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Best Actress winner Katharine Hepburn became the first and only performer to win four competitive acting Oscars. [10] Furthermore, the 48-year span between her first win for 1933's Morning Glory and her last win for On Golden Pond set the record for the longest span between first and last career Oscar wins.
Anna Paquin (/ ˈ p æ k w ɪ n / PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. [3] [4] She made her acting debut in the romantic drama film The Piano (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, becoming the second-youngest winner in Oscar history.
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year.
Warren Beatty — Best Director, winner Henry Fonda — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama winner Meryl Streep — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama winner Dudley Moore — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner Bernadette Peters — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner John Gielgud — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, winner Joan ...
Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first and, as of 2024, the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a ...
In 1977, Garr starred in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and she gained critical acclaim for her performance in the Sydney Pollack-directed comedy Tootsie (1982), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy Mr. Mom ...
Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1982. Gandhi won the awards for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film. [1] [2]
Her work included Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut came in The World According to Garp (1982), which was followed by supporting roles in the films The Big Chill (1983) and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the ...