Last Year’s Major Acting Winners Returning To Present at This Year’s Academy Awards

The announcement comes as no surprise, as (with a few exceptions) this is largely the tradition at the ceremony.

Keeping the tradition alive, the four major acting categories’ winners will be presenting their respective categories this year at the 97th Academy Awards.

What’s Happening:

  • Academy Award winners Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone will present at the 97th Oscars, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan announced today.
  • A tradition All return to the Oscars stage after winning last year in their respective acting categories:
    • Actor in a Leading Role - Cillian Murphy who won for Oppenheimer {"J. Robert Oppenheimer"}
    • Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Downey Jr. whole won for Oppenheimer {"Lewis Strauss"}
    • Emma Stone who won for Poor Things {"Bella Baxter"}
    • Da'Vine Joy Randolph who won for The Holdovers {"Mary Lamb"}
  • The nominees in their respective categories this year are as follows:
    • Actor in a Leading Role:
      • Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
      • Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
      • Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
      • Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
      • Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
    • Actor in a Supporting Role
      • Yura Borisov - Anora
      • Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
      • Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
      • Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
      • Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
    • Actress in a Leading Role
      • Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
      • Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
      • Mikey Madison - Anora
      • Demi Moore - The Substance
      • Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
    • Actress in a Supporting Role
      • Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
      • Ariana Grande - Wicked
      • Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
      • Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
      • Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
  • Hosted by Conan O’Brien, “The Oscars" will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red-carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
  • The producers will continue to announce talent joining the show in the coming weeks.
  • The 97th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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Tony Betti
Originally from California where he studied a dying artform (hand-drawn animation), Tony has spent most of his adult life in the theme parks of Orlando. When he’s not writing for LP, he’s usually watching and studying something animated or arguing about “the good ole’ days” at the parks.