Oscars 2026: Jessie Buckley, Michael Jordan Win

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Last updated on: March 16, 2026 16:56 IST

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IMAGE: Jessie Buckley, winner of the Oscar for Best Actress for Hamnet and Michael B Jordan, winner of the Oscar for Best Actor for Sinners. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

One Battle After Another was among the big winners of the 98th Academy Awards, with six wins. A quick look at the winners.

Key Points

  • One Battle After Another wins Best Film and Best Director.
  • Michael B Jordan wins Best Actor for Sinners.
  • Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress for Hamnet.

 

Best Picture

IMAGE: Director Paul Thomas Anderson and cast members celebrate as they accept the Oscar for Best Picture for One Battle after Another. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER - One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

 

Best Actress In A Leading Role

IMAGE: Jessie Buckley speaks on stage after winning the Oscar for Best Actress for Hamnet. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

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

 

Best Actor In a Leading Role

IMAGE: Michael B Jordan accepts the Oscar for Best Actor for Sinners. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

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

IMAGE: Amy Madigan poses with the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Weapons. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

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

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
WINNER - Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

 

Directing

IMAGE: Paul Thomas Anderson wins the Oscar for Best Director as well as Best Adapted Screenplay for One Battle after Another. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
WINNER - Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

 

Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia, Will Tracy
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
WINNER - One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

 

Original Screenplay

IMAGE: Ryan Coogler poses with the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
WINNER - Sinners, Ryan Coogler

 

Documentary Feature

IMAGE: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber, and Alzbeta Karaskova win the Best Documentary Feature Film award for Mr Nobody Against Putin. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
WINNER - Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

 

Documentary Short

IMAGE: Gloria Cazares, Joshua Seftel, Steve Hartman, and Conall Jones win the Best Documentary Short Film for All the Empty Rooms. Photograph: Richard Harbaugh/The Academy/Handout via Reuters

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

 

Animated Feature

IMAGE: Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle LM Wong pose with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for KPop Demon Hunters. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Arco
Elio
WINNER - KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

 

Animated Short

IMAGE: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski pose with the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for The Girl Who Cried Pearls. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Butterfly
Forevergreen
WINNER - The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

 

Cinematography

IMAGE: Autumn Durald Arkapaw poses with the Oscar for Best Cinematography for Sinners. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
One Battle after Another, Michael Bauman
WINNER - Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso

 

Costume Design

IMAGE: Kate Hawley poses with the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Frankenstein. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Deborah L Scott
WINNER - Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E Carter

 

Film Editing

IMAGE: Andy Jurgensen wins the Oscar for Best Film Editing for One Battle after Another. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
WINNER - One Battle after Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael P Shawver

 

International Feature

IMAGE: Joachim Trier poses with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for Sentimental Value from Norway. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

It Was Just an Accident (France)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
WINNER - Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirât (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

 

Live-Action Short

IMAGE: Sam A Davis and Jack Piatt, winners of Best Live Action Short Film award for The Singers, pose with Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata, winners of the other Best Live Action Short Film award for Two People Exchanging Saliva. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
WINNER - The Singers
WINNER - Two People Exchanging Saliva

 

Makeup And Hairstyling

IMAGE: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey pose with the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Frankenstein. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

WINNER - Frankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Kokuho, Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine, Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister, Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

 

Original Score

IMAGE: Ludwig Goransson poses with the Best Original Score award for Sinners. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle after Another, Jonny Greenwood
WINNER - Sinners, Ludwig Goransson

 

Original Song

IMAGE: EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park win the Oscar for Best Original Song for Golden from KPop Demon Hunters. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless
WINNER Golden from KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied To You from Sinners
Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams from Train Dreams

 

Production Design

IMAGE: Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau pose with the Oscar for Best Production Design for Frankenstein. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

WINNER - Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle after Another
Sinners

 

Sound

IMAGE: Al Nelson, Gareth John, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo and Juan Peralta pose with the Oscar for Best Sound for F1Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

WINNER - F1
Frankenstein
One Battle after Another
Sinners
Sirât

 

Visual Effects

IMAGE: Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham and Joe Letteri pose with their Oscars for Best Visual Effects for Avatar: Fire and Ash. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

WINNER - Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

 

Casting

IMAGE: Cassandra Kulukundis poses with the Oscar for Best Casting for One Battle after Another. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER - One Battle after Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners

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