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May 23, 2024 · 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). The record for most wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn. Frances McDormand has won three times, and thirteen other actresses have won the award twice.
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).
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3 days ago · Of note: Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won 9 Academy Awards: six competitive awards, two "Special Achievement" awards, and one "Technical Achievement" award Acting : 4 Katharine Hepburn , all for Best Actress
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1 day ago · She won two Best Actress Oscars for Sophie’s Choice (1983) and The Iron Lady (2011), and the Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1979 movie Kramer vs. Kramer. Not only this, but Meryl Streep also has another record of being the actor with the most number of Academy Awards nominations in history with 21 nominations.
May 22, 2024 · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: 1929: Most recent winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer : Most awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (3) Most nominations: Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9) Website: oscars.org
May 17, 2024 · Katharine Houghton Hepburn. Born: May 12, 1907, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Died: June 29, 2003, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (aged 96) Awards And Honors: Kennedy Center Honors (1990) Academy Award (1982) Academy Award (1969) Academy Award (1968) Academy Award (1934) Academy Award (1982): Actress in a Leading Role.
May 18, 2024 · Hilary Swank (born July 30, 1974, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.) is an American actress who won two best actress Academy Awards, both for roles that were considered uncommonly difficult and courageous—a young transgender man in Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and a female professional boxer in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
