2025 Academy Awards Actress Series

Nominee: Cynthia Erivo
Picture for Nomination: Wicked
Age: 38
From: England
Filmography: Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), Drift (2023), Pinocchio (2022), Needle in a Timestack (2021), Chaos Walking (2021), Harriet (2019), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Widows (2018)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2020 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Harriet

Achievements in Acting:
2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Wicked
2025 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Wicked
2025 Golden Globes Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nomination for Wicked
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Harriet
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Harriet

Nominee: Karla Sofía Gascón
Picture for Nomination: Emilia Pérez
Age: 52
From: Spain
Filmography: El cura y el veneno (2013), We Are the Nobles (2013), Cambio de sentido (2010), Di que sí (2004), La caja 507 (2002), Me da igual (2000), Se buscan fulmontis (1999), The Thin Line (2017), Walking Out (2017), Buster's Mal Heart (2016), Certain Women (2016), Subterranea (2015), Winter in the Blood (2013), Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Emilia Pérez
2025 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Emilia Pérez
2025 Golden Globes Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nomination for Emilia Pérez
2024 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress for Emilia Pérez

Nominee: Mikey Madison
Picture for Nomination: Anora
Age: 25
From: United States
Filmography: All Souls (2023), Scream (2022), It Takes Three (2021), The Addams Family (2019), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), Monster (2018), Nostalgia (2018), Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey (2015)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Anora
2025 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress for Anora
2025 Golden Globes Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nomination for Anora

Nominee: Demi Moore
Picture for Nomination: The Substance
Age: 62
From: United States
Filmography: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Please Baby Please (2022), Songbird (2020), Corporate Animals (2019), Love Sonia (2018), Rough Night (2017), Blind (2016), Wild Oats (2016), Forsaken (2015), Very Good Girls (2013), LOL (2012), Margin Call (2011), Another Happy Day (2011), Bunraku (2010), The Joneses (2009), Happy Tears (2009), Flawless (2007), Mr. Brooks (2007), Bobby (2006), Half Light (2006), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Passion of Mind (2000), Deconstructing Harry (1997), G.I. Jane (1997), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Striptease (1996), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Juror (1996), Now and Then (1995), The Scarlet Letter (1995), Disclosure (1994), Indecent Proposal (1993), A Few Good Men (1992), The Butcher's Wife (1991), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Nothing But Trouble (1991), Ghost (1990), We're No Angels (1989), The Seventh Sign (1988), Wisdom (1986), One Crazy Summer (1986), About Last Night (1986), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), No Small Affair (1984), Blame It on Rio (1984), Young Doctors in Love (1982), Parasite (1982), Choices (1981)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for The Substance
2025 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for The Substance
2025 Golden Globes Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Substance
1991 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Ghost

Nominee: Fernanda Torres
Picture for Nomination: I'm Still Here
Age: 59
From: Brazil
Filmography: So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever (2009), The Invisible Woman (2009), Basic Sanitation, the Movie (2007), O Caso Morel (2006), Casa de Areia (2005), Redentor (2004), Os Normais: O Filme (2003), Gêmeas (1999), Treason (1998), Midnight (1998), Miramar (1997), Four Days in September (1997), Foreign Land (1995), The Jew (1995), Capitalismo Selvagem (1993), Beijo 2348/72 (1990), Kuarup (1989), Fogo e Paixão (1989), A Mulher do Próximo (1988), Sonho Sem Fim (1986), Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta (1986), Love Me Forever or Never (1986), A Marvada Carne (1985), Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática (1984), Innocence (1983)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2025 Golden Globes Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for I'm Still Here
1986 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress for Love Me Forever or Never

Conclusion:
24 February 2025
Who Will Win Likely: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who May Be Alternate: Mikey Madison for Anora

17 February 2025
Who Will Win Likely: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who May Be Alternate: Mikey Madison for Anora

10 February 2025
Who Will Win Likely: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who May Be Alternate: Mikey Madison for Anora

25 January 2025
Who Will Win Likely: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who May Be Alternate: Mikey Madison for Anora

Who Should Win: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who Got Snubbed: Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths, Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl
Personal Favorite: Demi Moore for The Substance
Who Wins? Mikey Madison for Anora

2020 Academy Awards Actress Series

Nominee: Cynthia Erivo
Picture for Nomination: Harriet
Age: 33
From: England
Filmography: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Widows (2018)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2020 Screen Actor Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Harriet
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Harriet

Nominee: Scarlett Johansson
Picture for Nomination: Marriage Story
Age: 35
From: United States
Filmography: Jojo Rabbit (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Isle of Dogs (2018), Rough Night (2017), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Sing (2016), Captain America: Civil War (2016), The Jungle Book (2016), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Lucy (2014), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Chef (2014), Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Don Jon (2013), Hitchcock (2012), The Avengers (2012), We Bought a Zoo (2011), Iran Man 2 (2010), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), The Spirit (2008), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), The Nanny Diaries (2007), The Prestige (2006), The Black Dahlia (2006), Scoop (2006), The Island (2005), Match Point (2005), In Good Company (2004), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), A Good Woman (2004), A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), The Perfect Score (2004), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Lost in Translation (2003), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), An American Rhapsody (2001), Ghost World (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), My Brother the Pig (1999), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Home Alone 3 (1997), Fall (1997), If Lucy Fell (1996), Manny and Lo (1996), Just Cause (1995), North (1994)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is her first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Marriage Story
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Jojo Rabbit
2020 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Marriage Story
2020 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Jojo Rabbit
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Marriage Story
2006 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for Match Point
2005 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Lost in Translation
2004 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Girl with a Pearl Earring
2004 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Girl with a Pearl Earring
2004 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Lost in Translation

Nominee: Saoirse Ronan
Picture for Nomination: Little Women
Age: 25
From: United States
Filmography: Mary Queen of Scots (2018), The Seagull (2018), On Chesil Beach (2017), Lady Bird (2017), Loving Vincent (2017), Weepah Way for Now (2015), Brooklyn (2015), Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015), Lost River (2014), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013), How I Live Now (2013), The Host (2013), Byzantium (2012), Violet and Daisy (2011), Hanna (2011), The Way Back (2010), The Secret World of Arrietty (2011), The Lovely Bones (2009), City of Ember (2008), Death Defying Acts (2007), Atonement (2007), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007), I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2018 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Lady Bird
2016 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Brooklyn
2008 Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nomination for Atonement

Achievements in Acting:
2020 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Little Women
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Little Women
2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Lady Bird
2018 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Lady Bird
2018 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Lady Bird
2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Brooklyn
2016 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Brooklyn
2016 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Brooklyn
2010 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for The Lovely Bones
2008 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Atonement
2008 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for Atonement

Nominee: Charlize Theron
Picture for Nomination: Bombshell
Age: 44
From: South Africa
Filmography: The Addams Family (2019), Long Shot (2019), Gringo (2018), Tully (2018), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Atomic Blonde (2017), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Last Face (2016), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Dark Places (2015), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Prometheus (2012), Young Adult (2011), Astro Boy (2009), The Road (2009), The Burning Plain (2008), Hancock (2008), Sleepwalking (2008), Battle in Seattle (2007), In the Valley of Elah (2007), Æon Flux (2005), North Country (2005), Head in the Clouds (2004), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Monster (2003), The Italian Job (2003), Waking Up in Reno (2002), Trapped (2002), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), 15 Minutes (2001), Sweet November (2001), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Men of Honor (2000), The Yards (2000), Reindeer Games (2000), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Astronaut's Wife (1999), Mighty Joe Young (1998), Burn (1998), Celebrity (1998), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Trial and Error (1997), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), That Thing You Do! (1996), Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2006 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for North Country
2004 Best Actress in a Leading Role for Monster

Achievements in Acting:
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Bombshell
2020 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nomination for Bombshell
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Bombshell
2019 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nomination for Tully
2012 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Young Adult
2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for North Country
2006 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for North Country
2006 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for North Country
2005 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Monster
2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Monster
2004 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Monster
2004 Berlin Film Festival Best Actress for Monster

Nominee: Renée Zellweger
Picture for Nomination: Judy
Age: 50
From: United States
Filmography: Here and Now (2018), Same Kind of Different as Me (2017), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), The Whole Truth (2016), My Own Love Song (2010), Case 39 (2009), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), My One and Only (2009), New in Town (2009), Appaloosa (2008), Leatherheads (2008), Bee Movie (2007), Miss Potter (2006), Cinderella Man (2005), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Cold Mountain (2003), Down with Love (2003), Chicago (2002), White Oleander (2002), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Me, Myself and Irene (2000), Nurse Betty (2000), The Bachelor (1999), One True Thing (1998), A Price Above Rubies (1998), Deceiver (1997), Jerry Maguire (1996), The Whole Wide World (1996), Empire Records (1995), The Low Life (1995), Love and a .45 (1994), 8 Seconds (1994), Reality Bites (1994), Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), Dazed and Confused (1993)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2004 Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Cold Mountain
2003 Best Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Chicago
2002 Best Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Bridget Jones's Diary

Achievements in Acting:
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Judy
2020 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actress for Judy
2020 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Judy
2007 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Miss Potter
2005 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Cold Mountain
2004 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Cold Mountain
2004 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Cold Mountain
2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Chicago
2003 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Chicago
2003 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Chicago
2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Bridget Jones's Diary
2002 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nomination for Bridget Jones's Diary
2002 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nomination for Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Nurse Betty
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Jerry Maguire
Conclusion:
27 January 2020
Who Will Win Likely: Renée Zellweger for Judy
Who May Be Alternate: Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story

3 February 2020
Who Will Win Likely: Renée Zellweger for Judy
Who May Be Alternate: Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story

Who Should Win: Renée Zellweger for Judy
Who Got Snubbed: Awkwafina for The Farewell, Lupita Nyong'o for Us
Personal Favorite: Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story
Who Wins? Renée Zellweger, Judy