Emilia Perez breaks records as it leads Oscar nominations | Ents & Arts News

Emilia Perez leads the nominations for this year’s Oscars – and has broken the record for the most nominated non-English language film in the history of the awards.

The Spanish-language musical, which tells the story of a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes gender affirmation surgery, stars Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofia Gascon – who is the first transgender woman to be nominated in an acting category.

It has 13 Oscar nominations in total – breaking the record of 10 nods for a foreign language film set by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2001, and equalled by Roma in 2019.

The Brutalist and the musical Wicked follow with 10 each, while papal thriller Conclave and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown have eight.

All are up for best picture, alongside Anora, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance.

In the acting categories, Gascon is up for best actress against Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, Anora newcomer Mikey Madison, and Golden Globe winners Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres, for their performances in The Substance and I’m Still Here respectively.

Timothee Chalamet’s portrayal of Dylan in A Complete Unknown has earned him a nomination for best actor, alongside Sebastian Stan for his performance as a younger Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

Adrien Brody, for his role as a Hungarian architect attempting to build a life in the US after the Second World War in The Brutalist; Ralph Fiennes, for Conclave; and Colman Domingo, for the true story prison drama Sing Sing, make up the shortlist.

In the supporting actor category, Golden Globe winner Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) is up against his former Succession co-star Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), along with Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton, (A Complete Unknown) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist).

Ariana Grande gets her first Oscar nomination in the best supporting actress category, for her performance as Glinda alongside Erivo in the box-office smash Wicked. She is up against British star Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), and Saldana for Emilia Perez.

This year’s Oscars nominations announcement was originally scheduled to take place on 17 January, but was pushed back twice due to the wildfires which have devastated Los Angeles since the start of the year.

Winners will be announced at the star-studded Academy Awards ceremony, which is due to be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday 2 March.

Comedian and TV personality Conan O’Brien is this year’s host.

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