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First Black actor to be nominated for Best Actor. 1963. Lilies of the Field. Homer Smith. Won. First Black man to win a competitive Oscar. First Bahamian to win Best Actor. First Black actor to receive two acting nominations (Best Actor). Youngest Black actor to win Best Actor (age 37).
Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films became the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Carter took home best costume design Sunday night at the 95th ...
Out of the 27 nominated performances, 22 went on to earn Academy Award nominations or wins. Octavia Spencer is the most nominated in this category with 3 nominations. Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Mo'Nique, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Regina King, Ariana DeBose, Angela Bassett, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph have won in this category.
Once again, Ruth E. Carter made history at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. After winning Best Costume Design, she became the The post Ruth E. Carter is the first Black woman to win two Oscars ...
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. 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. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the ...
September 12, 2024 at 4:11 AM. Halle Berry has said she is “saddened” by the fact she still remains the only Black woman to ever win an Academy Award for Best Actress. Berry, 58, made history ...
As the countdown to the 96th Academy Awards winds to an end, little suspense hovers over who will win the Oscar for supporting actress. And that all-but-certain outcome is both good news and bad ...
In 2017, DuVernay became the first Black woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for her film 13th. [145] [146] In 2017, DuVernay was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for Visual Arts. [147] In 2018, DuVernay won Entertainer of the Year at the 49th NAACP Image Awards for her work in 2017 ...