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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 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 ...
Won Holds the record for most wins in this category, with eight. Holds the record for most wins by a woman in any category, with eight. Marik Vos Cries and Whispers: Nominated Dorothy Jeakins The Way We Were: Nominated Shared with Moss Mabry. 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge: The Great Gatsby: Won Anthea Sylbert: Chinatown: Nominated Theadora Van Runkle
What actors and actresses have won the most Oscars? Breaking down record-holders for nominations and winners in history, and who won the most in one night.
Female leads: 1937 : Janet Gaynor as actress Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester; 1954 : ... Only actor to appear in multiple films with the most Oscar wins.
Seven actors have won three or more Oscars in the acting categories, with Hepburn being the only person to win four acting Oscars, spanning from her first in 1934 to her fourth in 1982. Ingrid Bergman and Streep each have two statuettes for leading and one supporting actress win, while Jack Nicholson nabbed the same tally for male actors.
Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners. Katharine Hepburn won four times from twelve nominations—all for lead roles—making her the actor with the most wins in Academy Awards history. [3]
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.