Oscars 2025 Best Actress Predictions | Oscars Tier List

With 2024 nearing its end the 97th Academy Awards hosted by Conan O'Brien rapidly approaches. The award contenders and nominations are wide open with no clear frontrunners formulating. Now, film critic Ben Friedman decided to look back at the first 11 months and prognosticate early contenders for next years Oscars ceremony, focusing on Best Actress today. Is Mikey Madison in ANORA the frontrunner to win best actress? Is Karla Sofia Gascon in EMILIA PEREZ going to make history and become the first transgender woman to be nominated for an academy award? Will Cynthia Erivo become the surprise spoiler and be nominated for WICKED? Can Saiorse Ronan win her first Oscar for a bad movie in THE OUTRUN? Will  @Netflix  find success running Angelina Jolie in MARIA? And just what should fans expect from Lily Rose Depp in NOSFERATU? Let's not forgot earlier performances like Zendaya in CHALLENGERS and June Squibb in THEMLA, plus the international Branch like Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here. TIME CODES 1:15 Lily Rose Depp is getting rave reviews for her role in NOSEFERATU from @focusfeatures 3:30 Amy Adams has yet to win an Oscar, but is NIGHTBITCH really going to land her a nomination? 4:28 Zendaya gets raves reviews for CHALLENGERS But is that enough to receive Zendaya an Oscar nom? 6:42 Tilda Swinton wows in The Room Next Door despite mixed reception 7:42 Believe the hype. Demi Moore Oscar nomination incoming for THE SUBSTANCE! 10:45 Cynthia Erin and WICKED is becoming a phenomenon!  @UniversalPictures  has the goods! 12:00 Angelina Jolie Oscar nomination in MARIA feels certain for  @Netflix  14:00 Mikey Madison is the frontrunner to win best actress in ANORA 16:30 Saoirse Ronan is bad in THE OUTRUN and is not deserving of an Academy Award nomination 17:20 Will June Squibb become the oldest woman to be nominated for an Academy Award with THEMLA? 17:45 Will Karla Sofia Gascon make history and become the first transgender actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in  @Netflix  controversial EMILIA PEREZ? 20:00 Hard Truths 20:30 Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here 21:00 Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door 22:30 Florence Pugh deserves love for her performance in  @A24  We Live in Time 22:50 Kate Winslet's latest Oscar bait film is LEE 24:00 Nicole Kidman gets sexy and bares it all in  @A24  Babygirl 25:00 Best Actress Oscar 2025 Predictions [email protected] for any inquires! #oscars #academyawards #oscars2025 #cynthiaerivo #predictions #goldenglobes #wicked #emiliaperez #oscarpredictions