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First African American to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. First and only African American to win consecutive awards in any category. 1994: Willie D. Burton The Shawshank Redemption: Nominated 1999: The Green Mile: Nominated 2006: Dreamgirls: Won From 2003 through 2019, the Best Sound category was known as "Best Sound Mixing".
First African film to win an Academy Award. 1976: Black and White in Color: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Won 1983: Le Bal: Ettore Scola: Nominated 1995: Dust of Life: Rachid Bouchareb: Nominated 2004: Yesterday: Darrell Roodt: Nominated 2005: Tsotsi: Gavin Hood: Won First African film in a language other than French to win in this category. 2006: Days ...
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind.". Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field ...
Denzel Washington was the second African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, following Sidney Poitier for 1963's Lilies of the Field. [8] Halle Berry became the first, and as of 2023, only, African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. [8]
The 96th annual Academy Awards went out with a bang on Sunday, offering a star-studded spectacle that included epic performances, heartfelt speeches, and a few big surprises. Oppenheimer won big ...
(Academy Award winner) Won 2009 Viola Davis: Doubt (Academy Award nominee) Nominated 2010 Mo'Nique: Precious (Academy Award winner) Won 2012 Octavia Spencer: The Help (Academy Award winner) Won 2014 Lupita Nyong'o: 12 Years a Slave (Academy Award winner) Nominated 2017 Viola Davis: Fences (Academy Award winner) Won Naomie Harris: Moonlight ...
First African-American and black woman to be nominated for Best Costume Design. 1993 [note 5] Gabriella Pescucci The Age of Innocence: Won Sandy Powell: Orlando: Nominated Janet Patterson: The Piano: Nominated Jenny Beavan The Remains of the Day: Nominated Shared with John Bright. Anna B. Sheppard: Schindler's List: Nominated 1994: Lizzy Gardiner