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Deaf actress Marlee Matlin won Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986).
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Who won the third Best Actress Oscar?
The third woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress was Norma Shearer who appeared in The Divorcee as Jerry Bernard Martin.
Julia Roberts was nominated an Oscar for best actress in a leading role but was unsuccessful Which film was it?
pretty woman
First African American woman to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress of 1939 Oscar for her performance of Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
Who was the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940?
Irene Cara is the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940. She won the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" from Flashdance (1983). She shares the award with composer Giorgio Moroder and co-lyricist Keith Forsey. She is also the first (and only) black woman to win an Oscar outside of the acting categories.Whoopi Goldberg was the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940 for acting. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990). She is also the first black actress to receive two acting nominations, having previously been nominated for Best Actress for The Color Purple (1985)
What Oscar-nominated actress once played Wonder Girl sidekick to TV's Wonder Woman?
Debra Winger
Who was the first black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actress category?
Dorothy Dandridge for Carmen Jones (1954).
Who is the greatest actress of all time?
Meryl Streep is considered the best actress of all times for having the most Oscar nominations of any woman (17 in total).
Who was the second black woman to win an acting Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
Linda hunt was the first woman nominated for a best actress Oscar for playing a man in what movie?
The Year of Living Dangerously
What will Halle Berry be remembered for?
Halle Berry won her first Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove. Not only was this Berry's first oscar but it was also the first oscar won by an African American Women.
Was Meryl Streep nominated for her role in Mama Mia?
No, Meryl Streep did not win an Oscar for Mama Mia. She was not even nominated. Meryle Streep has been nominated for the following films.Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Julie & Julia (2009)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Doubt (2008)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Adaptation. (2002)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Music of the Heart (1999)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: One True Thing (1998)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Postcards from the Edge (1990)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Evil Angels (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Ironweed (1987)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Out of Africa (1985)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Silkwood (1983)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Sophie's Choice (1982)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Deer Hunter (1978)
She was nominated for a best actress Oscar for sounder and was also in fried green tomatoes and diary of a mad black woman?
Cicley Tyson.
