Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.
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PT. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions . The State of the Race Unlike the other acting categories, it seems like the best is yet to come for the Best Supporting Actress race.
So far, two of the few performances that actually have stood out include Cannes winners Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez from musical crime drama “ Emilia Pérez ” (though Saldaña could possibly move up categories). Then there is Emily Watson, who won an award at the Berlin Film Festival for her role opposite recent Best Actor winner Cillian Murphy in “ Small Things Like These ,” which Lionsgate is set to distribute. There is also Joan Chen, the star of Sundance Audience Award winner “ Dìdi ,” who has long been a captivating screen presence in projects like “Twin Peaks” and “Lust, Caution,” but has never been nominated for any major awards.
As the well-meaning mother of a teenage son discovering himself in the social media stone age, Chen really shines. Outside of that, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor gives a memorable performance in Sundance film “ Exhibiting Forgiveness ,” despite it being a little jarring that she plays André Holland’s mother (they o.
