 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night.
The Wicked star, who is up for Best Actress In A Leading Role award, channeled her character, Elphaba, in a custom Louis Vuitton green gown.
Cynthia couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she stormed the red carpet in a dramatic bow-shaped gown.
As she geared up for her anticipated performance on stage alongside her co-star Ariana Grande, Cynthia struck a pose in her striking look.
Explaining the meaning behind her choice of ensemble, Cynthia said she ‘wanted a nod to Oz, we wanted a nod to green, we wanted a nod to Old Hollywood’, she told E!
Fighting for the Best Actress award, Cynthia stands against Demi Moore, Mikey Madison, Karla Sofía Gascón, Fernanda Torres.
Joining her on the star-studded carpet, Felicity Jones and Amelia Dimoldenberg looked out of this world in figure-hugging gowns.
The Brutalist actress Felicity, 41, cut an elegant figure in a jaw-dropping silver dress, flashing a touch of skin.
Cynthia Erivo led the British glamour as she arrived at the 2025 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night
Joining her on the star-studded carpet, Felicity Jones and Amelia Dimoldenberg looked out of this world in figure-hugging gowns
The Wicked star, who is up for Best Actress In A Leading Role award, channeled her character, Elphaba, in a giant green gown
Comedian Amelia, 31, flashed her abs in a very cut-out blue gown, adorned with sparkling sequins.
Wallace And Gromit’s creators Richard Beek, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham posed with mini statues of the characters.
Hoping to be the best win amongst the British stars, Wallace & Gromit is up for six Oscars nomination with Vengeance Most Fowl, as it made the list for Best Animated Feature Film.
The 70-minute long film premiered on Christmas Day and features the return of the iconic supervillain Feathers McGraw.
Joining the cast on the carpet, Terri Seymour, 52, brought the glamour in a ruffled pink gown.
Cynthia couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she stormed the red carpet in a dramatic bow-shaped gown
Fighting for the Best Actress award, Cynthia stands against Demi Moore, Mikey Madison, Karla Sofía Gascón, Fernanda Torres
The Brutalist actress Felicity, 41, cut an elegant figure in a jaw-dropping silver dress, flashing a touch of skin
The brunette beauty brought the Oscar glamour in a sophisticated silver gown, adorned with a bow motif
Comedian Amelia, 31, flashed her abs in a very cut-out blue gown, adorned with sparkling sequins
The Chicken Shop Date star shielded her nerves as she mingled with Hollywood A-listers on the carpet
She beamed for the cameras while waving
Wallace And Gromit led the early red carpet arrivals at the 2025 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night (film’s creators Richard Beek, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham pictured L-R)
Wallace And Gromit looks set to be the best hope for a British win
The film’s creators Richard Beek, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham posed with mini statues of the characters
The actress, who plays Zsófia in the series, showcased her jaw-dropping physique in the figure-hugging gown.
Meanwhile, Raffey’s co-star Joe Alwyn made his arrival alongside a host of British stars.
Kit Connor, 20, renowned for his role in Heartstopper, looked dapper on the red carpet in a black tuxedo.
The Brutalist’s cinematographer Lol Crawley made his arrival alongside the series’ film producer Annie Marter.
Actress and filmmaker Emily Mortimer, 53, looked effortlessly chic in a black satin gown as she struck a pose on the carpet.
The Brutalist actress Raffey Cassidy, 23, looked out of this world in a one-shoulder gold gown, adorned with a dramatic tie detailing.
The 97th Academy Awards are honoring the best films of 2024, with the star-studded ceremony back for another year round.
Merlin posed with Wallace on the red carpet
The Brutalist actress Raffey Cassidy, 23, looked out of this world in a one-shoulder gold gown, adorned with a dramatic tie detailing
The actress, who plays Zsófia in the series, showcased her jaw-dropping physique in the figure-hugging gown
Terri Seymour, 52, brought the glamour in a ruffled pink gown
Kit Connor, 20, renowned for his role in Heartstopper, looked dapper on the red carpet in a black tuxedo
Actress and filmmaker Emily Mortimer, 53, looked effortlessly chic in a black satin gown as she struck a pose on the carpet
The Brutalist’s cinematographer Lol Crawley made his arrival alongside the series’ film producer Annie Marter
Meanwhile, Raffey’s co-star Joe Alwyn made his arrival alongside a host of British stars
Conan O’Brien, 61, is making his debut as Oscars host, after joking: ‘I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.’
This year’s ceremony has an unusually unsettled field in many of the most high-profile categories, including best picture and most of the acting categories.
Emilia Pérez leads the nominations this year with 13, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña), director (for Jacques Audiard), adapted screenplay and original song.
Gascón stars as the title character, a former Mexican drug lord who comes out as a transgender woman and fakes her own death in order to reinvent herself as a pro-social force, while Saldaña plays an ethically challenged lawyer who helps set up her new identity.
The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplay.
Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña) and director
The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplay
Conan O’Brien is hosting the ceremony, which is being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, for the first time; pictured Wednesday in Hollywood
Brody stars as a Jewish Hungarian architect who immigrates to the US after surviving the Holocaust. The epic historical drama follows his character László Tóth’s attempts to realize his creative vision even as it conflicts with the petty desires of his wealthy benefactor (Pearce).
Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande).
The blockbuster musical is an adaptation of only the first half of the musical of the same name, a reimagined prequel to The Wizard Of Oz starring Erivo as Elphaba, future Wicked Witch of the West, and Grande as Galinda Upland, who becomes Glinda the Good
Other best pictures nominees include Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance.
The closely watched race for best actor in a leading role got a major shakeup just a week before the Oscars at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, when Timothée Chalamet scored a shock win for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
Prior to that win, Brody was seemingly the favorite after winning best actor awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Movie Awards.
Ralph Fiennes has also doggedly stayed in the running for his role as a British Cardinal struggling to keep a secretive papal election from dissolving into competition and intrigue.
The critically acclaimed film has scored multiple actor wins at smaller ceremonies and festivals for Fiennes, as well as multiple awards for the entire acting ensemble, which Fiennes has accepted on more than one occasion.
Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande)
This year’s best lead actor race is up in the air after Timothée Chalamet’s recent SAG win for A Complete Unknown
Brody is also a favorite for The Brutalist, but Ralph Fiennes has gotten plenty of awards-season attention for the papal-selection drama Conclave
Those three co-frontrunners are competing against Colman Domingo for Sing Sing and Sebastian Stan for his performance as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.
The best actress category also has no clear frontrunner. Demi Moore has been lauded for her comeback performance in the satirical body-horror film The Substance, which earned her best actress honors from the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, as well as several critics’ organizations.
But her win a week before the Oscars at the SAG Awards suggests she may be in a prime spot to snatch the Oscar after being nominated for the first time.
Anora star Mikey Madison, who plays an adult dancer who impetuously marries the son of a Russian Oligarch, was widely acclaimed and was honored by several critics’ organizations early in the season.
Her chances increased significantly after she won the BAFTA for best lead actress, which she followed up with an Independent Spirit Award win in the gender-neutral lead performance category.
Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón was once a favorite for the award, but she was widely criticized after racist and Islamophobic tweets — some quite recent — that had somehow gone unremarked upon were translated into English and reported on.
Since then, Gascón has sat out awards ceremonies after her posts came to light. After multiple half-hearted apologies, Netflix reportedly opted to stop paying for Gascón’s travel and accommodations for awards shows, though a source told People that she still plans to attend the Oscars.
Before the controversy, her nomination was seen as historic, as she is the first openly transgender woman to be nominated in the best actress category.
Anora’s Mikey Madison is a late-breaking best actress co-frontrunner after recent wins and controversy that erupted after offensive tweets from Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced
Demi Moore is the other major frontrunner for the satirical body-horror film The Substance. She has won multiple major awards this season
The other nominees are Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who has failed to capture any major awards, and the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, who stars in the historical drama I’m Still Here. She had her own controversy after a clip of her appearing in blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV series 17 years ago resurfaced in January.
In the supporting actress category, the nominees including Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown, Ariana Grande for Wicked, Felicity Jones for The Brutalist, Isabella Rossellini for Conclave and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez
Saldaña appears to be the current favorite after a string of wins at the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards.
But some of those early awards had voting periods that cut off prior to the controversy around Gascón surfacing, which could potentially harm her chances from voters who were turned off of Emilia Pérez altogether.
The supporting actor category seems the easiest to predict, Kieran Culkin’s string of wins for A Real Pain making him the favorite.
The other nominees include Yura Borisov for Anora, Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown, Guy Pearce for The Brutalist and Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice.
Among the best picture nominees, Emilia Pérez once seemed like the most likely winner, but Gascon’s offensive posts have threatened its chances.
The Palme d’Or–winning Anora got a late boost with wins for best picture at the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Producers Guild of America Awards, which are considered two of the best predictors of Oscars success by awards-season prognosticators, and its win at the Independent Spirit Awards didn’t hurt.
Saldaña appears to be the favorite in the supporting actress category after a string of wins
Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real Pain
After Gascón’s offensive tweets surfaced, Emilia Pérez’s best picture frontrunner status seemed in question, and Anora has snatched up the top award at multiple ceremonies considered major predictors of the Oscars
The best director category seems likely to be a three-man race between Anora’s Sean Baker, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard.
This year’s original song category features two cutes from Emilia Pérez, El Mal and Mi Camino, the new Elton John song Never Too Late, from the documentary of the same name about him, Like a Bird from Sing Sing, and the latest Diane Warren effort The Journey.
The Academy Awards begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and can be watched on ABC and, for the first time, on a streaming service, Hulu.
Subscribers to premium services including Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV can also also catch the ceremony live.
Oscar nominations 2025 – see who received nods for this year’s Academy Awards
Best Picture
Wicked
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked has received multiple Oscar nods, including one for Best Picture
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 Gascon – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore
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
Music (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
Emilia Pérez has also earned numerous nominations
Music (Original Score)
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Animated Feature Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengence Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
International Feature Film
I’m Still here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Dune: Part Two is competing for numerous Oscars
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In The Shadow of The Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Live Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not A Robot
The Last Ranger
The An Who Could Not Remain Silent
Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
A Complete Unknown received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, among others
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to Coup D’etat
Sugarcane
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instrumenting of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
