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6 Amazing Women of color have won an Academy Award:
Hattie McDaniel - Best Supporting Actress (Gone with the Wind), 1939.
Whoopi Goldberg - Best Supporting Actress (Ghost), 1990.
Halle Berry - Best Actress (Monster's Ball), 2001.
Jennifer Hudson - Best Supporting Actress (Dreamgirls), 2006.
Mo'nique - Best Supporting Actress (Precious), 2010.
Octvia Spencer - Best Supporting Actress (The Help), 2012.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoMany, many, many women have won Oscars, see related links below.
No woman has ever won best director, and only four have ever been nominated: Lina Wertmüller for 1976's Seven Beauties, Jane Campionfor 1993's The Piano, Sofia Coppola for 2003's Lost in Translation, and Kathryn Bigelow for 2009's The Hurt Locker.
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∙ 8y agoIn the acting categories, 19 women have won two or more Academy Awards:
- Helen Hayes (Best Actress 1931/32; Best Supporting Actress 1970).
- Katharine Hepburn (Best Actress 1932/33, 1967, 1968, 1981).
- Bette Davis (Best Actress 1935, 1938).
- Luise Rainer (Best Actress 1936, 1937).
- Vivien Leigh (Best Actress 1939, 1951).
- Ingrid Bergman (Best Actress 1944, 1956; Best Supporting Actress 1974).
- Olivia de Havilland (Best Actress 1946, 1949).
- Shelley Winters (Best Supporting Actress 1959, 1965).
- Elizabeth Taylor (Best Actress 1960, 1966).
- Dame Maggie Smith (Best Actress 1969; Best Supporting Actress 1978).
- Glenda Jackson (Best Actress, 1970, 1973).
- Jane Fonda (Best Actress 1971, 1978).
- Sally Field (Best Actress 1979, 1984).
- Meryl Streep (Best Supporting Actress 1979; Best Actress 1982, 2011).
- Dianne Wiest (Best Supporting Actress 1986, 1994).
- Jodie Foster (Best Actress 1988, 1991).
- Jessica Lange (Best Supporting Actress 1982; Best Actress 1994).
- Hilary Swank (Best Actress 1999, 2004).
- Cate Blanchett (Best Supporting Actress 2004; Best Actress 2013).
Note: Actress Emma Thompson has two Oscars -- one for Best Actress of 1992 and one for adapting the screenplay of "Sense and Sensibility" (1995).
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∙ 12y agoAccording to moviecitynews.com, around 2622 Oscars have been awarded. Taking into account multiple Oscar winners, the number of actual people would be less, possibly around 2000.
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∙ 15y ago132 actresses have won an Oscar.
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Who won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1977?
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1955.
How many actresses have won a Tony Award and an Oscar in the same year?
none. Taylor swift won the Tony award, but not the oscar.
How many dutch films won the Oscar?
16
Who won the Oscar for Writing in 1963?
How the West Was Won won the Oscar for Writing in 1963.
Who won the Oscar for Writing in 1958?
A Man and a Woman won the Oscar for Writing in 1966.
How many Jewish women won the Oscar for Best Actress?
2
Who won the Oscar for Writing in 1932?
Little Women won the Oscar for Writing in 1932.
Who won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1949?
Little Women won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1949.
Who won the Oscar for the movie two women?
Sophia Loren won Best Actress for Two Women (1961), the movie's only Oscar nomination.
Who won the Oscar for Documentary - Short Subject - in 1986?
Women--for America, for the World won the Oscar for Documentary - Short Subject - in 1986.
Has Brat Pitt won any Oscar Awards?
No, not yet. But he has been nominated twice.
How many Oscar awards has Stevie wonder won?
One; "I just called to say I love you" in "Women in Red" in 1984
How many times the US team won the women's World Cup championship?
The US women's national soccer team has won the World Cup twice (1991, 1999).
Who won the best actress Oscar in 1973?
Glenda Jackson won the 1973 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "A Touch of Class." She had previously won the award for "Women in Love" (1970).
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1970?
Glenda Jackson for Women in Love.
Who won the Oscar for Two Women?
Sophia Loren [Best Supporting Actress]
Who won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1977?
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1955.
