‘Wicked,’ ‘Conclave’ lead Critics Choice Awards nominations

Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo pose for the photographers prior to the the premiere of “Wicked” at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

LOS ANGELES – “Conclave” and “Wicked” each earned a leading 11 nominations Thursday for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards, while “Dune:Part Two” and “Emilia Pérez” both collected 10 nods.

All four films were nominated for best picture, along with “A Complete Unknown,” “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Nickel Boys,” “Sing Sing” and “The Substance.”

“Anora,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Saturday Night,” “Sing Sing” and “Wicked” were nominated for best acting ensemble.

“Conclave” was also earned nominations for Ralph Fiennes for best actor and Isabella Rossellini for supporting actress. “Wicked” scored a best actress nod for Cynthia Erivo and a supporting actress nomination for Ariana Grande.

Nominated along with Fiennes for best actor were Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist,” Timothée Chalamet for “A Complete Unknown,” Daniel Craig for “Queer,” Colman Domingo for “Sing Sing” and Hugh Grant for “Heretic.”

Erivo will compete for best actress honors against Karla Sofía Gascón of “Emilia Pérez,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste for “Hard Truths,” Angelina Jolie of “Maria,” Mikey Madison for “Anora” and Demi Moore for “The Substance.”

The awards will be presented Jan. 12 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and broadcast on E!. The show will be available for streaming on Peacock on Jan. 13.

Here is a complete list of nominations:

BEST PICTURE
“A Complete Unknown”
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Hugh Grant, “Heretic”

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson”
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Nickel Boys”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Elliott Heffernan, “Blitz”
Maisy Stella, “My Old Ass”
Izaac Wang, “Didi”
Alisha Weir, “Abigail”
Zoe Ziegler, “Janet Planet”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“Anora”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Saturday Night”
“Sing Sing”
“Wicked”

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Edward Berger, “Conclave”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Jon M. Chu, “Wicked”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys”
Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David, “September 5”
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Justin Kuritzkes, “Challengers”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, “Wicked”
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, “Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, “Nickel Boys”
Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Denis Villeneuve, 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 PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia, “The Brutalist”
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales, “Wicked”
Suzie Davies, “Conclave”
Craig Lathrop, “Nosferatu”
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff, “Gladiator II”
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau, “Dune: Part Two”

BEST EDITING
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Marco Costa, “Challengers”
Nick Emerson, “Conclave”
David Jancso, “The Brutalist”
Joe Walker, “Dune: Part Two”
Hansjorg Weibrich, “September 5”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl, “Conclave”
Linda Muir, “Nosferatu”
Massimo Cantini Parrini, “Maria”
Paul Tazewell, “Wicked”
Jacqueline West, “Dune: Part Two”
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman, “Gladiator II”

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan, “Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice”
Hair and Makeup Team, “Dune: Part Two”
Hair and Makeup Team, “The Substance”
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount, “Wicked”
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White, “Nosferatu”
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier, “A Different Man”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould, “Gladiator II”
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk, “Wicked”
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer, “Dune: Part Two”
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs, “Better Man”
Visual Effects Team, “The Substance”
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke, “Kingdom
of the Planet of the Apes”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

BEST COMEDY
“A Real Pain”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Hit Man”
“My Old Ass”
“Saturday Night”
“Thelma”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Flow”
“I’m Still Here”
“Kneecap”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way,” “The Last Showgirl,” Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress,” “Challengers,” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“El Mal,” “Emilia Pérez,” Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West,” “Will & Harper,” Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky,” “The Wild Robot,” Maren Morris
“Mi Camino,” “Emilia Pérez,” Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
Clément Ducol & Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, “Challengers”
Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”
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