Who is youngest female actress to be nominated for an Academy Award?

Answer 1

Youngest actress to be nominated for Best Actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes (age 13) in Whale Rider.

The youngest actresses to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress (all age 10) are Abigail Breslin, Mary Bedham, Quinn Cummings and Tatum O'Neal.

Answer 2

Jennifer Lawrence, who was born August 15, 1990, received Best Actress Oscar nominations for her performances in "Winter's Bone" (2010) and "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012). On January 10, 2013, she was 22 years and 141 days old when she received the latter honor, making her the youngest person to receive two Best Actress nominations. She won the 2012 Best Actress Award on February 24, 2013.

On January 14, 2016, Lawrence received a third Best Actress nomination at the age of 25. She was recognized for her performance in the film "Joy."

Previously, the youngest actress with two Best Actress nominations was Joan Fontaine, who was nominated in back-to-back years for her performances in the Alfred Hitchcock movies "Rebecca" (1940) and "Suspicion" (1941). She won the Best Actress Oscar for "Suspicion" when she was 24.

Lawrence is the youngest person ever to receive three Academy Award nominations by the age of 23. On January 16, 2014, she earned a Best Supporting Actress nod for her performance in the 2013 film "American Hustle." The previous record was held by Teresa Wright, who was 24 years old when she received her third Oscar nomination. Wright was nominated as Best Supporting Actress of 1941 for "The Little Foxes." The next year, she received two nominations -- one for Best Actress in "The Pride of the Yankees" and one for Best Supporting Actress for "Mrs. Miniver." She won the latter award.