From Ariana Grande to Demi Moore and Timothée Chalamet, here are the first-time nominees and trailblazers you need to know

The 2025 Academy Award nominees are getting ready for what might be many historic moments when the ceremony is broadcast reside on Sunday, March 2, on ABC.

Main the pack is Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical crime comedy with 13 Oscar nominations — probably the most ever for a non-English-language movie. It has dominated awards season, successful Greatest Movement Image and Greatest Non-English Language Movie on the Golden Globes. Nevertheless, the movie might be competing with Anora, one other Greatest Image nominee that’s gotten numerous buzz in current weeks.

Zoe Saldaña, who gained each the Golden Globe and Display Actors Guild Award for Greatest Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez, stays a frontrunner within the class. Nevertheless, a lot of the eye has shifted to the movie’s lead, Karla Sofía Gascón, who made historical past as the primary trans actress nominated for Greatest Actress on the Oscars. Gascón’s nomination has been mired in controversy, nonetheless, as resurfaced tweets deemed racist by many added drama to the awards race — although she remains to be anticipated to attend the ceremony.

Shut behind are The Brutalist and Depraved, every incomes 10 nominations.

Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist had a powerful displaying on the Golden Globes, successful Greatest Movement Image — Drama, whereas Adrien Brody took dwelling a Greatest Actor in a Drama win and Corbet gained Greatest Director. In the meantime, Depraved’s Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo secured their first Oscar nominations, with Erivo on the verge of constructing historical past because the youngest EGOT winner if she takes dwelling the trophy.

One other main second belongs to first-time nominee Demi Moore, who gained each a Golden Globe and SAG Award for Greatest Actress for her efficiency in The Substance. If she takes dwelling the Oscar, it’s going to mark the veteran actress’s first Academy Award win.

The milestones don’t cease there! This 12 months’s nominations embody a bunch of artists which are breaking recent floor in Hollywood.

First-time appearing nominees

Demi Moore

At 62, Moore celebrates her first Oscar nomination for Greatest Actress for her function in The Substance. The efficiency not solely reignited her ardour for appearing but in addition earned her a Golden Globe earlier this 12 months.

Mikey Madison

The younger actress is making waves as a first-time Oscar nominee for Greatest Actress, due to her breakout efficiency in Anora.

Fernanda Torres

After successful a Golden Globe earlier this awards season, Torres earned her first Oscar nomination for Greatest Actress for her function in I’m Nonetheless Right here, making her solely the second Brazilian actor ever nominated in an appearing class. The primary? Her mom, Fernanda Montenegro, who obtained a Greatest Actress nomination for Central Station in 1999.

Sebastian Stan

The actor steps into the Oscar highlight together with his first nomination for Greatest Actor, earned for his portrayal of Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

Ariana Grande

The pop star captivated audiences along with her function as Glinda in Depraved, incomes her a Greatest Supporting Actress nomination in her Oscars debut.

Kieran Culkin

Greatest recognized for his work in Succession, Culkin earned his first Oscar nomination for his standout supporting function in A Actual Ache, a efficiency that additionally garnered him a Golden Globe.

Isabella Rossellini

After a long time within the trade, Rossellini obtained her first Oscar nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress for her function as Sister Agnes in Conclave.

Zoe Saldaña

The actress earned a Greatest Supporting Actress nomination for her efficiency as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez, a task that additionally introduced her Golden Globes recognition.

Jeremy Sturdy

The actor joins the Oscar race together with his first nomination for Greatest Supporting Actor, due to his portrayal of Roy Cohn in The Apprentice.

Monica Barbaro

Barbaro earned her first Oscar nod for Greatest Supporting Actress, delivering a standout efficiency as Joan Baez in A Full Unknown.

Man Pearce

The Australian actor and musician secured a Greatest Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. in The Brutalist.

Yura Borisov

Not solely did Borisov obtain his first Oscar nomination for Greatest Supporting Actor in Anora, however he’s additionally the primary Russian actor to be acknowledged in a efficiency class since 1977.

Cynthia Erivo’s double milestones

Already an Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner, Erivo may develop into the youngest EGOT winner at 38, due to her Greatest Actress nomination for Depraved.

However that’s not all — she can be the second Black lady to earn a number of Greatest Actress nominations, after Viola Davis.

Erivo’s first nomination within the class got here for her efficiency in Harriet (2019). Davis, in the meantime, was acknowledged for The Assist (2011) and Ma Rainey’s Black Backside (2020). She gained the Oscar for Greatest Supporting Actress for Fences in 2017.

Timothée Chalamet: The youngest actor to get two Greatest Actor nods since James Dean

At 29, Chalamet turns into the youngest actor to obtain two Greatest Actor nominations since James Dean, incomes his newest for portraying Bob Dylan in A Full Unknown. He was beforehand nominated for Greatest Actor in 2017’s Name Me By Your Identify at age 22. Dean was a 1956 nominee for East of Eden and a 1957 nominee for Big. Each got here posthumously, as Dean died in 1955 at 24.

Again-to-back noms for Colman Domingo

Following his nomination for Rustin final 12 months, Domingo achieved consecutive Greatest Actor nominations together with his function in Sing Sing, a feat final achieved by Denzel Washington for Fences in 2017 and Roman J. Israel, Esq. in 2018. Domingo can be the primary out LGBTQ+ actor and Afro-Latino actor to attain such a feat.

Karla Sofía Gascón makes trans historical past

Gascón is the primary overtly trans actress nominated for an Oscar, acknowledged for her lead function in Emilia Pérez. Within the movie, Gascón performs a Mexican crime boss who seeks out a lawyer (Saldaña) who helps the character transition into dwelling as a girl.

Emilia Pérez makes extra historical past

With 13 nominations, the Spanish-language movie surpasses earlier information, turning into the most-nominated non-English language movie in Oscar historical past.

The movie is nominated for Greatest Image, Greatest Director (Jacques Audiard), Greatest Tailored Screenplay, Greatest Actress (Gascón), Greatest Supporting Actress (Saldaña), Greatest Worldwide Characteristic (France), two for Greatest Authentic Track (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”), Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling, Greatest Authentic Rating, Greatest Enhancing, Greatest Sound and Greatest Cinematography.