Who is the youngest to win best actress?

Marlee Matlin
Now we get to the youngest winner of Best Actress ever. Matlin was only 21 when she won for “Children of a Lesser God.” This film is also extremely noteworthy as Matlin is deaf. She was the first deaf person cast in a lead role in a movie since way back in 1926.
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Who is the youngest actor to win Best Actor?

Adrien Brody: Best Actor 2002

Adrien Brody made history as the youngest Best Actor winner ever at the 75th Academy Awards — but a passionate impromptu kiss with presenter Halle Berry almost overshadowed the then 29-year-old's haunting work in “The Pianist.”
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Who won an Oscar at age 11?

Anna Paquin: Best Supporting Actress

The Canadian actress who grew up in New Zealand took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 in 1993. This made her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history after Tatum O'Neal.
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Who is the youngest best actress nominee?

Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, is the youngest best actress nominee in Academy Awards history. The Beasts of the Southern Wild star is up against Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva and Naomi Watts.
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Is Jennifer Lawrence the youngest actress to win an Oscar?

At 22 years and 193 days young, Jennifer Lawrence became the second-youngest Best Lead Actress winner in Academy history. She accomplished the historical feat for her turn in Silver Linings Playbook, a movie that offers an honest account of mental illness. Directed by David O.
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Anna Paquin winning Best Supporting Actress for "The Piano"



Has a child ever won an Oscar?

As of 2022, a total of three minors (including Duke) have won Oscars, all in the Best Supporting Actress category. The other two are Tatum O'Neal, who was 10, for Paper Moon (1973), and Anna Paquin, who was 11, for The Piano (1993). As of 2022, O'Neal remains the youngest person to win a competitive Academy Award.
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Who is the youngest actress to be nominated for an Oscar?

Quvenzhané Wallis, 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' (2012)

Though she ultimately lost the Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Wallis became – and remains to this day – the youngest actress to ever be nominated for an Academy Award.
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Who is the youngest girl to win an Oscar?

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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Who is the youngest actress to win an Emmy?

Zendaya became the youngest actress to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award at the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday. The 24-year-old picked up her statuette — remotely, because these were the first-ever virtual Emmys — for her starring role as Rue in HBO's “Euphoria.”
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Who is the most famous kid actor?

Macaulay Culkin

One of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, Culkin was already an acting veteran when he gained everlasting fame as the kid left “Home Alone” in 1990.
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Who is the youngest person to win 2 Oscars?

The record is currently held by Luise Rainer, who was the first actress to win consecutive times, for “The Great Ziegfeld” (1937) and “The Good Earth” (1938) when she was 27 and 28 years old.
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Who is the oldest actress to win an Oscar?

Who is the oldest actress to win an Oscar? At 80 years old and 292 days, Jessica Tandy is the oldest actress to ever win an Oscar.
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Who is the oldest actor alive?

Marsha Hunt (October 17, 1917 – Present)

What is this? At the age of 104, Marsha Hunt is currently the oldest living actor in the world. Hunt, who was born in Chicago, moved to New York when she was young and first began her career as a stage actress. She also modeled and did radio shows throughout her childhood.
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Who won an Emmy at age 14?

Roxana Zal is the youngest Emmy winner of all time!

Roxana Zal was just 14-years-old when she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series in 1984, thanks to her well-crafted portrayal of Amelia Bennett in the TV movie Something About Amelia.
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Who won 18 Emmys?

Candice Bergen's five wins for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series helped power the show to 18 wins.
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Who is the youngest person to win a Golden Globe?

Actor Ricky Schroder holds the record for youngest Golden Globe winner. He took home the trophy at just age 9. Eilish can now set her sights on Oscar glory.
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How old was Jennifer Lawrence when she won her Oscar?

At the age of 22 she won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012). Lawrence knew from an early age that she wanted to act, and she began performing in school plays and local theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.
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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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Who has won the most Oscars all time?

Animator and producer Walt Disney holds the all-time record with 22 Oscars.
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Who won 6 Grammys?

Beyonce keeps setting Grammy records. She has more nominations than any other female artist in Grammy history, and she's the biggest female winner. She also holds the record for the most victories by a woman in a single year (six, tied with Adele).
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