2023 Oscars recap: Biggest wins, all the star-studded performances and more

See all the biggest moments from the 95th Academy Awards.

Last Updated: March 13, 2023, 12:48 AM EDT

The 95th Academy Awards have come and gone.

On Hollywood's biggest night, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" reigned supreme, winning seven Oscars, the most of any film, including best picture, best director and best original screenplay. It was nominated for 11 Oscars heading into the ceremony.

The film with the next highest number of wins was "All Quiet on the Western Front," with four.

In the acting categories, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" star Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win best actress, while Brendan Fraser won best actor for "The Whale."

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis also won in the supporting actor and actress categories, respectively.

Keep reading to see all the biggest moments from the 2023 Oscars.

Key moments:

Here is how the night unfolded. All times Eastern.
Mar 12, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT

Jamie Lee Curtis wins best supporting actress

Jamie Lee Curtis won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

"I know it looks like I'm standing up here by myself but I am not, I am hundreds of people. I'm hundreds of people," she said before paying tribute to directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, her co-stars and the entire "Everything Everywhere All at Once" crew.

Jamie Lee Curtis accepts the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023.
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Curtis also shouted out her famous parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in her victory remarks, saying, "My mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories -- I just won an Oscar."

Curtis' Oscar win marks a special milestone: Her mother was nominated in the same category in 1961 for her role as Marion Crane in "Psycho."

Other actresses nominated in Sunday's best supporting actress category included Angela Bassett for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Hong Chau for "The Whale," Kerry Condon for "The Banshees of Inisherin," and Stephanie Hsu for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Mar 12, 2023, 8:50 PM EDT

Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor

Ke Huy Quan won the Oscar for best supporting actor on Sunday night for his performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Quan began his acceptance speech by sending a message to his 84-year-old mother, who he said was watching from home. "Mom, I just won an Oscar!" he said.

Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, March 12, 2023.
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"My journey started on a boat, I spent a year in a refugee camp and, somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage," Quan continued. "They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it's happening to me. This... this is the American dream."

Quan also gave a shout-out to his wife Echo, who he said told him his time would come one day.

"Dreams are something you have to believe in," he said. "I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive."

Other actors nominated in the category included Brendan Gleeson for "The Banshees of Inisherin," Brian Tyree Henry for "Causeway," Judd Hirsch for "The Fabelmans" and Barry Keoghan for "The Banshees of Inisherin."

Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., March 12, 2023.
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Mar 12, 2023, 8:32 PM EDT

'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' wins best animated feature film

"Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" won the Academy Award for best animated feature film.

"Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre," del Toro said during his acceptance speech, dedicating the award to his family, his kids and his late parents.

Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson accept the Best Animated Feature Film award for "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
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The other films nominated in the category included "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On," "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," "The Sea Beast" and "Turning Red."

Mar 12, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT

Jimmy Kimmel kicks off Oscars ceremony

Kimmel wasted no time and addressed the infamous Will Smith slap from the 2022 Oscars during his opening monologue.

“We want you to have fun, feel safe, and most importantly, we want me to feel safe,” Kimmel said. “So, we have strict policies in place. If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.”

“But seriously, the academy has a crisis team in place. If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year. Nothing. Sit there and do absolutely nothing,” Kimmel joked.

The talk show host kicked off the 95th Academy Awards in a big way by parachuting onto the Dolby Theater stage “Top Gun” style.

He began by welcoming everyone to the 95th Oscars and dove right into cracking jokes at those in the audience including AMC star Nicole Kidman, saying that he was happy to see her “finally been released from that abandoned AMC.”

Kimmel also took a jab at Seth Rogen and Steven Spielberg, who worked together on “The Fabelmans,” which is Oscar-nominated tonight, and pointed out that Tom Cruise isn’t at the show tonight.

“If you are hoping to get a look at Tom Cruise, he’s not here. Or maybe he is here, maybe that’s Tom Cruise right there wearing a Judd Hirsch ‘Mission Impossible’ mask,” Kimmel said pointing to Judd Hirsch.

Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
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