Academy award for best actress winners & nominees: 59 Photos
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Katharine Hepburn. The winning actress is given a gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar. Katharine Hepburn has won the most Academy Awards for best actress (four), and Frances McDormand has received three.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(gL3FZsCBCbOFwbkPocrQkQ0__160,
Frances McDormand. The record for most wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn. Frances McDormand has won three times, and thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in the category—seventeen—and has won twice.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(gL3FZsCBCbOFwbkPocrQkQ0__165,
Katharine Hepburn. Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award. As of 2024, 45 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress).);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(gL3FZsCBCbOFwbkPocrQkQ0__169,
Actress Tatum O'Neal was just 10 years old when she became the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar in 1974.
Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.