Every Best Actress Winner at the Oscars Since 1998

Feb 07, 2020

We're all about celebrating incredible women on-screen and off, so the Best Actress race at the Oscars is one of our favorite categories to watch every awards season. This year's nominees — Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson, Saoirse Ronan, Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger — join a long list of esteemed performers whose work spans nearly a century. We'll find out soon enough which name will be etched into the 2020 trophy, but in the meantime, here's a look at the Best Actress Academy Award winners of the last 22 years, from Helen Hunt in 1998 to Olivia Colman in 2019.

Olivia Colman, 2019: Colman won her first Oscar last year for her royal performance in The Favourite and we couldn't have loved her acceptance speech more. (Photo via Kathy Hutchins/ Shutterstock)

Frances McDormand, 2018: McDormand won her second Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mildred Hayes in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. (Photo via Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Emma Stone, 2017: The La La Land star's song-and-dance skills — not to mention her chemistry with costar Ryan Gosling — got the Academy's vote in 2017. (Photo via Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Brie Larson, 2016: Larson earned raves (and an Oscar) for her moving performance in the 2015 movie Room. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Julianne Moore, 2015: After two previous Best Actress nominations for Far From Heaven and The End of the Affair, Moore won the Oscar for Still Alice, in which she played a woman grappling with the devastating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Cate Blanchett, 2014: Blanchett, who also has a Best Supporting Actress Oscar from 2005, won her second Academy Award for Blue Jasmine. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Jennifer Lawrence, 2013: Two years after receiving her first Oscar nomination (for Winter's Bone), Lawrence took home a trophy for her work in the David O. Russell romantic dramedy Silver Linings Playbook, which costarred Bradley Cooper. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Meryl Streep, 2012: Streep, who has a record 21 Oscar nominations to her name, has won the Best Actress Academy Award twice, including in 2012, for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Natalie Portman, 2011: Portman had to go to some pretty dark places for her Oscar-winning turn in 2010's ballet drama Black Swan. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Sandra Bullock, 2010: Bullock won for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side, which was based on the true story of NFL player Michael Oher. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Kate Winslet, 2009: Winslet has seven Oscar nominations under her belt, including one win for her performance in The Reader, which was based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink. (Photo via Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Marion Cotillard, 2008: Cotillard, who took home the Oscar for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, is the only French actress to win this category for a French-language performance. (Photo via Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Helen Mirren, 2007: Mirren was nominated twice for supporting roles — in Gosford Park and The Madness of King George — before she won the Best Actress category for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. (Photo via Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Reese Witherspoon, 2006: Witherspoon gave one of the best performances of her career — if not the best — as June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. (Photo via Jeff Vespa/WireImage)

Hilary Swank, 2005: Swank's win for her portrayal of an aspiring boxer in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby was her second victory in this category. (Photo via M. Von Holden/FilmMagic)

Charlize Theron, 2004:Wonder Woman filmmaker Patty Jenkins directed Theron's Oscar-winning turn in 2003's Monster, a biographical crime drama about serial killer Aileen Wuornos. (Photo via Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)

Nicole Kidman, 2003: Kidman gave an Oscar-worthy performance as Virginia Woolf in The Hours, which costarred Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore and was based on Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. (Photo via Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Halle Berry, 2002: Thanks to her performance in Monster's Ball, Berry made Oscars history by becoming the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. (Photo via Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Julia Roberts, 2001: Like a lot of other stars on this list, Roberts won for her portrayal of a real person — in this case, Erin Brockovich, a legal clerk-turned-environment activist who helped to build a massive, multimillion-dollar case against California's Pacific Gas and Electric Company in the early '90s. (Photo via Chris Weeks/Getty Images)

Hilary Swank, 2000: Swank won the first of her two Oscars in 2000, for the 1999 movie Boys Don't Cry, which was based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered in 1993. (Photo via Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Gwyneth Paltrow, 1999: Paltrow won over Academy voters with her star-making turn as Viola de Lesseps, William Shakespeare's fictional muse in the romantic period drama Shakespeare in Love. (Photo via Jim Smeal/WireImage)

Helen Hunt, 1998: The 1998 Oscars were largely dominated by Titanic, which came out at the end of 1997, but Hunt and her As Good As It Gets costar Jack Nicholson came out on top in the acting categories. (Photo via Ron Galella/WireImage)

Mikey Madison's Win Over Demi Moore Was The Biggest Surprise At The 2025 Oscars

The 2025 Oscars have come and gone. In addition to some incredible noms, like A Real Pain for Original Screenplay, Wicked for Best Picture, and Anora's Mikey Madison for Best Actress, there were some serious snubs. Because what do you mean Challengers didn't get nominated for ANYTHING?! Considering it won Best Score at the Golden Globes, I'd have thought it had that nomination secured, but the Academy had other plans.

Here's the full list of 2025 Oscar winners.

The Craziest 2025 Oscar nomination snubs.

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I really can't believe Zendaya didn't get nominated for her performance in Challengers. Her viral "crazy eyes" scene generated enough conversation to give her a nom in my opinion. I remember sitting in the theater and thinking, Wow, I've never seen her make that face before, can we replay that? And, of course, I'm mourning the fact the movie didn't get nominated for Best Score. "Match Point" playing during the ending of the movie will always be an Oscar-winning moment to me!

But in addition to Z, Selena Gomez also didn't get nominated for her role as Jessi Del Monte in Emilia Pérez, despite the fact the movie got a total of 13 nominations.

My group chat immediately blew up when we realized Sing Sing wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

The full list of 2025 Oscar winners.

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Best Picture

Winner: Anora

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Lead Actress

Winner: Mikey Madison for Anora

Cynthia Erivo for Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison for Anora
Demi Moore for The Substance
Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here

Best Lead Actor

Winner: Adrien Brody for The Brutalist

Adrien Brody for The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo for Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes for Conclave
Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice

Searchlight Pictures

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez

Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande for Wicked
Felicity Jones for The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini for Conclave
Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain

Yura Borisov for Anora
Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain
Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce for The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice

Best Director

Winner: Sean Baker for Anora

Sean Baker for Anora
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
James Mangold for A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Anora

Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Conclave

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

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Best Cinematography

Winner: The Brutalist

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best Original Score

Winner: The Brutalist

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

Winner: “El Mal” for Emilia Pérez

“El Mal” for Emilia Pérez
“The Journey” for The Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird” for Sing Sing
“Mi Camino” for Emilia Pérez
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Best Editing

Winner: Anora

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Production Design

Winner: Wicked

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

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Best Costume Design

Winner: Wicked

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner: The Substance

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Sound

Winner: Dune: Part Two

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Dune: Part Two

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Best International Feature

Winner: I'm Still Here

Brazil's I’m Still Here
Denmark's The Girl with the Needle
France's Emilia Pérez
Germany's The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Latvia's Flow

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Best Animated Feature

Winner: Latvia's Flow

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Animated Short

Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Best Live-Action Short

Winner: cine

A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Documentary Feature

Winner: No Other Land

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short

Winner: The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Did your favorite movie of 2024 get the Oscar nominations you think it deserved, or was it totally snubbed? Let us know on Instagram! And you can still make 13 Award-Winning Cocktails after Oscar Sunday ;).

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9 “Gross” Cooking Habits You May Not Realize You’re Making

Everyone has their own unique way of doing things in the kitchen, but some habits are certainly more cringe-worthy than you might think – especially ones that may be considered gross, unhygienic, or unsafe. There are quite a few cooking missteps that could put you and others at risk, or simply make ‘em squeamish. If you’ve ever wondered whether your cooking habits are flawless or low-key gross, it’s time for a quick reality check.

Scroll on for 8 “gross” cooking habits to avoid in the kitchen to retain a clean, safe space to enjoy your most favorite meals!

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1. Not washing your hands before handling food.

Your hands touch all sorts of things throughout the day, all of which carry tons of bacteria and germs you may not even realize are there. If you don’t wash your hands before cooking, you risk transferring dirt, bacteria, and even viruses onto your food, increasing the chances of contamination and foodborne illnesses.

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2. Handling raw meat and then immediately touching other ingredients or surfaces.

Raw meat – especially poultry and seafood – carries bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli. If you touch the raw meat you're cooking with and then handle various vegetables, seasonings, or kitchen surfaces without washing your hands, you could spread harmful bacteria, leading to dangerous cross-contamination and potential food poisoning.

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3. Licking your fingers and continuing to cook.

Licking your fingers while cooking might seem harmless (especially if you’re just cooking for yourself or one other person), but it can introduce bacteria from your mouth onto the food and other kitchen surfaces. This is especially unhygienic if you're cooking for others, as it spreads germs and increases the risk of contamination!

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4. Not washing your produce properly.

Nowadays, fruits and vegetables can carry pesticides, dirt, and bacteria from the handling, shipping, and storage processes. If you don’t rinse them thoroughly before eating or cooking ‘em, you risk ingesting harmful chemicals or bacteria like Listeria. Yikes.

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5. Using the same knife + cutting board for raw meat and other foods without washing.

When you cut up raw meat and then immediately use the same knife or cutting board for the rest of the ingredients in your meals, you can totally transfer bacteria. This is especially important to avoid for items that may not be cooked further! It’s simply essential to wash your utensils and tools between uses or use separate ones for raw meat and other foods.

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6. Using the same spoon for stirring and tasting.

Dipping a spoon into food, tasting it (even if it’s quick!), and then putting it back in the pot can potentially transfer bacteria from your mouth to the entire dish. This is wildly unsanitary when you’re cooking for a group, as it introduces germs or bacteria that others may not be immune to. The best practice here is to use a separate spoon for tasting or wash it briefly before using it again.

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7. Sneezing or coughing near your food.

When you sneeze or cough, tiny droplets of bacteria or viruses can land on everything around your kitchen: food, utensils, and cooking surfaces. If you don’t cover your mouth properly or sneeze directly over food, you risk contaminating the meal, which is both unsanitary (and unappetizing) for anyone eating it.

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8. Using the same towel for drying your hands, wiping surfaces, and drying dishes.

It’s crazy how quickly kitchen towels can become breeding grounds for bacteria when they’re used for multiple tasks. If you use the same towel to dry your hands, clean up spills, and dry dishes, you risk spreading germs from raw food particles or dirty hands onto clean surfaces and dishes, making it an easy way to spread bacteria… unknowingly.

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9. Letting your pets near cooking surfaces.

Pets, no matter how clean they seem, carry bacteria, dirt, and even fur with them that can easily contaminate food and kitchen surfaces. Allowing them on countertops or near food prep areas (looking at you, kitties!) increases the risk of spreading germs, especially since pets can’t wash their paws after using the litter box or walking outside.

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The Most Shocking 2025 Golden Globe Nominations & Snubs

It's the most wonderful time of the year: awards show season! We're getting closer to seeing the Oscars, the Grammys, and the Golden Globes celebrate the best movies, music, and TV shows of 2024, and we finally know who's up for the Golden Globes. The program will air on CBS and Paramount+ January 5 at 8 pm EST.

Even though this awards show is usually an indicator of what the Oscar nominations will look like, my group chats aren't so sure — some of these nominations (and snubs) are such wild cards!

Keep reading to see all the 2025 Golden Globe nominations — and snubs.

The Most Shocking Snubs & Surprises Of The 2025 Golden Globes Nominations

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To no one's surprise, The Bear led amongst its competition with 5 nominations, followed closely by four nominations for both Shōgun and Only Murders in the Building. And Selena Gomez's Emilia Pérez got 10 nominations!

Some notable snubs of this year's Golden Globes include leaving Wicked's Jon M. Chu and Dune 2's Denis Villeneuve out of the director category (which baffles me even more after Greta Gerwig's Barbie snub at the Oscars), Sing Sing in the screenplay category, and Saoirse Ronan in the acting categories even though the Oscar-nominated actress was in both The Outrun and Blitz!

As far as surprises go, September 5 is nominated for Best Picture, despite the fact it hasn't been released yet. And, okay I know Wicked already announced they'd be submitting Cynthia Erivo for a lead actress and Ariana Grande for supporting, but my group chats STILL can't believe it! Also Zendaya being nominated in lead actress in a comedy/musical for Challengers...since when is Challengers a comedy?!

Golden Globe Nominations For Movies

Searchlight Pictures

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

All We Imagine as Light (India)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Vermiglio (Italy)

Universal Pictures

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie for Maria
Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
Tilda Swinton for The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here
Kate Winslet for Lee

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Adrien Brody for The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig for Queer
Colman Domingo for Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes for Conclave
Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams for Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo for Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison for Anora
Demi Moore for The Substance
Zendaya for Challengers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
Hugh Grant for Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle for Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell for Hit Man
Sebastian Stan for A Different Man

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Selena Gomez for Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande for Wicked
Felicity Jones for The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley for The Substance
Isabella Rossellini for Conclave
Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov for Anora
Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain
Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce for The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice
Denzel Washington for Gladiator II

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Best Director

Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker for Anora
Edward Berger for Conclave
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat for The Substance
Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light

Best Screenplay

Emilia Pérez
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
The Substance
Conclave

Best Original Score

Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers
Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song

“Beautiful That Way” forThe Last Showgirl
“Compress / Repress” for Challengers
“El Mal” for Emilia Pérez
“Forbidden Road” for Better Man
“Kiss The Sky” for The Wild Robot
“Mi Camino" for Emilia Pérez

TV Show Golden Globe Nominations For 2025

Patrick Harbron/Disney

Best Television Series – Drama

The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Squid Game

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
The Gentlemen
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Baby Reindeer
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country

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Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Kathy Bates for Matlock
Emma D’Arcy for House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine for Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley for Black Doves
Keri Russell for The Diplomat
Anna Sawai for Shōgun

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Donald Glover for Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal for Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman for Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne for The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada for Shōgun
Billy Bob Thornton for Landman

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri for The Bear
Selena Gomez for Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn for Agatha All Along
Jean Smart for Hacks

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson for A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin for Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel for Shrinking
Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White for The Bear

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Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett for Disclaimer
Jodie Foster for True Detective: Night Country
Cristin Milioti for The Penguin
Sofía Vergara for Griselda
Naomi Watts for Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
Kate Winslet for The Regime

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Colin Farrell for The Penguin
Richard Gadd for Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline for Disclaimer
Cooper Koch for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan Mcgregor for A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott for Ripley

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Liza Colón-Zayas for The Bear
Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
Dakota Fanning for Ripley
Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer
Allison Janney for The Diplomat
Kali Reis for True Detective: Night Country

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Tadanobu Asano for Shōgun
Javier Bardem for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford for Shrinking
Jack Lowden for Slow Horses
Diego Luna for La Máquina
Ebon Moss-Bachrach for The Bear

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Jamie Foxx for Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser for Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Seth Meyers for Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler for Adam Sandler: Love You
Ali Wong for Ali Wong: Single Lady
Ramy Youssef for Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

Did any 2025 Golden Globe nomination (or snub) surprise you? Let us know in the comments!

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15 "Gorgeous" Kitchen Banquette Designs To Cozy Up Your Dining Nook

I'm currently obsessed with kitchen banquettes and on a mission to find the perfect nook for one in my own space. Right now, we have an IKEA island with two wooden stools, which is great for busy mornings before I rush my kiddo to school. But when guests come over or we want to slow down and get cozy on weekend mornings, stools just don’t cut it. Enter banquettes: the kitchen trend everyone’s loving, and for good reason. They create a relaxed, inviting space (the ultimate “stay a while” vibe) and come in styles to suit any aesthetic, from cottage to modern. Here are ones from West Elm, Pottery Barn, McGee & Co., Target and more that I'm eyeing right now, plus cool custom inspiration!

Scroll to see the 15 gorgeous kitchen banquette designs we love right now!

West Elm

West Elm Novak Banquette

This sleek, curved unit offers customizable designs to perfectly fit your space — whether compact or spacious. With its vertical tufted backrest, it gives off a subtle '60s Bond-era sophistication. Plus, you can choose from a wide range of fabrics and even add built-in power to charge your devices before starting, or ending, the day!

Studio McGee

McGee & Co. Olivier Slipcover Dining Bench

Talk about comfort — this slipcovered dining bench has cushions filled with a dreamy feather-and-down blend, making every meal feel extra cozy. Plus, the linen cover gives it that perfect mix of laid-back and refined style.

Target

Threshold Cora Dining Banquette

This budget-friendly banquette from Target features a sturdy wooden frame and upholstered fabric in a charming cottage stripe. The corner unit is a great space saver and the fabric complements a range of styles, from modern to farmhouse.

Serena & Lily

Serena & Lily Belgian Club Loveseat

This petite loveseat doubles as a space-saving banquette. With its gently rolled arms and inviting curves, it creates a cozy, relaxed spot for dining — perfect for lingering over a delicious meal.

West Elm

West Elm Shelter Storage Banquette

A banquette with built-in storage? Game changer. The pillow-soft seats make it a cozy spot to gather, while its modular design makes it perfect for most spaces. Bonus: it's made from sustainably sourced wood.

Pottery Barn

Pottery Barn Layton Upholstered Banquette

This banquette is the perfect mix of relaxed and refined, combining cozy upholstered seating with the rustic charm of exposed wood. It has a curved design (love) so you can make the most of your space, whether it's a breakfast nook or an open dining area — perfect for laid-back meals and long, cozy gatherings.

West Elm

West Elm Hargrove Banquette

This similar banquette is a fresh take on modern farmhouse style, or even coastal California design with its oak wood frame.

Williams-Sonoma

Williams-Sonoma Dining Upholstered Banquette

This customizable banquette in a French-inspired ticking is the perfect nook to sip coffee in the morning, enjoy a casual lunch, or gather with friends for a laid-back dinner. Plus, its space-saving design means you get extra seating without taking up too much room!

Banquette Inspiration

Cordonné Paint

Cordonné Príncipe Paint

I adore this built-in curvy banquette with a pop-of-red cushion. It really feels so French and lovely. The checkered floor is another detail that charms the space. The pretty green paint color ties it all together!

Lulu & Georgia

Lulu & Georgia Florent Dining Chair

Swooning over this floral upholstered banquette that isn't afraid to show its curves. Paired with these cute wavy-back chairs, this setup is divine in my book.

Nickey Kehoe

Nickey Kehoe Banquette Inspiration

A rich, reddish leather in a sleek design gives this piece a modern twist on a traditional look.

The LifeStyledCo

The LifeStyledCo Kian Dining Chair

I love how this banquette wraps around both sides, creating plenty of space to gather. Paired with the Kian dining chair and a pile of cozy pillows, it’s the perfect spot to enjoy a sunny breakfast with your favorite people.

AYR Barns

AYR Barns Coates Dining Table

A reclaimed pine table paired with a tufted upholstered banquette strikes the perfect balance between rustic charm and refined elegance — an elevated look I absolutely love.

Le Maé

Le Maé Roxie Dining Table

This geometric table pairs beautifully with the corner banquette, which features a unique fluted wood detail at the base. Not only does the banquette maximize seating in a cozy, space-saving way, but it also adds a stylish focal point that elevates the entire dining area.

Brook & Lou

Brook & Lou Sloane Chandelier

This wood-framed banquette is a refined take on the classic cottage-style design, bringing warmth and charm with an elevated touch. Paired with a bold natural-fiber chandelier and cottage-inspired plates on the wall, it creates a cozy-yet-stylish dining nook that I admire.

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11 Under-$20 Spring Shoes On Amazon That Are Total Hidden Gems

It’s finally time to swap out your heavy winter boots for something a bit lighter, brighter, and budget-friendly. Amazon has quite the stylish lineup of spring shoes, and I scoured their site for the cutest picks – all under $20! From chic sandals to ballet flats that make any spring outfit feel fresh, these 11 Amazon shoes are here to refresh your shoe game, all without forgoing your budget.

Scroll on for 11 comfy and cute Amazon spring shoes, all shoppable for $20 or less!

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