Sidney Poitier and Halle Berry. Poitier won the 1963 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance in "Lilies of the Field." Berry won the 2001 Best Actress Oscar for her work in "Monster's Ball."
Which award?
Uttam Kumar was the first recipient of National Film Award for Best Actor in 1968.
First National Award for Best Actress was given to Nargis Dutt in 1968.
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)
Charlize Theron, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Monster" (2003). She was born in South Africa.
Sidney Poitier
Amitabh Bachchan won his first National Award for Best Actor in 1991 for Agneepath.
Traditionally, either the Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress award is one of the first revealed during the Oscars ceremony. The other award is usually announced an hour or so later.
Sidney Poitier.
Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Halle Berry won the 2001 Best Actress award for her performance in "Monster's Ball."
She won six1991: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dil1993: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Beta1995: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!1998: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai2003: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Devdas2011: Filmfare Special Award for completing 25 years in the Indian film industryShe was nominated for 101989: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Tezaab1990: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Prem Pratigyaa1992: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Saajan1994: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Khalnayak1995: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Anjaam1996: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raja1996: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Yaraana2001: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Pukar2002: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Lajja2008: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Aaja Nachle