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2 days ago · 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 ...
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
5 days ago · Halle Berry (born August 14, 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American film actress, the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actress. She received the honour for her nuanced portrayal of Leticia Musgrove, a down-on-her-luck character in Monster’s Ball (2001). Berry was a teenage finalist in national beauty pageants ...
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5 days ago · Jennifer Lawrence (born August 15, 1990, Indian Hills, northeast of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is an American actress who is known for her versatility on-screen and her accessible, honest off-screen persona. At the age of 22, she won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
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2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the ...
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
4 days ago · 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). Swank spent most of her early ...
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1 day ago · Holly Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in THE PIANO, directed by Jane Campion, and received three additional Oscar(R) nominations for her performances in James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News, Sydney Pollack’s The Firm and Catherine Hardwicke’s Thirteen.
2 days ago · Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in “The Piano,” directed by Jane Campion. She received three additional Oscar nominations for her performances in James L ...