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It is impossible for an actress to win best actor.
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Who has been nominated most times for Best Actress?
Meryl Streep has received 16 Academy Award nominations, more than any other actor or actress in history. Thirteen of the nominations were in the Best Actress category, which gives her one more than Katharine Hepburn. Streep was nominated three times for Best Supporting Actress.
Which actress has won three Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress four times: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981).Four actors have each won 3 Academy Awards:Ingrid Bergman (2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress)Meryl Streep (2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress)Jack Nicholson (2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)Walter Brennan (3 Best Supporting Actor)
What African American actress and actor won the most awards for best actress or best actor?
No African-American actor or actress has won more than one Oscar for Best Actor/Actress. Denzel Washington is the only one who won 2 Oscars, one of them for Best Supporting Actor.
Who is the best actor or actress?
The best actor or actressis Chris Brown
Who has two acting Oscars?
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Dianne Wiest won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Fredric March won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Hilary Swank won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jack Nicholson won the Oscar for Best Actor twice and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor once.Jane Fonda won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Jason Robards won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress four times.Luise Rainer won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Many actors and actresses have more than one acting Oscar.Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Melvyn Douglas won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Michael Caine won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Peter Ustinov won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Shelley Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice.Spencer Tracy won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress twice.Walter Brennan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor three times.
Who won Oscars for best actress three times?
Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress Oscars four times. No one else has ever won three Academy Awards in that category.
How many times did an Oscar category feature five nominated actors or actresses who were past or future Oscar winners?
There have never been five past winners in a category. But there were a few times with past and future winners nominated together: 1967 Best Actor- future winners include Warren Beatty, who won for direction 1968 Best Actress 1973 Best Actor- future winners include Robert Redford, who won for direction 1985 Best Actress 1990 Best Actress 2001 Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress 2002 Best Actor (four past winnners, and the fifth nominee won) 2006 Best Actress
What films won the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress in the 1990s?
Technically, films do not win the Oscars for Best Actor or Best Actress. Actors and Actresses win these awards; however, they win these awards for specific performances in specific films, so here is the list of those films (and the actors who won the awards).Reversal of Fortune (1990) - Best Actor - Jeremy IronsMisery (1990) - Best Actress - Kathy BatesThe Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Best Actor - Anthony Hopkins - Best Actress - Jodie FosterScent of a Woman (1992) - Best Actor - Al PacinoHowards End (1992) - Best Actress - Emma ThompsonPhiladelphia (1993) - Best Actor - Tom HanksThe Piano (1993) - Best Actress - Holly HunterForrest Gump (1994) - Best Actor - Tom HanksBlue Sky (1994) - Best Actress - Jessica LangeLeaving Las Vegas (1995) - Best Actor - Nicolas CageDead Man Walking (1995) - Best Actress - Susan SarandonShine (1996) - Best Actor - Geoffrey RushFargo (1996) - Best Actress - Frances McDormanAs Good as It Gets (1997) - Best Actor - Jack Nicholson - Best Actress - Helen HuntLife Is Beautiful (1998) - Best Actor - Roberto BenigniShakespeare in Love (1998) - Best Actress - Gwyneth PaltrowAmerican Beauty (1999) - Best Actor - Kevin SpaceyBoys Don't Cry (1999) - Best Actress - Hilary Swank
Who won Best Actress three times?
Katharine Hepburn is the only person to have won three Academy Awards for Best Actress. She also won a fourth at the age of 74.
Who are the best actors and actresses of 2001-2011?
2010 -- Colin Firth, Best Actor for "The King's Speech"; Natalie Portman, Best Actress for "Black Swan."2009 -- Jeff Bridges, Best Actor for "Crazy Heart"; Sandra Bullock, Best Actress for "The Blind Side."2008 -- Sean Penn, Best Actor for "Milk"; Kate Winslet, Best Actress for "The Reader."2007 -- Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor for "There Will Be Blood"; Marion Cotillard, Best Actress for "La Vie en Rose."2006 -- Forest Whitaker, Best Actor for "The Last King of Scotland"; Helen Mirren, Best Actress for "The Queen."2005 -- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Actor for "Capote"; Reese Witherspoon, Best Actress for "Walk the Line."2004 -- Jamie Foxx, Best Actor for "Ray"; Hilary Swank, Best Actress for "Million Dollar Baby."2003 -- Sean Penn, Best Actor for "Mystic River"; Charlize Theron, Best Actress for "Monster."2002 -- Adrian Brody, Best Actor for "The Pianist"; Nicole Kidman, Best Actress for "The Hours."2001 -- Denzel Washington, Best Actor for "Training Day"; Halle Berry, Best Actress for "Monster's Ball."NOTE: The Best Actor and Best Actress awards for 2011 will not be presented until Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Who was the 1st to win for best actor and actress?
The first Oscars for acting were presented for 1927/1928 to Emil Jannings (Best Actor) and Janet Gaynor (Best Actress).
What movies what movies swept best actor actress and suppoting actor and actress and best movie?
No movie won all four acting categories.
