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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominated
Academy Award
Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated
Academy Awards, USA. At age 9 years and 135 days, Wallis is (to date) the youngest ever nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned this honor in the same year as the award's oldest ever nominee, Emmanuelle Riva.
- August 28, 2003
On January 10, 2013, at age nine, Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Wallis, who was 6 when she filmed Beasts of the Southern Wild, is the all-time youngest nominee for Best Actress and the third-youngest nominee in any category.
Oct 29, 2021 · Wallis, who holds the record for the youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee ever (she was 9 when nominated), shoots hoops in the drama — inspired by NBA star Kevin Durant's youth experiences — as...
Wallis is the first person born in the 21st century to receive an Academy Award nomination. In May 2014, Wallis was named the face of Armani Junior, Giorgio Armani's line for children and teens. This makes her the first major child celebrity to be the face of a luxury brand.
- January 1, 1
- 1.50 m
- Houma, Louisiana, USA
Washington was attending as a Best Actor nominee for Flight; Wallis was there as a nominee too — the youngest Best Actress nominee in Oscars history — for her stirring performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Feb 18, 2013 · Quvenzhane Wallis, at just nine years old, is the youngest person ever nominated for an Academy Award for best actress. Her role of “Hushpuppy” in the movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild”...
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Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, is the youngest best actress nominee in Academy Awards history. The Beasts of the Southern Wild star is up against Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva and...
