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History was made at the 2026 Oscars March 15 as the Conan O'Brien-hosted ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Find out the winners and all the history-makers.
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One piece of history after another was made at the 2026 Oscars.
This year’s March 15 Academy Awards were filled with historic wins during the Conan O’Brien-hosted ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, solidifying the award show as one that will be remembered for years to come. (See all the winners here.)
Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley made history as the first Irish actress to win Best Actress in a Leading Role, while Weapons’ Amy Madigan broke the record for longest gap between her first nomination—Twice in a Lifetime in 1986—and first win this year for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
In a historic first, Sinners’ Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman and Black cinematographer to win the award for Best Cinematography.
Meanwhile, KPop Demon Hunter’s “Golden” was officially the first Kpop song to win Best Original Song and Sentimental Value marked Norway’s first win in the Best International Film category.
Even though he wasn’t present to pick up the award, One Battle After Another’s Sean Penn became only the fourth male actor to earn three acting Oscars with his win for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, joining fellow three-time recipients Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan.
And Oscar watchers are likely to not forget The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva tying for Best Live Action Short Film, marking only the seventh time in the Oscars history there had been a tie.
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The ceremony also marked the first ever Best Casting Oscar, which was awarded to Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another. And the longtime casting director was extremely grateful that she and her colleagues were finally being recognized.
“I have to obviously thank the Academy for even adding this category and for the casting directors that fought tirelessly to make it happen—despite everything in their way,” she shared during her acceptance speech. “I dedicate this to you and to the casting directors who never got a chance to get up here, who didn't even get a chance to get their name on the movie.”
But even before the awards were handed out, history had already been made when the nominees were announced Jan. 21 with Sinners picking up 16 nominations, making it the most-nominated film in Academy Awards history.
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And that wasn’t the only milestone Sinners achieved as the vampire picture’s costume designer Ruth E. Carter—already a two-time winner—also became the most-nominated Black woman in Oscars history with five nominations.
As for Timothée Chalamet, despite losing to Michael B. Jordan the Marty Supreme actor had nabbed his third nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role—as well as one for Best Picture as a producer—making him the youngest person to achieve the feat since Marlon Brando in 1954.
And it was certainly a historic moment for Steven Spielberg as the director—who has won three Oscars to date—set the record for most nominations in the Best Picture category for his work as a producer on Hamnet. (He’s picked up 14 producing nominations and an overall 24 nominations across his six decades long career.)
For a look at all the big winners at the 2026 Academy Awards, keep reading.
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Emma Stone - Bugonia
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
WINNER: Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku- Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benecio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
WINNER: Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
Director
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Original Song
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless
WINNER: "Golden" from KPop Deamon Hunters
"I Lied to You" from Sinners
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdii
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
WINNER (Tie): The Singers
WINNER (Tie): Two People Exchanging Saliva
Documentary Short Film
WINNER: All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Train Dreams
Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Makeup & Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
WINNER: Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Sound
WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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