1. Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

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OVERALL 

• Could become the youngest person to achieve a competitive EGOT status, thus winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, at the age of 38 – she won her Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for “The Color Purple”, a Grammy in the Best Musical Theatre Album category with “The Color Purple” cast & a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, so the Oscar is the only award she is missing to become an EGOT. As of today, the record for the youngest competitive EGOT winner is held by songwriter Robert Lopez, who completed his EGOT at the age of 39

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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

2. Emilia Pérez

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OVERALL 

• With 13 nominations, it could tie or break the record for the most Oscars won by a single film in one night – the record is currently held by 3 films that managed to win 11 Oscars in one night – “Ben-Hur”, “Titanic” & “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”. “Emilia Pérez” would need to win 11 Oscars to tie the record and 12 Oscars to surpass the record
• It could tie or break the record for the most Oscars won by a non English-speaking film in one night – the record is currently held by 4 films that managed to win 4 Oscars each: “Fanny and Alexander”, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Parasite” & “All Quiet On The Western Front”

BEST PICTURE 

• Could become only the second non English-language movie to win Best Picture following “Parasite” – “Emilia Pérez” would become the first movie in Spanish to win

3. Sean Baker (Anora)

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OVERALL

• Could tie Walt Disney’s record for the most Oscar wins in a single night – Disney won 4 awards in 1954 and Baker is nominated in 4 categories at the 2025 Oscars for “Anora”: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing & Best Original Screenplay 

BEST EDITING

• Could become only the third director to win an Oscar for editing a movie they also directed, joining James Cameron (who won for editing “Titanic”) and Alfonso Cuarón (who won for editing “Gravity”), however, Sean Baker could become the first to win for a sole editing credit since both Cameron and Cuarón won as part of a group

4. Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

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OVERALL

• Could tie Walt Disney’s record for the most Oscar wins in a single night – Disney won 4 awards in 1954 and Audiard is nominated in 4 categories at the 2025 Oscars for “Emilia Pérez”: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing & Best Original Screenplay 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

(“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”)

• Could become the first individual to win in the Best Original Song category the same year that he is nominated in the Best Director category for the same movie 

5. Diane Warren (The Six Triple Eight)

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OVERALL 

• Could finally get rid of her record as the most nominated individual without a competitive win at the Oscars – Warren has been nominated in the Best Original Song category record-breaking 16 times which makes her the most nominated individual without a competitive win, regardless of a category (in a tie with a recording mixer Greg P.Russell) – Warren is nominated for the song “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

(“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”)

• Could finally get rid of her record as the most nominated individual without a win – Warren has been nominated in the Best Original Song category record-breaking 16 times which not only makes her the most nominated individual in the Best Original Song category without a win, but it also makes her the overall most nominated individual without a competitive win, regardless of a category (in a tie with a recording mixer Greg P.Russell) 

6. I’m Still Here

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BEST PICTURE 

• Could become only the second non English-language movie to win Best Picture following “Parasite” – “I’m Still Here” would become the first movie in Portuguese to win Best Picture

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 

• Brazil could win their first Oscar in the Best International Feature category

7. The Substance

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BEST PICTURE 

• 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

8. Dune: Part Two

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BEST PICTURE 

• 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”

9. Wicked

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BEST PICTURE 

• 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”

10. Anora

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BEST PICTURE 

• Could become the 4th movie to win Palme D’Or from the Cannes Festival as well as the Best Picture Oscar (thus joining “The Lost Weekend”, “Marty” & “Parasite”)

11. Jeremy Kleiner & Dede Gardner (Nickel Boys)

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BEST PICTURE 

• Could tie the record for the producer with the most Best Picture wins at the Oscars – the current record of 3 wins is shared by Sam Spiegel & Saul Zaentz and a win in 2025 for “Nickel Boys” would be Kleiner and Gardner’s third since they previously won for “12 Years a Slave” & “Moonlight”; additionally, by winning, 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)

12. Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

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BEST DIRECTOR 

• Could become the first French female director to win in the Best Director category

13. Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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 

14. Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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

15. Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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

16. Karla Sofía Gascon (Emilia Pérez)

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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) and she could also become the first openly transgender individual to win an Oscar 
• Could become the first Spanish actress to win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category and she would also become the first Spanish actress to win for a leading acting performance – the only two Spanish actors who managed to win in acting categories are Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, but both of them won in the supporting acting categories (Bardem won for “No Country For Old Men” and Cruz won for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) 

17. Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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”)

18. Yura Borisov (Anora)

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Could become the first Russian actor to win in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category

19. Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

•  Could become the first Italian actress to win in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category
• Could also become the first actress in history to win an Oscar for an acting performance following a mother’s win for acting (Rossellini’s mother is legendary actress Ingrid Bergman who won 3 acting Oscars). Meanwhile, the only child who went on to win an acting Oscar following their parent winning an Oscar for acting is Angelina Jolie who won the Best Supporting Actress for “Girl, Interrupted” following her father Jon Voight’s win in the Best Actor category for “Coming Home”. Jane Fonda and her father Henry Fonda also both won Oscars for acting, however, in this instance, Jane Fonda was the first to win 2 Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role (“Klute” & “Coming Home”) and her father won his Best Actor Oscar for “On Golden Pond” years later. Additionally, Liza Minelli won the Best Actress Oscar for “Cabaret” following her mother’s win, however, Judy Garland’s Oscar was a special non-competitive honorary Juvenile Academy Award recognizing young performers

20. Ed Lachman (Maria)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Could break the record for the oldest person to win in the Best Cinematography category – currently, the record is held by Conrad L. Hall who won posthumously at the age 76 – by the time of the ceremony, Hall would have been 76 years, 9 months old, but Lachman will be 76 years, 11 months old at the time of the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, which would make him the oldest winner in the category

21. Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Could become the first Norwegian to win in the Best Original Screenplay category (or any screenwriting category for that matter)

22. Paul Tazewell (Wicked)

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

• Could become the first black male costume designer to win an Oscar in the Best Costume Design category and only the second black designer to ever win following Ruth E. Carter who won 2 Oscars in the category for the “Black Panther” franchise

23. Linda Muir (Nosferatu)

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

• Could become the first Canadian to win in the Best Costume Design category at the Oscars, while Lisy Christl (“Conclave”) could become the first German to win in the category

24. Elton John

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

(“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late)

• Could join a rare group of 9 songwriters who won the Best Original Song Oscar 3 or more times – John has won two times in the past (for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” & “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”) so a win for “Never Too Late” in 2025 would be John’s third victory

25. Dávid Jancsó (The Brutalist)

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BEST EDITING 

• Could become the first Hungarian to win in the Best Editing category at the Oscars

26. Frances Hannon (Wicked)

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BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

• Could join a rare group of 9 make-up artists to win 2 or more times in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category at the Oscars – Hannon first won in 2014 for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” so a win in 2025 for “Wicked” would be her second victory
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27. Richard King (Dune: Part Two)

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BEST SOUND

• Could join a rare group of 9 make-up artists to win 2 or more times in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category at the Oscars – Hannon first won in 2014 for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” so a win in 2025 for “Wicked” would be her second victory

28. Flow

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 

• Latvia could win their first Oscar in the Best International Feature category

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Could become the first dialogue-free movie to win in the Best Animated Feature category at the Oscars

29. Chris Sanders (The Wild Robot)

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Could get rid of his record as the most nominated individual without a win in the Best Animated Feature category – “The Wild Robot” is his 4th nomination following nominations for “Lilo & Stitch”, “How To Train Your Dragon” & “The Croods” but he has yet to win; on the other hand, Nick Park (“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”) or Mark Nielsen (“Inside Out 2”) could join a rare group of 8 people who have won 2 or more times in the Best Animated Feature category – Park previously won for “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” in 2006, while Nielsen won for “Toy Story 4” in 2020

30. Inside Out 2

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 

• Pixar could increase its record as the studio with the most wins in the Best Animated Feature category – “Inside Out 2” could be their 12th victory
• Could join Toy Story and become the only franchise with multiple wins in the Best Animated Feature category (“Toy Story 3” & “Toy Story 4” both won while Inside Out was the first movie to win 

31. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Could join Toy Story and become the only franchise with multiple wins in the Best Animated Feature category (“Toy Story 3” & “Toy Story 4” both won while “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” was the first movie to win