What female actress has won the most Oscars?

Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award.
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Who won the most Oscars female?

The reigning titleholder, in the race for most oscars awards ever, remains Katharine Hepburn. Katharine Hepburn won four Oscars throughout her career. As a budding starlet, at 26-years old, Hepburn won her first Academy Award in 1933's Morning Glory.
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Who has won the most Oscars ever?

As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time. While the "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" star scored four acting accolades during her career, six fellow actors tied for the second spot with three wins each.
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Which actress has won the most Oscars and how many did she win?

Though a handful of actors and actresses have been nominated countless times (ahem, Meryl Streep), the record for wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn, for 1934's “Morning Glory,” 1968's “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,” 1969's “The Lion in Winter,” and 1982's “On Golden Pond.” The actress never showed up for the ...
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Who has won the most Oscars male and female?

So here are the 42 men and women with multiple acting Oscars.
  • 1 of 44. Katharine Hepburn. Universal. ...
  • 2 of 44. Daniel Day-Lewis. Christopher Polk/Getty Images. ...
  • 3 of 44. Meryl Streep. Dan MacMedan/WireImage. ...
  • 4 of 44. Jack Nicholson. ...
  • 5 of 44. Frances McDormand. ...
  • 6 of 44. Ingrid Bergman. ...
  • 7 of 44. Walter Brennan. ...
  • 8 of 44. Bette Davis.
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Who is the youngest person to win an Oscar?

7. Youngest Oscar Winner. The youngest ever Oscar winner is actress Tatum O'Neal who was only 10 years old when she won Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Paper Moon'.
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Which actress has the most Oscar nominations?

A three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep is the most nominated performer in the acting categories, with 21 nominations between 1979 and 2018. Streep's total includes a record 17 best actress nominations.
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Who is the Best Actress of all time?

20 Greatest Actresses Of All Time
  • Barbara Stanwyck. ...
  • Meryl Streep. ...
  • Cate Blanchett. Image Source: harpersbazaar.com. ...
  • Marion Cotillard. Image Source: IMDb.com. ...
  • Penelope Cruz. Image Source: us.hola.com. ...
  • Kate Winslet. Image Source: vanityfair.com. ...
  • Anna Magnani. Image Source: premiere.fr. ...
  • Sophia Loren. Image Source: tcm.com.
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Has any film won all four acting Oscars?

To date, no film has won four (or more) Academy Awards in acting categories. However, there have been fifteen films containing at least one nominated performance in each of the four Academy Award acting categories.
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Who is the Best Actress in the world?

Meryl Streep, 'The Iron Lady'

Meryl Streep is her generation's greatest actress — hell, she might be the finest actress of several generations.
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What single person has won the most Oscars?

The most awards have been won by Walt Disney, who won four Academy Awards in 1954. Of these, ten individuals have achieved this feat on more than one occasion. This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held on April 25, 2021.
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Contents
  • 1 List of winners. 1.1 Notes.
  • 2 Superlatives.
  • 3 Statistics.
  • 4 References.
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Has an Oscar ever been revoked?

In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.
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Who has most Oscars for Best Actor?

Since its inception, the award has been given to 84 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most, three. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated a record nine times.
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Which actresses have won three Oscars?

Meryl Streep — 3 wins, 21 nominations.
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What are the only 3 films to win the Big 5 Oscars?

Only three films have won all five of these major awards: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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What 3 films have won 11 Oscars?

As of September 2021, three films tied for most Academy Award wins of all time. "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), and "Titanic" (1997) each received 11 Oscars.
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Has any actor won 2 Oscars in one night?

Bong matched the record set by Walt Disney in 1954 for most Oscars won in a single night by one person. "Parasite" became the first South Korean film to win an Oscar of any kind, and Bong beat Sam Mendes and "1917" to best director and best picture.
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Who is the number 1 female actress?

Scarlett Johansson isn't just the world's highest-grossing female movie star. She's also the world's highest-paid actress. Forbes estimates that Johansson made $40.5 million for one year's worth of work from 2017 to 2018, and her role in "Avengers: Endgame" increased that amount for her 2019 earnings to $56 million.
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Who is the most powerful actress in Hollywood?

She may be only 23 but Jennifer Lawrence's plans for world domination are pretty much complete. The actress has topped the list of Forbes' Most Powerful actresses and it's pretty easy to understand why.
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Who has had 52 Oscar nominations?

Such is the case of John Williams, the renowned American composer who throughout his career in the medium has been nominated 52 times, setting a record that is far from being matched. Despite his steadfastness, he has won only five Oscars in his more than 60 year career for his extraordinary compositions.
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How many times has Kate Winslet been nominated for an Oscar?

She is the youngest person to acquire six Academy Award nominations, with seven nominations in total, and the tenth-youngest Best Actress nominee for her role of Rose Dewitt Bukater in Titanic, receiving the nomination at the age of 22.
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How many times has Meryl Streep been nominated for an Oscar?

Actors with the most Oscar nominations and their wins 1929-2022. As of March 2022, Meryl Streep was the person with the most Oscar nominations of all time, with an impressive 21 nominations and three wins.
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Do actors get money for winning an Oscar?

Much like Super Bowl Halftime performers, there's no cash given to Oscar winners the night they take home the award.
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