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Who won an Academy Award as a loose woman in From Here to Eternity?
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Who was the first Indian woman to win an Academy Award?
Bhanu Athaiya
Who was Oscar nominated for playing a man becoming a woman in TransAmerica?
Felicity Huffman played the Transgendered woman and was nominated for an Academy award for this role in 2006. She did not win this award, but she received many nominations and won the Critic's Choice and Golden Globe award for playing "Bree".
What Italian became the first woman nominated for a Best Director Academy Award thanks to Seven Beauties?
Lina Wertmuller
First woman of color to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry was the first one to win for actress in a leading role.
Who was the first black American woman to win an Academy Award in 2002?
The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Hattie McDaniel, who received the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." The first black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar was Halle Berry, who won for her 2001 performance as Leticia Musgrove in "Monster's Ball."
Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for movie soundtrack?
Utah
Who was the first white woman to win an Academy Award?
Janet Gaynor.
Who was the first Indian woman to win an Academy Award?
Bhanu Athaiya
What movie lead to a best actress Academy Award for the woman who played the title role?
Erin Brockovich
Who was Oscar nominated for playing a man becoming a woman in TransAmerica?
Felicity Huffman played the Transgendered woman and was nominated for an Academy award for this role in 2006. She did not win this award, but she received many nominations and won the Critic's Choice and Golden Globe award for playing "Bree".
Who was the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Dorothy Dandridge for "Carmen Jones" (1954).
What Italian became the first woman nominated for a Best Director Academy Award thanks to Seven Beauties?
Lina Wertmuller
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for best actress?
It was Halle Berry, who won for her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001).
First woman of color to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry was the first one to win for actress in a leading role.
Who was the first black woman nominated for an Academy Award in a leading role?
It was Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954 for her performance in "Carmen Jones."
Who was the first black American woman to win an Academy Award in 2002?
The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Hattie McDaniel, who received the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." The first black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar was Halle Berry, who won for her 2001 performance as Leticia Musgrove in "Monster's Ball."
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).Other firsts for African Americans at the Academy AwardsJames Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)Sidney Poitier was the first African American man to win an academy award. He was nominated for the Best Actor award, and he won for his role in Lilies of the Field (1963).Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).John Singleton was the first African American nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for his work on Boyz N The Hood (1991)Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role in Monster's Ball(2001).
