Actually, there have been seven black recipients of the Best Supporting Actress award:
LA Confidential was not nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category; however, it was nominated in the Best Actress category, and Kim Bassinger won the award.
Cloris Leachman won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ruth Popper in the 1971 film βThe Last Picture Show.β
10 years old. She is the youngest person to ever legitimately win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Shirley Temple received an honorary Oscar at age 5. It is her only Academy Award to date.
Yes, she won an Oscar for her role as Virginia Woolf in "The hours".
Sandra Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the 2009 film The Blind Side.
Goldie Hawn won the 1969 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in "Cactus Flower."
Greer Garson For Best Actress , and Mary Astor For Best Supporting Actress .
LA Confidential was not nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category; however, it was nominated in the Best Actress category, and Kim Bassinger won the award.
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
Julianne Moore was nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Hours(2002).
She won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for The Piano (1993).
Linda Hunt, winner of the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Year of Living Dangerously," appears in the 1985 Western "Silverado."
Jessica Lange won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Aviator.
Hattie McDaniel.
Yes, she did.
Approximately 300 actors and actresses have won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress. Please follow the related links below to see a complete list of nominees and winners.