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Frances McDormand has won thrice, while thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in this category—seventeen—and has won twice. Deborah Kerr holds the record in this category for most nominations (six) without a win —albeit in 1993, she was an Honorary Oscar recipient .
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award.. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception.
Films featuring a Best Actress Academy Award–winning performance (99 P) Pages in category "Best Actress Academy Award winners" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
First Deaf actress to be nominated for and win an acting award. Marlee Matlin won Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986) First Deaf actor to be nominated for and win an acting award. Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for CODA (2021) First autistic actor to win an Academy Award. Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for The Silence of the ...
Youngest African-American to win an Academy Award (age 25) First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. 2007: Ruby Dee: American Gangster: Mama Lucas Nominated At age 83, oldest African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. 2008: Viola Davis: Doubt: Mrs. Miller ...
As of the 94th Academy Awards (2021), a total of 43 films have been nominated in all five of these award categories. Only three films have won all five of these major awards: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Eight films failed to win any of the five major awards after ...
At the first major event of awards season, "Emilia Pérez" won four Golden Globes including best comedy/musical, non-English language film, original song and supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña ...
Connery is the first and only Scottish actor to win an Academy Award for acting. 1988 Alec Guinness Little Dorrit: Nominated 1991 Ben Kingsley: Bugsy: Nominated 1992 Jaye Davidson: The Crying Game: Nominated First black British actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. 1993 Ralph Fiennes: Schindler's List: Nominated Pete Postlethwaite: In the ...