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Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress). [4] Six have won exactly three acting Academy Awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (three Best Actor awards), Frances McDormand (three Best Actress awards), Meryl Streep (two Best Actress awards and one Best Supporting Actress award), Jack Nicholson (two Best Actor awards and one Best ...
At the 1st Academy Awards, the Best Picture award (then named "Academy Award for Outstanding Picture") was presented to the 1927 silent film Wings. The Artist (2011) was the first essentially silent (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and a dream sequence with sound effects) film since Wings to win Best Picture.
First person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award. Billie Eilish, for Best Original Song, "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die (2021) First person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award. Quvenzhané Wallis, for Best Actress, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) First Icelander to win an Academy Award
The win marked Randolph’s first Oscar, and prompted a teary speech about how far she had come and how hard she had worked to get there. Randolph gave particular thanks to one of her drama ...
The worst Oscar wins don't age well after 30 seconds; the best endure for decades. On the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Oscars, Times film critic Justin Chang and columnist Glenn Whipp put their ...
The beloved filmmakers marked historic wins — Miyazaki for best animated film for "The Boy and the Heron," and Anderson for “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar," his first Oscar.
The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish-born actor to win this award. Italian actor Roberto Benigni gave the first non-English winning performance in Life Is Beautiful (1997) in this category. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, while nine other actors ...
‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ (1952) Should Have Won: “High Noon” “Oscarologists have long described ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ as the worst Best Picture winner ever,” says Time.