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Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
winners and nominees in the award categories Acting and Directing. This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 2015 (88th Academy Awards), announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in ''The Official Academy Awards Database''. N.B.: Ages (including for those persons receiving nominations and/or awards posthumously) are computed by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion ...
(AMPAS); for nominations, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of nominations announcement"; for awards won, all ages are computed "from date of birth to date of awards ceremony."
At the
90th Academy Awards The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ...
,
James Ivory James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with scree ...
became the oldest-ever Oscar winner in any category, at age 89, after receiving the award for
Best Adapted Screenplay This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress# ...
for his work on '' Call Me by Your Name''. There are only three people in Oscar history who have won two Oscars by the age of 30 or younger: *
Luise Rainer Luise Rainer ( , ; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-American-British film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her ...
for ''
The Great Ziegfeld ''The Great Ziegfeld'' is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and ...
'' and ''The Good Earth'' *
Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the hono ...
for '' The Accused'' and ''The Silence of the Lambs'' *
Hilary Swank Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series '' Camp Wilder'' and made her film debut with a minor role in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992 ...
for '' Boys Don't Cry'' and ''
Million Dollar Baby ''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner' ...
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all in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.


Superlatives

Among the oldest and youngest winners and nominees of
Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
in standard competitive categories, the following superlatives emerge:


Best Director


Oldest winners

:Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Directing: Oldest/Youngest Directing Nominees/Winners: AMPAS ''Awards Database''


Oldest nominees


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Youngest nominees


Best Actor in a Leading Role Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ...

:Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Actor n a Leading Role, AMPAS ''Awards Database''


Oldest winners


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Best Actress in a Leading Role

:Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Actress n a Leading Role, AMPAS ''Awards Database''


Oldest winners


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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

::Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Actor n a Supporting Role, AMPAS ''Awards Database''


Oldest winners


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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

:Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Actress n a Supporting Role, AMPAS ''Awards Database''


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Honorary Awards

:Source: "Academy Award Statistics: Acting: Oldest/Youngest Winners and Nominees for Acting, By Acting Honorary Award Winners", AMPAS ''Awards Database''


Academy Honorary Award The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Moti ...


Oldest honorees


Oldest acting honorees


Honorary Juvenile Award


Youngest honorees


See also

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Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
* Academy Juvenile Award *
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion ...
(AMPAS) *
List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees This is a list of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually presents Academy Awards in both competitive and honorary categories. This list includes posthumous winners and nominees o ...
* List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees


References


External links


"Academy Award Statistics"
– Index ("Statistics Menu") published in ''The Official Academy Awards Database'' (''Awards Database''), on the official AMPAS website. ("Statistics are arranged by award category and represent eighty years of Academy Awards history through the
80th Academy Awards The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2007. The award ceremony took place on February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During t ...
, presented on February 24, 2008." ocuments for "Directing" and "Acting" both last updated March 2008. *
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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