An up-and-coming Connecticut comedic actress who has had a very impressive string of television and film will join "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang to announce this year's Academy Award nominees this week.

After a delay due to the L.A. wildfires, the 2025 Oscar nominations are set to go with Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang to announce the nominees.

The 97th Oscars nominations will be presented Thursday, January 23 live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott. Originally scheduled for presentation Jan. 17, the nominations were first pushed back to Jan.

Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang will announce the nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards. The announcement will take place starting at 5:30 a.m. PT on Thursday in a live presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

At a ceremony in Los Angles, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott are unveiling the list of Oscars nominations for the 97th Academy Awards on March 2nd.

This year’s Oscars nominations will be announced by rising stars Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang. The pair are both actors, writers and comedians and will be hopeful that the early-morning hosting gig from Los Angeles isn’t their last association with the Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards season begins with the announcement of all Oscar nominees. Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott will host the broadcast, which will stream on ABC, Disney+ and Hulu.

Originally, the Oscar nomination ceremony was scheduled for January 17. However, due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, it was first postponed to January 19 and later rescheduled to.

Oscars 2025 nominations announced by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announce the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards. The Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.