Oscar nominee Demi Moore, 62, looks youthful in tweed at pre-party as she could become first time winner

Demi Moore put on a classy display as she stunned at Chanel’s 16th Annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills on Saturday.

The star, 62 – who overcame ‘bigoted’ and ‘anti-Demi’ power players to secure her first Oscar nod – joined other celebrities at the glitzy event, such as Heidi Klum and Kim Kardashian.

Moore garnered her first Academy Award nomination for her performance in the body horror film The Substance – with the ceremony set to take place on Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theater.

Demi turned heads as she paused for a brief photo session at The Polo Lounge located at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel.

She donned a chic, black tweed blazer that was fitted to her frame and contained an ornate, white floral trim on the front as well as the pointed collar.

The beauty slipped into a pair of matching shorts that had a hem that stopped just above her knees.

Moore additionally wore a pair of open-toed, black pumps that were secured with straps that wrapped around her ankles. 

The actress opted for minimal accessories and added a pair of silver floral earrings as well as a flashy ring on her right hand. 

She easily carried a light gray Chanel purse in her hand to hold a few items she needed at the star-studded dinner.  

Her long, dark locks were parted in the middle and cascaded down straight past her shoulders. 

Demi’s makeup was classically done for the evening, and comprised of a layer of mascara to her lashes as well as a shimmering shadow around her eyes. 

A pink blush was added to her cheekbones for a radiant glow, while a glossy tint was worn on her lips for a finishing touch. 

The Ghost star flashed a cheerful smile as she showcased her look upon arriving to the event just one day before the 97th Annual Academy Awards. 

Moore has notably received her very first Oscars nomination, despite her decades-long career which began in the 1980s. 

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) are also competing in the same category. 

With the awards season in full swing, Demi has already garnered a number of honors including a Golden Globe, Critics Choice and SAG Award for her role as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. 

Her former director, Roland Joffe, recently opened up to Page Six about the star’s path to her Best Actress nod ahead of the 2025 Oscars. 

He previously directed Moore in the 1995 movie The Scarlet Letter – which was an adaptation of the 1850 novel of the same name written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and also starred Gary Oldman.

Joffe recalled that an editor for an East Coast publication had told him insiders in the industry were less than thrilled that he had cast Demi in the lead role of Hester Prynne.

According to Roland, the editor had informed him at the time ‘people felt that Demi had not earned the right to such a plum classic American role and suggested some other expected names’ for the role instead.

The director was also told that he would ‘regret’ casting Moore in the historical drama.

A few years earlier, the actress had posed naked on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991 while pregnant with her daughter Scout.

Joffe expressed that the editor – whose name was not disclosed – ‘suggested that Demi’s appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair, nude and pregnant, and the sensuality of her performances somehow disqualified her as a serious actress.’

One year after The Scarlet Letter was released, Moore starred in the 1996 movie Striptease.

Demi reportedly received $12.5 million for her role in the film – but she soon garnered backlash.

Joffe expressed, ‘The anti-Demi feeling at the time was a sour mixture of jealousy at her physical freedom … and jealousy that she had become the highest paid female star.’

Last year, Moore also reflected on becoming the highest paid female actress at the time due to the payday for Striptease.

While talking to the New York Times for its The Interview podcast, the actress stated, ‘Well, with Striptease, it was as if I had betrayed women, and with G.I. Jane, it was as if I had betrayed men.

‘But I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress – why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down?’

She continued, ‘I don’t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would probably have taken a hit.

‘But because I did a film that was dealing with the world of stripping and the body, I was extremely shamed.’

Demi later added, ‘And it’s no different than when I did the cover for Vanity Fair pregnant. I didn’t understand why it was such a big deal, why women when they were pregnant needed to be hidden?

‘Why is it that we have to deny that we had sex? That’s the fear, right, that if you show your belly, that means, “Oh my gosh, you’ve had sex.”‘

Joffe stated, ‘I will defend Demi to the death, and I have been very upset that she doesn’t get the reputation she deserves, she’s an Academy standard actress.’

The filmmaker – who has directed other movies such as The Killing Fields and The Mission – added, ‘I’ve always said that working with her was an absolute joy.’

Earlier this year in January, Demi won a Golden Globe for Best Actress – and gave a moving speech as she recalled how a producer had once called her a ‘popcorn actress’ in the past.

Producer Andy Vajna is rumored to have made the comment, but Joffe shared that he did not believe it was Vajna – who passed away in 2019.

Last month, the beauty also received the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress.

On stage she referenced to The Substance and said, ‘When I started the journey of this film, I could never imagine being here. This is so far beyond anything that I could have hoped for.’

Most recently, Demi also won a SAG Award for Best Actress and called the honor both ‘extraordinary’ and ‘meaningful.’

Later she also added, ‘I am so so grateful that I have continued over these so many years to be able to try and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, but to be able to keep going.’

Towards the end, Moore emotionally expressed, ‘That little girl who didn’t believe in herself. The words are kind of beyond me, so I’m just gonna to have to just say thank you.’

Sources told Page Six that as the actress aged, she struggled to get cast in more projects, with one telling the outlet: ‘Demi didn’t get offered roles for many years – you just have to look at her IMDB page to see that.’

Before taking on her role in The Substance, Demi had thought her Hollywood career was ‘complete.’ 

She touched on the topic while accepting the Maria Manetti Shrem Award for Acting during the SFFILM Awards in San Francisco in December.

The star expressed, ‘I’ve had a very long career, but I haven’t really ever been part of the conversations that allowed me to be part of [awards shows] and to really receive the love and celebration of my work. I’m really just so humbled.

‘At the beginning of 2022, I had a moment where I was at an event and I felt I didn’t belong. I didn’t know why I was there. I wanted to be invisible and I couldn’t figure out how to get out.’

She added, ‘And I thought, “You know what? Maybe my time doing this is complete. Maybe I’ve done everything I was supposed to do.” … Two weeks later, the script for The Substance came across my desk.’

Demi admitted she had been ‘almost ready to step away’ but told the crowd that she was grateful she chose not to.