The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in …

Oct 17, 2024 · Learn more about every best-actress Oscar winner from 1929 to today, including all of the details about the speeches, the stars—and even a tie.

Mar 12, 2023 · From four-time winner Katharine Hepburn to 17-time nominee (and two-time winner) Meryl Streep, see every leading lady who added her name to Hollywood history by winning the Academy Award for...

Mar 4, 2024 · For the past 25 years, the Oscars' best actress category has been marked by transformative, history-making wins. We rank the best of the best.

Jan 29, 2025 · That Torres, 59, made the best-actress lineup is a point of significant national pride as she is the first Brazilian to be recognized in this category since her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was ...

Under Allen's direction, Wiest won a well deserved Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for her brilliant performance as the neurotic, wannabe actress Holly in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).

Dec 12, 2024 · Katharine Hepburn has won the most Academy Awards for best actress (four), and Frances McDormand has received three. A number of actresses have earned two awards, notably Meryl Streep , who holds the record for the most nominations in the category (17).

List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 50. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. Monroe is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent.

Nov 3, 2023 · Below is a list of every best actress winner over the Oscars 95-year history. 1967 - Elizabeth Taylor, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1959 - Susan Hayward, "I Want to Live!" The Academy...

Mar 13, 2023 · Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once. The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”