Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards during her distinguished career -- all for Best Actress.
Katharine Hepburn
The first Oscars for acting were presented for 1927/1928 to Emil Jannings (Best Actor) and Janet Gaynor (Best Actress).
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Katharine Hepburn won her 3rd Academy award in 1968 (she has 4 Best Actress Awards in total). Ingrid Bergman won her 3rd Oscar in 1974 (she has 2 Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting actress Awards ).
She won once, for her first and only nomination as Best Supporting Actress in Cactus Flower (1969).
The first Oscars for acting were presented for 1927/1928 to Emil Jannings (Best Actor) and Janet Gaynor (Best Actress).
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It was Penelope Cruz, who two years later became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award for her performance in Woody Allen" "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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.
In 2012, Daniel Day-Lewis became the first actor to win three Oscars in the Lead Actor category, out of only five nominations.
There were no Academy Awards for the year 1926. The first Oscars ceremony was held on May 16, 1929 to honor the best in film for the 1927/1928 season.
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Which award?
Katharine Hepburn won her 3rd Academy award in 1968 (she has 4 Best Actress Awards in total). Ingrid Bergman won her 3rd Oscar in 1974 (she has 2 Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting actress Awards ).
It hasn't happened yet, although there have been back-to-back winners in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Only two performers have ever won the Best Supporting Actress award twice -- Shelley Winters and Dianne Wiest -- but their wins came years apart. German actress Luise Rainer won back-to-back Best Actress awards for her performances in "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937). Spencer Tracy won consecutive Best Actor awards for his work in "Captains Courageous" (1938) and "Boys Town" (1938). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with back-to-back Best Actor wins for "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1974). Jason Robards received consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars for his performances in "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Julia" (1977).