30th Critics' Choice Awards

30th Critics' Choice Awards
Official poster
Date	February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07)
Site	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, United States
Hosted by	Chelsea Handler
Highlights
Most wins	Film: Emilia Pérez , The Substance and Wicked (3) Television: Shōgun (4)
Most nominations	Film: Conclave and Wicked (11) Television: Shōgun (6)
Best Picture	Anora
Best Comedy Series	Hacks
Best Drama Series	Shōgun
Best Limited Series	Baby Reindeer
Best Movie Made for Television	Rebel Ridge
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	E! Peacock (streaming)
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The 30th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on February 7, 2025, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2024. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was originally scheduled to be held on January 12, but was postponed twice due to the series of wildfires in Southern California. ^{[4] [5]} The ceremony was broadcast on E! and was made available to stream the next day on Peacock. ^{[3] [1]} Chelsea Handler returned as host for the third consecutive year. ^[6]

Like in the previous four years, film and television nominations were announced separately. The television nominations were announced on December 5, 2024. ^[7] The film nominations were announced on December 12, 2024. ^[8]

Conclave and Wicked led the film nominations with eleven each, followed by Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez with ten each. ^[8] Shōgun led the television nominations with six, followed by Abbott Elementary , The Diplomat , Disclaimer , Hacks , The Penguin and What We Do in the Shadows with four each. ^[7]

With its win, Anora became the first ever film to win the award for Best Picture without winning any other awards. ^[9]

Winners and nominees

Jon M. Chu, Best Director winner

Adrien Brody, Best Actor winner

Demi Moore, Best Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner

Zoe Saldana, Best Supporting Actress winner

Coralie Fargeat, Best Original Screenplay winner

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Best Score winners

Film

Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys Sing Sing The Substance Wicked	Best Director Jon M. Chu – Wicked Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Sean Baker – Anora Edward Berger – Conclave Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed	Best Actress Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus	Best Supporting Actress Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Curtis Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes
Best Young Actor/Actress Maisy Stella – My Old Ass as Elliott Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Young Furiosa Elliott Heffernan – Blitz as George Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris Wang Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Lazaar Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet as Lacy	Best Acting Ensemble Conclave Anora Emilia Pérez Saturday Night Sing Sing Wicked
Best Original Screenplay Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Sean Baker – Anora Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David – September 5 Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers	Best Adapted Screenplay Peter Straughan – Conclave Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox – Wicked Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley – Sing Sing RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
Best Cinematography Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu Alice Brooks – Wicked Lol Crawley – The Brutalist Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys	Best Editing Marco Costa – Challengers Sean Baker – Anora Nick Emerson – Conclave Dávid Jancsó – The Brutalist Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
Best Costume Design Paul Tazewell – Wicked Lisy Christl – Conclave Linda Muir – Nosferatu Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two Janty Yates and Dave Crossman – Gladiator II	Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – Wicked Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist Suzie Davies – Conclave Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu Arthur Max, Jille Azis, and Elli Griff – Gladiator II Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two
Best Score Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers Volker Bertelmann – Conclave Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot Clément Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two	Best Song "El Mal" (Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard, songwriters; Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Camille, performers) – Emilia Pérez "Beautiful That Way" (Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, and Lykke Li, songwriters; Miley Cyrus, performer) – The Last Showgirl "Compress/ Repress" (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Luca Guadagnino songwriters; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, performers) – Challengers "Harper and Will Go West" (Sean Douglas, Josh Greenbaum, and Kristen Wiig, songwriters; Kristen Wiig, performer) – Will & Harper "Kiss the Sky" (Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi, songwriters; Maren Morris, performer) – The Wild Robot "Mi Camino" (Clément Ducol and Camille, songwriters; Selena Gomez, performer) – Emilia Pérez
Best Hair and Make-Up Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, and Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, and Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Dune: Part Two Hair and Make-Up Team – Dune: Part Two Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, and Laura Blount – Wicked Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and David White – Nosferatu Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, and Aaron Saucier – A Different Man	Best Visual Effects Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, and Neil Corbould – Gladiator II Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, and David Shirk – Wicked Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs – Better Man Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, and Jean Miel – The Substance Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Comedy Deadpool & Wolverine (TIE) A Real Pain (TIE) Hit Man My Old Ass Saturday Night Thelma	Best Animated Feature The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Foreign Language Film Emilia Pérez • France All We Imagine as Light • India Flow • Latvia I'm Still Here • Brazil Kneecap • Ireland The Seed of the Sacred Fig • Germany

Television

Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

Kathy Bates, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

Tadanobu Asano, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Adam Brody, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Jean Smart, Best Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Michael Urie, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Colin Farrell, Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television winner

Cristin Milioti, Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television winner

Liev Schreiber, Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television winner

Jessica Gunning, Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television winner

Best Drama Series Shōgun (FX / Hulu) Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Day of the Jackal (Peacock) The Diplomat (Netflix) Evil (Paramount+) Industry (HBO / Max) The Old Man (FX) Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Best Actor in a Drama Series Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun as Lord Yoshii Toranaga (FX / Hulu) Jeff Bridges – The Old Man as Dan Chase (FX) Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who as Fifteenth Doctor (Disney+) Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal as The Jackal (Peacock) Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat as Hal Wyler (Netflix) Antony Starr – The Boys as Homelander (Prime Video)	Best Actress in a Drama Series Kathy Bates – Matlock as Madeline "Matty" Matlock (CBS) Caitríona Balfe – Outlander as Claire Fraser (Starz) Shanola Hampton – Found as Gabrielle "Gabi" Mosely (NBC) Keira Knightley – Black Doves as Helen Webb (Netflix) Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Netflix) Anna Sawai – Shōgun as Toda Mariko (FX / Hulu)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige (FX / Hulu) Michael Emerson – Evil as Leland Townsend (Paramount+) Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found as Hugh "Sir" Evans (NBC) Takehiro Hira – Shōgun as Ishido Kazunari (FX / Hulu) John Lithgow – The Old Man as Harold Harper (FX) Sam Reid – Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire as Lestat de Lioncourt (AMC)	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun as Usami Fuji (FX / Hulu) Allison Janney – The Diplomat as Grace Penn (Netflix) Nicole Kidman – Lioness as Kaitlyn Meade (Paramount+) Skye P. Marshall – Matlock as Olympia Lawrence (CBS) Anna Sawai – Pachinko as Naomi Ichizaki (Apple TV+) Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters as Angelica Muldoon (Apple TV+)
Best Comedy Series Hacks (HBO / Max) Abbott Elementary (ABC) English Teacher (FX) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Somebody Somewhere (HBO / Max) St. Denis Medical (NBC) What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This as Noah (Netflix) Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher as Evan Marquez (FX) David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical as Ron (NBC) Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu) Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows as Nandor the Relentless (FX) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu)	Best Actress in a Comedy Series Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO / Max) Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This as Joanne (Netflix) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows as Nadja (FX) Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere as Sam (HBO / Max) Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale as Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons (Apple TV+)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Michael Urie – Shrinking as Brian (Apple TV+) Paul W. Downs – Hacks as Jimmy LuSaque Jr. (HBO / Max) Asher Grodman – Ghosts as Trevor Lefkowitz (CBS) Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows as Guillermo de la Cruz (FX) Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts as Captain Isaac Higgintoot (CBS) Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary as Gregory Eddie (ABC)	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO / Max) Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear as Tina Marrero (FX / Hulu) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher as Gwen Sanders (FX) Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along as Lilia Calderu (Disney+) Annie Potts – Young Sheldon as Connie "Meemaw" Tucker (CBS)
Best Limited Series Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Disclaimer (Apple TV+) Masters of the Air (Apple TV+) Mr Bates vs The Post Office (PBS) The Penguin (HBO / Max) Ripley (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country (HBO / Max) We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)	Best Movie Made for Television Rebel Ridge (Netflix) The Great Lillian Hall (HBO / Max) It's What's Inside (Netflix) Música (Prime Video) Out of My Mind (Disney+) V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Colin Farrell – The Penguin as Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin (HBO / Max) Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer as Donny Dunn (Netflix) Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Truman Capote (FX) Kevin Kline – Disclaimer as Stephen Brigstocke (Apple TV+) Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov (Paramount+) Andrew Scott – Ripley as Tom Ripley (Netflix)	Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Cristin Milioti – The Penguin as Sofia Falcone (HBO / Max) Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft (Apple TV+) Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country as Chief Liz Danvers (HBO / Max) Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall as Lillian Hall (HBO / Max) Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind as Melody Brooks (Disney+) Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Babe Paley (FX)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple as Tag Winbury (Netflix) Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer as Claude / Robert Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / The Priest (HBO / Max) Hugh Grant – The Regime as Edward Keplinger (HBO / Max) Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X as Elijah Muhammad (National Geographic) (posthumous) Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones as Addy Kurc (Hulu) Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as William "Bill" Paley (FX) (posthumous)	Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer as Martha Scott (Netflix) Dakota Fanning – Ripley as Marjorie "Marge" Sherwood (Netflix) Leila George – Disclaimer as young Catherine Ravenscroft (Apple TV+) Betty Gilpin – Three Women as Lina (Starz) Deirdre O'Connell – The Penguin as Francis Cobb (HBO / Max) Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country as Detective Evangeline Navarro (HBO / Max)
Best Animated Series X-Men '97 (Disney+) Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video) Bluey (Disney+) Bob's Burgers (Fox) Invincible (Prime Video) The Simpsons (Fox)	Best Foreign Language Series Squid Game (Netflix) • South Korea Acapulco (Apple TV+) • United States Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video) • India La Máquina (Hulu) • Mexico / United States The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix) • Italy My Brilliant Friend (HBO / Max) • Italy / United States Pachinko (Apple TV+) • United States Senna (Netflix) • Brazil
Best Talk Show John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA (Netflix) The Daily Show (Comedy Central) The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) Hot Ones (YouTube) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC / Syndicated) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)	Best Comedy Special Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu) Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video) Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die (HBO / Max) Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix) Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO / Max)

Multiple nominations

Films

The following eighteen films received multiple nominations:

Film	Nominations
Conclave	11
Wicked
Dune: Part Two	10
Emilia Pérez
The Brutalist	9
Anora	7
The Substance
Nickel Boys	5
Sing Sing
Challengers	4
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
A Complete Unknown	3
A Real Pain
The Wild Robot
Flow	2
Maria
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
September 5

Television Programs

The following twenty-seven programs received multiple nominations:

Program	Network(s)	Category	Nominations
Shōgun	FX / Hulu	Drama	6
Abbott Elementary	ABC	Comedy	4
The Diplomat	Netflix	Drama
Disclaimer	Apple TV+	Limited
Hacks	HBO / Max	Comedy
The Penguin		Limited
What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Comedy
Baby Reindeer	Netflix	Limited	3
English Teacher	FX	Comedy
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans		Limited
Nobody Wants This	Netflix	Comedy
The Old Man	FX	Drama
Only Murders in the Building	Hulu	Comedy
Ripley	Netflix	Limited
True Detective: Night Country	HBO / Max
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire	AMC	Drama	2
The Day of the Jackal	Peacock
Evil	Paramount+
Found	NBC
Ghosts	CBS	Comedy
The Great Lillian Hall	HBO / Max	Movie
Matlock	CBS	Drama
Out of My Mind	Disney+	Movie
Pachinko	Apple TV+	Drama
Somebody Somewhere	HBO / Max	Comedy
St. Denis Medical	NBC
We Were the Lucky Ones	Hulu	Limited

Multiple wins

Films

The following films received multiple wins:

Film	Wins
Emilia Pérez	3
The Substance
Wicked
Challengers	2
Conclave
A Real Pain

Television Programs

The following programs received multiple wins:

Program	Network(s)	Category	Wins
Shōgun	FX / Hulu	Drama	4
Hacks	HBO / Max	Comedy	3
Baby Reindeer	Netflix	Limited	2
The Penguin	HBO / Max

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Kate Hudson Meredith Hagner	Presented the award for Best Ensemble
Allison Tolman Chase Stokes	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mark-Paul Gosselaar Shanola Hampton	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Aldis Hodge Melissa Rauch	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Craig Robinson	Presented the award for Best Animated Feature
Rufus Sewell Keri Russell	Presented the award for Best Actor in a Limited Series
Kathryn Hahn David Harbour	Presented the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series
Kristen Bell Justine Lupe	Presented the award for Best Limited Series
Jesse Eisenberg	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Brosnahan	Presented the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Jimmy O. Yang	Presented the award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Randall Park	Presented the award for Best Comedy Series
Lupita Nyong'o	Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Presented the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
Matt Bomer	Presented the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series
David Alan Grier Wendi McLendon-Covey	Presented the award for Best Drama Series
Jackie Chan	Presented the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Natasha Lyonne	Presented the award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay
Josh Groban	Presented the award for Best Song
Orlando Bloom	Presented the award for Best Director
Ewan McGregor	Presented the award for Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh	Presented the award for Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen	Presented the award for Best Picture

See also

• 97th Academy Awards
• 76th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

References

1. "Critics Choice Association Partners with E! for 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards Taking Place on Sunday, January 12, 2025" (Press release). Critics Choice Association. October 10, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
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3. Lee, Tionah (October 10, 2024). "The 2025 Critics Choice Awards is Coming to E!: All the Details". E! . Retrieved December 5, 2024.
4. Stephan, Katcy (January 8, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Postponed to January 26 Due to Southern California Fires". Variety . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
5. Andreeva, Nellie (January 14, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Postponed Again In Wake Of L.A. Wildfires". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
6. Hammond, Pete (October 10, 2024). "Critics Choice Awards Lands E! and Peacock as New Broadcast Partners; Chelsea Handler to Return as Host for Third Year". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 5, 2024.
7. Pedersen, Erik (December 5, 2024). "Shōgun Leads with Six Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
8. Evans, Greg (December 12, 2024). "Conclave And Wicked Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 12, 2024.
9. Eng, Joyce (February 7, 2025). "'Anora' wins Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards". Yahoo Entertainment . Retrieved February 8, 2025.

External links

• Official website