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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 a film released that year.
Oct 17, 2024 · Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for best actress in a leading role for a trio of hits from Fox, quickly rising to be one of Hollywood’s top box office draws.
Mar 12, 2023 · A list of every woman who has won Best Actress at the Academy Awards, including Audrey Hepburn, Jessica Chastain, Michelle Yeoh, Halle Berry and more
Based on the strength of those two films plus Street Angel (1928), Janet received the very first Academy Award for best actress. This was the first and only time an actress won the Oscar for multiple roles.
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).
Mar 13, 2024 · Oscar’s best actress winners over the decades have included a great range of characters, from devoted moms to sex workers to activists.
Mar 13, 2023 · For the first time in its 95-year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded the Oscar for best actress in a leading role to an Asian woman.
Mar 12, 2023 · Michelle Yeoh has won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award.
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.”
Mar 13, 2023 · M ichelle Yeoh took home the Best Actress trophy at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, making history in the process as the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for lead actress.
