The 2025 Oscar Awards could witness several historic moments. “Emilia Pérez,” with 13 nominations, has the potential to surpass the record for most Oscars won by a single film (currently 11) and a non-English language film (currently 4). Individual records are also in play: Sean Baker or Jacques Audiard could equal Walt Disney’s four wins in a night.
Expected record-breaking 2025 Oscar wins
Timothée Chalamet may become the youngest Best Actor winner, while Cynthia Erivo could become the second Black Best Actress winner and youngest EGOT. Fernanda Torres, Sebastian Stan, and Isabella Rossellini could make history as the first Brazilian, Romanian, and Italian acting winners, respectively. Finally, Diane Warren aims to break her long-standing record of most nominations without a win.
Cynthia Erivo
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Nominated for “Wicked”, the actress stands poised to potentially become the youngest competitive EGOT recipient. With prior victories including a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical (“The Color Purple”), a Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album (“The Color Purple” cast), and a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, an Oscar win would cement her place in history at the age of 38, surpassing the current record held by Robert Lopez (39).
Disney Movies’ likely 2025 Oscar wins
“Emilia Pérez,” boasting 13 nominations, is on track to potentially rewrite Oscar history. The film could tie or break the current record of 11 wins, held jointly by “Ben-Hur,” “Titanic,” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” To match the record, “Emilia Pérez” requires 11 wins, and to claim the top spot, it needs 12.
In 1954, Walt Disney achieved four remarkable Oscar wins in a single night. Now, in 2025, Sean Baker (“Anora”) and Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”) each have the potential to match this feat. Baker is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay, while Audiard is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Song, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Substance
“The Substance” could become only the second horror film to ever win Best Picture following “The Silence of the Lambs” which won Best Picture more than 30 years ago in 1992.
Dune: Part Two for 2025 Oscar Awards
“Dune: Part Two” could become only the third sequel to win Best Picture, following “The Godfather Part II” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” “Wicked” could become only the third fantasy film to win Best Picture following “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” & “The Shape Of Water”.
Anora
“Anora” could become the 4th movie to win the Palme d’Or from the Cannes Festival as well as the Best Picture Oscar (thus joining “The Lost Weekend”, “Marty” & “Parasite”)
Dede Gardner for the 2025 Oscar Awards
Dede Gardner would become the first female producer to win Best Picture on three occasions (as of now, she is the only woman that has managed to win Best Picture twice and she is tied with Kathleen Kennedy as the most nominated woman in the Best Picture category with 8 nominations)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”) could become the youngest actor to win in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category – the current holder of the record is Adrien Brody who was 29 years, 11 months old when he won for “The Pianist” and Chalamet will be 29 years, 2 months old; additionally, Chalamet who is French-American would become only the second French actor to win in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category following Jean Dujardin.
Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”) could become the first Romanian actor to win in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category (Stan was born in Constanta, Romania and he is Romanian-American) and the first Romanian to win for a leading acting performance.
Adrien Brody for the 2025 Oscar Awards
Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”) could join an elite group of 10 actors who have won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar 2 or more times – Brody previously won for “The Pianist” in 2003 so a win in 2025 would be his second
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Karla Sofía Gascón
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Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”) could become the first openly transgender actress to win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category (or any acting category for that matter). She could also become the first openly transgender individual to win an Oscar Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”) could become the first Spanish actress to win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category. She would also become the first Spanish actress to win for a leading acting performance.
Cynthia Erivo for the 2025 Oscar Awards
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) could become only the second black actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category and the first one in more than 20 years – the first and only black Best Actress in a Leading Role winner is Halle Berry who won for Monster’s Ball at the 2002 ceremony.
Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”) could become the first Brazilian actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, the first Latin American actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, and she could also become the first Brazilian to win for an acting performance (Torres would be only the second Brazilian-born Oscar winner ever following Luciana Arrighi who won the Oscar in 1994 in the Best Art Direction category for “Howards End”)
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