Susan Lucci—who played Michael B. Jordan’s stepmom on All My Children—had the sweetest reaction after he won Best Actor for Sinners at the 2026 Oscars.
Susan Lucci’s bond with Michael B. Jordan extends beyond the TV screen.
In fact, after the Sinners star took home the award for Best Actor at the 2026 Oscars, Susan—who portrayed Michael’s stepmom on All My Children in the early aughts—gave him his flowers.
“Congratulations @michaelbjordan on your Oscar!” Susan wrote on Instagram March 16 alongside a throwback photo of her and Michael. “I watched last night and was so excited to see you win!! AND what a beautiful, gracious, and authentic acceptance speech you gave.”
“So proud to have worked with Michael on AMC!!!” she added. “What a spectacular actor he is!!!”
In his powerful acceptance speech, Michael, 39, thanked those who stood by him throughout his journey to the top honor.
“Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home, for supporting me over my career. I feel it,” he said during the ceremony hosted by Conan O’Brien. “I know you guys want me to do well, and I want to do that because you guys bet on me, so thank you for keep betting on me. I’m gonna keep stepping up, and I’m gonna keep being the best version of myself I can be.”read
He also gave a shoutout to his parents Donna Jordan and Michael A. Jordan, who traveled overseas to witness his son’s career achievement.
“Y’all know how I feel about my mother, and my father’s here,” he continued. “My dad came in from Ghana to be here.”
Photo by Doug Peters/PA Images via Getty Images, Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesPreviously, Michael shared how his appearance in All My Children from 2003 to 2006 as Reggie Montgomery shaped his career.
“That time I spent on that show did so much for me education-wise,” he told Sirius XM in a Feb. 17 interview, sharing that he had the honor of “learning about the craft” alongside stars like Susan, Darnell Williams, and Walt Willey.
“We did 100-plus pages a day,” he added. “We did an episode and a half a day, you know what I’m saying? It was a machine. And [for] a kid that never really went to acting classes and never went to acting school or anything like that, that was my education. I learned from them.”
Keep reading for the full list of winners at the 2026 Oscars.
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku- Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benecio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
WINNER: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
WINNER: “Golden” from KPop Deamon Hunters
“I Lied to You” from Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdii
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
WINNER (Tie): The Singers
WINNER (Tie): Two People Exchanging Saliva
