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She later gave a galvanizing performance in A Map of the World (1999), Scott Elliott's powerful drama based on the novel by Jane Hamilton, which earned her universal critical praise and a Golden Globe nomination for best actress.
Mar 4, 2024 · For the past 25 years, the Oscars' best actress category has been marked by transformative, history-making wins. We rank the best of the best.
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- Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowski. Sophie's Choice (1982), directed by Alan Pakula. In Sophie's Choice, Meryl Streep's performance as a Polish survivor of the Holocaust is so beautifully shaded, so infused with every element of her character's light and darkness, that the mere feat of her mastering two full languages—she learned to speak both Polish and German for the part—almost seems like an afterthought.
- Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), directed by Elia Kazan. Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Desire documents the tragic mental deterioration of Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle who moves to New Orleans to join her sister and her brutish brother-in-law.
- Elizabeth Taylor as Martha. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), directed by Mike Nichols. Elizabeth Taylor won her second Academy Award blowing up the ingénue image minted in her Oscar winning-turn in Butterfield 8.
- Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. Gone With The Wind (1939), directed by Victor Fleming. The most iconic Southerner in American history was played by a Brit—and one who almost didn't get the part.
Nov 25, 2020 · Chameleons or beauties, star turns or character roles — these are the performers who have outshone all others on the big screen in the last 20 years. We are in a golden age of acting — make ...
Mar 13, 2023 · Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once. The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
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The Best Actress award has been presented 96 times, to 79 actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. The most recent winner is Emma Stone for her role in Poor Things (2023); she had previously won the award for her role in La La Land (2016).
May 7, 2024 · Katharine Hepburn has won the most Academy Awards for best actress (four), and Frances McDormand has received three. A number of actresses have earned two awards, notably Meryl Streep , who holds the record for the most nominations in the category (17).
