1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Mo'Nique won the 2009 Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for acting, which she won as Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1939. It would be 24 years before another black actor won an Oscar, when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.
Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) however the first Best Actress Award went to Halle Berry for Monster's Ball (2001)
Walter Plunkett won an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for his work on the film The Actress(1953)
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Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan at the ceremony held in 2011.
Dorothy Dandridge.
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.
Three actors from "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone The Oscar was awarded to Victor McLaglen for his performance in "The Informer" (the fifth nominee was Paul Muni for "Black Fury").
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)