Oscars 2024: Jennifer Lawrence is effortlessly elegant in black Dior polka dot gown as she graces the Academy Awards for first time since 2018 to present Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence was as elegant as ever as she arrived at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday, marking her grand return to the ceremony for the first time since 2018.

The 33-year-old actress, who made her return to the ceremony to join four other past winners to present the Oscar for Best Actress, had all eyes on her in a reserved but lovely black Dior gown decorated with polka dots.

The 96th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2023, with the glittering ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The most hotly anticipated movies of the past year — Barbie and Oppenheimer — led the nominations, and Christopher Nolan's biopic about the father of the atomic bomb took home the top award.

Jennifer's stunned on the red carpet in the shoulder-baring ensemble, with one half-sleeve draped over a shoulder and the other wrapped around her arm.

Jennifer Lawrence was as elegant as ever as she arrived at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday, marking her grand return to the ceremony for the first time since 2018 

The 33-year-old actress, who was not nominated this evening, had all eyes on her in a reserved but lovely black Dior gown decorated with polka dots. The 96th Oscars are honoring the best films of 2023, with the glittering ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

The luxurious dress featured a flowing skirt that reached down to the ground, nearly covering up her open-toe black heels.

The Dior ambassador added some sparkle to the ensemble with a tasteful diamond necklace and a matching bracelet that glittered in the light. 

Jennifer was impeccably made up with a modest pale pink lip, and she wore her lustrous blond locks parted at the side and swept back to reveal her Briony Raymond Collection 12-carat diamond and platinum studs.

The actress was seen just the day before as she went to a hair salon appointment to get her glamorous look ready.

She starred last year in the raunchy sex comedy No Hard Feelings, which received relatively strong reviews and a solid box office haul.

Jennifer supported her good friend Emma Stone, who is nominated this year in the Best Actress category for Poor Things.

She was seen inside the Dolby Theatre chatting with her earlier in the ceremony.

Jennifer was lured back to the Oscars after years away so that she could join four other iconic actresses who had previously won the Best Actress award to present this year's nominees.

The luxurious dress featured a flowing skirt that reached down to the ground, nearly covering up her open-toe black heels

She added some sparkle to the ensemble with a tasteful diamond necklace and a matching bracelet that glittered in the light

Jennifer is supporting her good friend Emma Stone, who is nominated this year in the Best Actress category for Poor Things. They were seen chatting inside the Dolby Theatre

Oscars 2024 winners: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Actress: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Best Director: Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer

Original Song: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - What Was I Made For? from Barbie

Seen left to right: Actor In A Supporting Role - Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Actress In A Supporting Role - Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers ), Actress In A Leading Role - Emma Stone (Poor Things), and Actor In A Leading Role - Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Original Score - Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer

Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema - Oppenheimer

Achievement in Film Editing: Jennifer Lame - Oppenheimer

Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihale - Poor Things

Make-up and Hairstyling: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - Poor Things

Achievement in Costume Design: Holly Waddington - Poor Things

Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - Anatomy Of A Fall

Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson - American Fiction

International Feature Film - The Zone of Interest from United Kingdom

Other stars presenting the awards included last year's winner, Michelle Yeoh, as well as Charlize Theron, Sally Field and Jessica Lange.

Jennifer sang the praises of Killers Of The Flower Moon breakout star Lily Gladstone, though it was ultimately Jennifer's good friend Emma Stone who won.

She proved to be a supremely graceful winner, though, and she began her tear-filled acceptance speech by praising Lily and sharing her hopes that the time they had spent together on the awards circuit wouldn't come to an end. 

Oppenheimer bagged 13 nods this year, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy — who won after being the favorite to win the major category after scooping a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a SAG award for his role as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

The impressive total — which include Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, as well as Best Director for Christopher Nolan — is just one nomination short of the all-time record set by Titanic in 1998.

Downey Jr. and Nolan triumphed in both of their categories. 

Last year's other smash hit movie, Barbie, was nominated for eight awards, but also missed out on some notable categories.

Its star Margot Robbie was not nominated for Best Actress, while Greta Gerwig was not nominated for Best Director.

Jennifer was lured back to the Oscars after years away so that she could join four other iconic actresses who had previously won the Best Actress award to present this year's nominees

Other stars presenting the awards included last year's winner, Michelle Yeoh, as well as Charlize Theron, Sally Field and Jessica Lange

Jennifer sang the praises of Killers Of The Flower Moon breakout star Lily Gladstone, though it was ultimately Jennifer's good friend Emma Stone who won

She proved to be a supremely graceful winner, though, and she began her tear-filled acceptance speech by praising Lily and sharing her hopes that the time they had spent together on the awards circuit wouldn't come to an end

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won Best Director and a host of other awards 

What Was I Made For and I'm Just Ken from Barbie received their expected nominations for Best Original Song, with the former winning 

Downey Jr. and Nolan triumphed in both of their categories. 

Last year's other smash hit movie, Barbie, was nominated for eight awards, but also missed out on some notable categories.

Its star Margot Robbie was not nominated for Best Actress, while Greta Gerwig was not nominated for Best Director.

Another surprise saw America Ferrera nominated for Best Supporting Actress over her role in Barbie, with pundits saying her character's impassioned speech on feminism sealed the deal. 

Barbie's other nominations included Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and two nods for Best Song, including Gosling's famed I'm Just Ken.

Notably, both Robbie and Robbie still secured nominations, as Robbie was a producer on the film and so is nominated for Best Picture, while Gerwig was nominated with her husband Noah Baumbach for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The second most-nominated movie was Poor Things, a graphic art house comedy starring Emma Stone that has wowed critics and earned more than $100 million against a $35 million budget.

Stone plays a sex-crazed young woman, with her performance wowing critics. She previously won Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in La La Land. 

For Best Actor in a leading role, Bradley Cooper and Cillian Murphy duked it out for the award, with Murphy winning his first Oscar for Oppenheimer. Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright received nominations as well.

Leonardo DiCaprio was snubbed for his acting in Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed Western crime epic Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things took home 11 Oscar nominations and Killers Of The Flower Moon landed 10. 

Lily Gladstone was the first Native American nominated for Best Actress, for her performance in Martin Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon 

Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone were nominated for Best Actress in a leading role.

Gladstone was the first Native American nominated for Best Actress — and only the second Indigenous actress — for her performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon, and she had been the favorite in the category thanks to her wins at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards, though Emma won after previously taking home the Bafta.

What Was I Made For by Billie Eilish and I'm Just Ken, performed by Ryan Gosling from Barbie, received their expected nominations for Best Original Song, with Eilish's tune nabbing the award.

Sterling K. Brown, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo received nominations for Best Supporting Actor, with Downey emerging triumphant.

Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster and Da'Vine Joy Randolph received nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Randolph already had Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards and was the favorite for an Oscar for her performance as a bereaved cook in The Holdovers, which she ultimately won.

Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer were nominated for Best Directing, while Greta Gerwig didn't make the cut for Barbie. 

Gerwig was nominated for Best Director in 2018 for her solo directorial debut, Lady Bird. Only three women have won Oscars for Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion. 

Though Nolan is regarded as the big-budget auteur of his era, he had never won an Academy Award, nor had any of his films won Best Picture. 

Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for her part in The Holdovers

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo were both nominated for their roles in Poor Things. She won Best Actress, while he lost Best Supporting Actor to Robert Downey Jr.

Bradley Cooper was nominated for Best Actor, but was snubbed of a directing nod for Maestro. Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy took home the Best Actor trophy

That all changed when he and his film Oppenheimer won.

Bradley Cooper was not nominated for directing Maestro but he was recognized for his acting in that biopic.

American Fiction, Anatomy Of A Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest made up the Best Picture category.  

Jimmy Kimmel returned to host the ceremony for the fourth time.

Oscar winners 2024 full list - see who received trophies for this year's Academy Awards

 Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things 

The Zone of Interest

Oppenheimer was the biggest winner of the night with seven including top honor Best Picture; Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, and Charles Roven are seen 

 

Best Director 

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon 

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Emma Stone, Poor Things - WINNER

Emma Stone earned a shock win in the Actress in a Leading Role category for Poor Things

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - WINER 

Da’Vine Joy Randolph triumphed in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for The Holdovers 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 

 

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 

Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro 

Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - WINNER 

The Holdovers, David Hemingson

Maestro, Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December, Samy Burch (Story b Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)

Past Lives, Celine Song

 

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Cord Jefferson - WINNER

Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Poor Things, Tony McNamara

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Cord Jefferson won Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction

 

Achievement in Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek - WINNER

Achievement in Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn - WINNER

 

Original Song 

'The Fire Inside' from Flamin' Hot

'I'm Just Ken' from Barbie

'It Never Went Away' from American Symphony

'Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)' from Killers of the Flower Moon

'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - WINNERS

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell earned Original Song for Barbie's What Was I Made For?

 

Original Score  

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Live Action Short Film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales - WINNER

 

Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig

95 Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - WINNER

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won Animated Short Film; Dave Mullins and Brad Booker pictured 

 

Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER

 

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

 

International Feature Film

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teachers' Lounge, Germany

The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom - WINNER

The Zone Of Interest took home two Oscars including International Feature Film; Jonathan Glazer and James Wilson are pictured 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - WINNER

Society of the Snow 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Holly Waddington - WINNER

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame - WINNER

Poor Things 

 

Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima  - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Godzilla Minus One won the Visual Effects award as Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima are pictured