Oscar's Best Actress 2025

The five nominees are...

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

Demi

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“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!” ~ Rocky Balboa

Only seen three of the nominees so far but I would love to see Demi win this

Wicked was fine, I enjoyed it, Cynthia Erivo was fine as Elphaba (although too old, like the rest of the cast) but I didn't think there was anything particularly special about her performance.


Gascon being nominated is a joke. When you're not even the best actress in the movie... It's less of a lead role than Zoe Saldana 's, name in the title or not. Sometimes there seems to be a tendency to overrated performances where an actor plays more than one role or plays a character who is pretending to be someone else (see also Janelle Monae in Glass Onion or Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects).


Mikey Madison is excellent in Anora. It's a committed performance that shows the grit and vulnerability of the character. Of the ones I've seen so far, she'd be my pick.

I totally agree Zoe Saldana is nominated in the wrong category, which is why she will definitely win.

I'm betting on Demi, and she would deserve it too. Her performance in The Substance completely blew me away. I would also be happy if Mikey Madison won.

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Netflix has officially distanced themselves from Gascon, and is canceling all her Oscar award tour engagements. While many had hoped the controversy would settle after a few days, it seems to only be getting frothier...

Hollywood Reporter Article

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I thought there were more posts in this thread...weird, I must have confused it with another Oscars thread.


Anyway, having now seen The Substance , I am jumping firmly on the Demi bandwagon.

I'm Still Here is getting a wide release this weekend...so that will be the final film of the Oscar season I'm going to see. I am amused that Gascon has become so controversial for her Islamic and racist posts. Even though to be fair she's lived a different life than us and I don't know how fair it is to subject our moral standards on other countries. Her performance was bottom of the barrel of the contenders for me...

1. Madison (Anora)
2. Moore (The Substance)
3. Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
4. Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
5. Swinton (The Room Next Door)
6. Kidman (Babygirl)
7. Jolie (Maria)
8. Ervino (Wicked)
9. Zendaya (Challengers)
10. Gascon (Emilia Perez)

I'm Still Here is getting a wide release this weekend...so that will be the final film of the Oscar season I'm going to see. I am amused that Gascon has become so controversial for her Islamic and racist posts. Even though to be fair she's lived a different life than us and I don't know how fair it is to subject our moral standards on other countries. Her performance was bottom of the barrel of the contenders for me...

1. Madison (Anora)
2. Moore (The Substance)
3. Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
4. Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
5. Swinton (The Room Next Door)
6. Kidman (Babygirl)
7. Jolie (Maria)
8. Ervino (Wicked)
9. Zendaya (Challengers)
10. Gascon (Emilia Perez)

Saw Anora today which means I have seen four out of five nominees. Would still like to see Demi win this, but Madison definitely has a shot.

Fernanda Torres.

But I'm ok with Demi Moore.