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The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best ...
This list of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories details women who have won or been nominated for awards in non-gender-specific categories. It's fully current as of the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards , with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024.
As of 2024, 45 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. 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 ...
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).
The first woman to win a directing Oscar is Kathryn Bigelow, who was recognized for "Hurt Locker" in 2010. Only four other women directors have even been nominated for a directing Oscar.
The only women to have won two Oscars in the supporting actress category are Shelley Winters and Dianne Wiest. The seven women to have won in both the lead and supporting actress categories are Bergman, Streep, Helen Hayes, Maggie Smith, Jessica Lange, Cate Blanchett, and Renée Zellweger. Jack Nicholson is the most nominated male performer in ...
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Streep has won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, 9 Golden Globe Awards, three Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for 7 Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. She received numerous honorary accolades including an Honorary César in 2003, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004, the AFI Life Achievement ...