Glenda Jackson. It was her first of two Best Actress awards in four years. She also won the 1973 Oscar for "A Touch of Class."
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No, Meryl Streep did not win an Oscar for Mama Mia. She was not even nominated. Meryle Streep has been nominated for the following films.Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Julie & Julia (2009)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Doubt (2008)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Adaptation. (2002)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Music of the Heart (1999)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: One True Thing (1998)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Postcards from the Edge (1990)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Evil Angels (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Ironweed (1987)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Out of Africa (1985)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Silkwood (1983)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Sophie's Choice (1982)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Deer Hunter (1978)
Katharine Hepburn won her fourth Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "On Golden Pond."
Liza Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Cabaret (1972)
Dame Helen Mirren is an accomplished British actress of Russian ancestry who has been nominated for four Academy Awards. She won the 2006 Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Britain's Elizabeth II in "The Queen."
Cate Blanchett won for Blue Jasmine
Olivia de Havilland.
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Kate Winslet won the Oscar at the 82nd academy awards.
Lupita Nyong'o won for her performance in 12 Years a Slave
Jessica Lange won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
an Oscar
You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
The "star detective" in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is FBI agent Clarice Starling played by Jodie Foster. Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 1992 Academy Awards for her portrayal. It was her second Oscar, winning the first one in 1989 for Best Actress in a Leading Role in The Accused (1988).
No, Meryl Streep did not win an Oscar for Mama Mia. She was not even nominated. Meryle Streep has been nominated for the following films.Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Julie & Julia (2009)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Doubt (2008)Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Adaptation. (2002)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Music of the Heart (1999)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: One True Thing (1998)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Postcards from the Edge (1990)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Evil Angels (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Ironweed (1987)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Out of Africa (1985)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Silkwood (1983)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Sophie's Choice (1982)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Deer Hunter (1978)
"The Iron Lady," a biographical film about Margaret Thatcher, won two Academy Awards at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. Meryl Streep received the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Thatcher, and the film also won the award for Best Makeup.
Emma Thompson won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1992.