"Supporting Actress, among other honors, for portraying Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 drama ""The Aviator"", making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. Her only screen appearance in 2005 was in ""Little Fish"", for which she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress. Blanchett's performance in the 2006 thriller ""Notes on a Scandal"" garnered her another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2007, she received both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for her roles in """" and ""I'm Not There"", becoming one of the few actors to achieve"
"Award for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three personalities (Eve White, Eve Black and Jane). ""The Three Faces of Eve"" also became the first film since 1936 to win the Best Actress award without getting nominated in another category after Bette Davis won for ""Dangerous"" (1935). In 1952, Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who has severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eventually she is sent to see a personality psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a ""new personality"", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve"
"Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress award was awarded for acting in a film, on May 16, 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Academy Awards to Janet Gaynor for her role of Diane in ""7th Heaven"", Angela in ""Street Angel"" and The Wife - Indre in """". In theatre, it was first awarded on April 6, 1947 by the"
"Academy Award for Best Actress The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in ""7th Heaven"", ""Street Angel"", and """". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible"
"individual nomination by category. Eight women have won both the César Award for Best Actress and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress: Nathalie Baye is the only actress with multiple wins in both categories. She is also the only performer to have won an acting César in three consecutive years, in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Three films have received both accolades: ""One Deadly Summer"" in 1984 (Best Actress to Isabelle Adjani, Best Supporting Actress to Suzanne Flon), ""Indochine"" in 1993 (Best Actress to Catherine Deneuve, Best Supporting Actress to Dominique Blanc) and ""Queen Margot"" in 1995 (Best Actress to"
"role of Josephine 'Jo' March in ""Little Women"". Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress award was awarded for acting in a film, on May 16, 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Academy Awards to Janet Gaynor for her role of Diane in ""7th Heaven"", Angela in ""Street Angel"" and The Wife - Indre in """". In theatre, it was"
"her savings while sharing an apartment with a friend. In 1927, she returned to films at the age of 59 and experienced a remarkable string of successes. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930–31 for ""Min and Bill"" and was named the top film star for 1932 and 1933. She died of cancer in 1934. Dressler was born Leila Marie Koerber in Cobourg, Ontario, one of two daughters born to Anna (née Henderson), a musician, and Alexander Rudolph Koerber (b. 13 April 1826, Lindow, Neu-Ruppin, Germany – d. November 1914, Wimbledon, Surrey, England), a German-born former officer"
"Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress and painter. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. In 1929, she was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: ""7th Heaven"" (1927), """" (1927), and ""Street Angel"" (1928). This was the only occasion on which"
"and the last movie musical to win until ""Chicago"" in 2003 (though others have been nominated between 1969 and 2003: ""Hello, Dolly!"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Cabaret"", ""All That Jazz"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Moulin Rouge!""). The year was notable for the first—and so far, only—tie for Best Actress (or any female acting category). Katharine Hepburn in ""The Lion in Winter"" and Barbra Streisand in ""Funny Girl"" shared the award. Hepburn also became the second actress and third performer overall to win an acting Oscar two years in a row, after Luise Rainer in 1936 (""The Great Ziegfeld"") and"
"Supporting Actress win, Helen Hayes became the first performer to win Oscars in both lead and supporting categories (having won Best Actress 38 years before for ""The Sin of Madelon Claudet""). She also has the record of having the biggest gap between acting wins. The documentary film ""Woodstock"" garnered three Oscar nominations, making it the most nominated documentary film in Oscar history. This was the only time since the 2nd Academy Awards that all five nominees for Best Actress were first-time nominees, as well as the last time that either lead acting category had all new nominees. Also, this was"
"for Best Supporting Actress), and Daniel Day-Lewis (all three for Best Actor). Katharine Hepburn still holds the record, with four (all for Best Actress). Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in ""Casablanca"" (1942) and Alicia Huberman in ""Notorious"" (1946). Bergman was born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and a German"
"Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her ""luminous and unforgettable screen performances."" In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film ""The Saga of Gosta"
"is 36 and the average age of winners at first win is 39. With five wins (1982, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2010), Isabelle Adjani has more César Award for Best Actress than any other woman. Six actresses have won two Best Actress César: Romy Schneider (1976, 1979), Sabine Azéma (1985, 1987), Catherine Deneuve (1981, 1993), Nathalie Baye (1983, 2006), Yolande Moreau (2005, 2009) and Isabelle Huppert (1996, 2017). Adjani also holds the record of most César Award in an acting category and of most César in a single artistic category. She is followed with 4 César by Dominique Blanc (1 Best"
"""painful and confusing"" when she was a young woman, and she made the decision early on to identify as a black woman because she knew that was how she would be perceived. Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama ""Monster's Ball"" (2001). , she is the only woman of African American descent to have won the award. Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the"
"in alphabetic order. 2 nominations 3 nominations 4 nominations 5 nominations 6 nominations 7 nominations 8 nominations 9 nominations 10 nominations 13 nominations 14 nominations Four actresses share the record of most consecutive nominations with 3: Juliette Binoche (1992, 1993, 1994), Isabelle Huppert (2001, 2002, 2003), Kristin Scott Thomas (2009, 2010, 2011) and Catherine Deneuve (2014, 2015, 2016). César Award for Best Actress The César Award for Best Actress (French: ""César de la meilleure actrice"") is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ""Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma"" to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading"
"Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (pronounced ""Coal-BEAR""; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American stage and film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, and has been called ""The mixture of inimitable beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity"". Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to motion pictures with the advent of sound film. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in ""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and received two"
"Tony wins. At the age of thirty-two years and thirty-eight days, Damien Chazelle became the youngest person to win Best Director; Norman Taurog was only two hundred and twenty-two days older than Chazelle when he won Best Director for the 1931 comedy ""Skippy"". Kevin O'Connell finally ended the longest losing streak in Oscar history after 20 unsuccessful nominations for sound mixing, winning for ""Hacksaw Ridge"". ""Moonlight""s Dede Gardner became the first woman to win twice for producing, following her previous Best Picture win for ""12 Years a Slave"". Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double"
"Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record of four Academy Awards for Best Actress. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years"
"getters in each category, Davis placed third for best actress above the officially nominated Grace Moore. The academy's nomination and winner database notes this under the 1934 best actress category and under the Bette Davis search. Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth ""Bette"" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning 60 years, she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime"
"to have won two competitive acting César in a row. Including her Best Actress César won in 1983, Nathalie Baye is also the only performer to have won an acting César in three consecutive years, in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Noémie Lvovsky holds the record of most nominations with 6. With only two nomination for Best Supporting Actress but 14 nominations for Best Actress, Isabelle Huppert has been nominated a total of 16 times, which makes her the overall most-nominated female performer. Eight women have won both the César Award for Best Supporting Actress and the César Award for Best"
"Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama ""Monster's Ball"" (2001). , she is the only woman of African American descent to have won the award. Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel. Before becoming an actress, she started modeling and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st"
"by producer Dino De Laurentiis while modeling part-time for the Wilhelmina modelling agency. She made her professional film debut in his 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic ""King Kong"", for which she won her first Golden Globe Award. In 1982, she became the first performer in 40 years to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year; she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in ""Tootsie"", and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled"
"Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her performance in this film. This film was such a runaway hit that it and its near-sequel ""Tugboat Annie"", which reteamed Dressler and Beery in similar roles, boosted both to superstar status. Dressler topped Quigley Publications' annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll of movie exhibitors in 1933, and the two pairings with Dressler were primarily responsible for Beery becoming MGM's highest-paid actor in the early 1930s, before Clark Gable took over that crown; Beery had a clause in his 1932 contract that he be paid a dollar per year more than"
"Best Actress Oscar twice. The film recounts the troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Beginning in the 1880s, with the young Claudel's first meeting with Rodin, the film traces the development of their intense romantic bond. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel's career, helping her overcome prejudices against female artists. However, their romance soon sours, due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman. These difficulties combine with her increasing doubts about the value of her work drive Claudel into"
"did not screen in Los Angeles until 1972. Chaplin had received honorary Academy Awards in 1929 and 1972. ""Cabaret"", Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical, set a record for the most Oscars won without winning Best Picture. Best Picture winner ""The Godfather"" received only three Academy Awards. This year was the first time that two African American women received nominations for Best Actress. This was also the first year when all the Oscar winners were brought out on stage at the end of the ceremony. Winners are listed first in boldface. The following 15 films received multiple nominations."
"the International Emmy for best actress went to French Muriel Robin for her role as Marie Besnard in the Belgian-French telefilm ""The Poisoner. Lucy Cohu, Julie Walters and Helena Bonham Carter won in subsequent years, Walters is the only actress to win twice the prize in 2009, as Anne Turner in ""A Short Stay in Switzerland"", repeating the feat in 2011 for her performance in the telefilm ""Mo"", which tells the life story of the parliamentary Labour Party Mo Mowlam. The first Emmy for best actress for Latin America was won by Argentina's Cristina Banegas for her role in the"
"""An Impudent Girl"" in 1986 (Best Supporting Actress to Bernadette Lafont, Most Promising Actress to Charlotte Gainsbourg), ""Life Is a Long Quiet River"" in 1989 (Best Supporting Actress to Hélène Vincent, Most Promising Actress to Catherine Jacob) and ""Little Lili"" in 2004 (both awards to Julie Depardieu). Thirteen women have received nominations in the three competitive acting categories: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Actress. They are Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dominique Blanc, Anne Brochet, Karin Viard, Sandrine Kiberlain, Emmanuelle Devos, Cécile de France, Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Emilie Dequenne, Sara Forestier and Adèle Haenel. So far, no"
"Actress: Nathalie Baye is the only actress with multiple wins in both categories. Three films have received both accolades: ""One Deadly Summer"" in 1984 (Best Actress to Isabelle Adjani, Best Supporting Actress to Suzanne Flon), ""Indochine"" in 1993 (Best Actress to Catherine Deneuve, Best Supporting Actress to Dominique Blanc) and ""Queen Margot"" in 1995 (Best Actress to Isabelle Adjani, Best Supporting Actress to Virna Lisi). Three women have won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress after previously winning the César Award for Most Promising Actress: Both Cécile de France and Julie Depardieu have won their two awards with a"
"37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's ""My Fair Lady"", was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady. The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London. Audrey Hepburn, the female lead of the film, was controversially not nominated for Best Actress. The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews – who had originated the role on Broadway and, coincidentally, the Best Actress"
"Award for her contribution to Western films. Shilling retired in 1936, to marry and have a family. She was married to Edward Cook from 1937 until his death in 1998. They had two children, Edward and Frances. She never returned to acting, and died from natural causes on November 6, 2004, in a hospital in Torrance, California, aged 93. Marion Shilling Marion Shilling (December 3, 1910 – November 6, 2004) was an American film actress of the 1930s. Marion Helen Schilling was born in Denver, Colorado in 1910. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was young. She graduated"
"Best Actress for her performance. After a few minor films, including leading roles in the dramatic thriller ""Split Image"" (1982), directed by Ted Kotcheff and the Paris-set romantic drama ""Until September"" (1984), directed by Richard Marquand as well as other stage appearances, she co-starred with Jeff Bridges in the science fiction film ""Starman"" (1984). Allen debuted on Broadway in the 1982 production ""The Monday After The Miracle"". In 1983, she played the lead in the off-Broadway play ""Extremities"", a physically demanding role about a woman who turns the tables on a would-be rapist who attacks her. She often took breaks"
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of this award for her role in ""Anthony Adverse"". Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, winners received full-sized"
"nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner (""The Bad and the Beautiful"" and ""Hans Christian Andersen"", both with six). This occurred again at the 79th Academy Awards. Shirley Booth became the last person born in the 19th century to win an Oscar in a Leading Role. She is also the first woman in her 50s to win the award, at the age of 54 (the second woman in her 50s to win, Julianne Moore, was 54 when awarded at the 87th Academy Awards). John Ford's fourth win for Best Director set a record for the most wins"