Anora, the story of a sex worker who gets a chance at a new life when she marries a wealthy client on a whim, has won the coveted best picture prize at the Academy Awards.
The movie’s 25-year-old star, Mikey Madison, was named best actress. The film also won best director for Sean Baker.
Adrien Brody claimed his second Academy Award, winning the best actor trophy for his role as a Jewish immigrant and architect who chases the American dream in The Brutalist.
Zoe Saldana was named best supporting actress for her role as the fixer for a Mexican drug lord in the Spanish-language Netflix musical Emilia Perez.
Kieran Culkin, who started acting as a child, received the best supporting actor award for playing one of two cousins who travel to Poland to study their family’s roots in A Real Pain.
He beat Australia’s Guy Pearce, who was nominated for his performance in The Brutalist.
“I have no idea how I got here,” Culkin said on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Winners of the gold Oscar statuettes are chosen by the roughly 11,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Full list of Oscar winners at the 97th Academy Awards
The full list of Oscar winners at the 97th Academy Awards
* BEST PICTURE – Anora
* BEST ACTOR – Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
* BEST ACTRESS – Mikey Madison, Anora
* BEST DIRECTOR – Sean Baker, Anora
* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Zoe Saldaรฑa, Emilia Pรฉrez
* BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Anora
* BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Conclave
* BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – Flow
* BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM – In the Shadow of the Cypress
* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE _ I’m Still Here Brazil
* BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – No Other Land
* BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT – The Only Girl in the Orchestra
* BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – The Brutalist
* BEST ORIGINAL SONG – El Mal from Emilia Pรฉrez
* BEST SOUND – Dune: Part Two
* BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Wicked
* BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM – I’m Not a Robot
* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – The Brutalist
* BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – The Substance
* BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Wicked
* BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – Dune: Part Two
* BEST FILM EDITING – Anora (Editing by Mary Milliken)
