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From this point onward, child actors were recognized in competitive categories alongside their adult counterparts, or not at all. As of 2022, a total of three minors (including Duke) have won Oscars, all in the Best Supporting Actress
Feb 21, 2018 · At 14, the actress nabbed the Academy’s last juvenile award — a special prize, first given in 1935, for child performers like Shirley Temple and Judy Garland — for her turn as the perpetually...
Feb 23, 2023 · The Academy Juvenile Award is a miniature Oscar that was given to only 12 actors and actresses in the history of the Academy Awards. However, there are a total of 14 Juvenile Oscars known to exist, with two of them belonging to the iconic actress, Judy Garland.
- Justin Henry, 8 years old. Kramer vs Kramer, 1980. Justin Henry remains the youngest actor in Academy Awards history to secure a nomination. His role in the 1979 drama Kramer vs Kramer as Billy, a boy caught up in the nastiness of his parent’s divorce, earned him the nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
- Jackie Cooper, 9 years old. Skippy, 1931. Cooper was the first ever child to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as the titular character in 1931’s Skippy.
- Quvenzhané Wallis, 9 years old. Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2013. The most recent child nomination goes to Wallis, whose performance in 2012’s Beasts of the Southern Wild nabbed her a Best Actress nomination.
- Mary Badham, 10 years old. To Kill A Mockingbird, 1963. Badham’s role as Scout in 1962 classic To Kill A Mockingbird – the film adaptation of the classic novel – landed her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
At the seventh Academy Awards ceremony, on February 27, 1935, 6-year-old ascendant Hollywood star Shirley Temple receives the first-ever kid-sized, "juvenile" Oscar. The trophy measured roughly...
For 26 years, between 1934 and 1960, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out 12 Juvenile Academy Awards to recognize the outstanding contributions of young people on the screen. The trophy was a miniature replica of an Oscar that stood seven inches tall. The first child ever to be nominated for an Oscar was Jackie Cooper.
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Feb 17, 2017 · For some of these stars, Oscar gold came early in their careers, while others waited decades for recognition. Here are 22 child stars who went on to win Oscars.
