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 …

Oct 17, 2024 · Learn more about every best-actress Oscar winner from 1929 to today, including all of the details about the speeches, the stars—and even a tie.

Jan 29, 2025 · That Torres, 59, made the best-actress lineup is a point of significant national pride as she is the first Brazilian to be recognized in this category since her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was ...

Mar 12, 2023 · From four-time winner Katharine Hepburn to 17-time nominee (and two-time winner) Meryl Streep, see every leading lady who added her name to Hollywood history by winning the Academy Award for...

Dec 12, 2024 · 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).

Nov 3, 2023 · Below is a list of every best actress winner over the Oscars 95-year history. 1967 - Elizabeth Taylor, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1959 - Susan Hayward, "I Want to Live!" The Academy...

Mar 4, 2024 · For the past 25 years, the Oscars' best actress category has been marked by transformative, history-making wins. We rank the best of the best.

Dec 28, 2024 · The performance by Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice (1982) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actress winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film...

Mar 11, 2024 · Emma Stone, left, and Dave McCary embrace as Stone wins the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for “Poor Things” during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Mar 11, 2024 · Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress on Sunday. When Lily Gladstone was nominated for the lead actress Oscar for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” she sparked a wave of hope inside and outside...