Sidney Poitier in lilies of the Field as homer smith. who was just a black man looking for work.
Emma Thompson won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1992.
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Audrey Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1953.
Anne Bancroft won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1962.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Oprah Winfrey
Mo'Nique won the 2009 Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Wag the Dog (1997)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Rain Man (1988)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Tootsie (1982)Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Lenny (1974)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Midnight Cowboy (1969)Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Graduate (1967)
Emma Thompson won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1992.
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Audrey Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1953.
Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1992.
First Black Actress to win an Oscar for having a lead role in a movie (Monster Ball in 2002)
Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1938.
Anne Bancroft won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1962.
Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata.
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for acting, which she won as Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1939. It would be 24 years before another black actor won an Oscar, when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.