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The Best Actress Academy Award is presented to a leading actress in a film and is nominated by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The category is formally known as Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and was referred to as Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actress before a 1977 change. The famous golden Oscar statue is presented as the award, as with all categories.
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Fast Facts
- Best Actress one of 24 total categories
- Full Name: Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Formally known as Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- No. statues awarded: 81
- No. recipients: 67
- First winner: Janet Gaynor, 1929
- Most nominations: Katharine Hepburn (12)
- Most wins: Katharine Hepburn (4)
- Consecutive winners: Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn
- Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tied for it in 1968
- Oldest winner/nominee: Jessica Tandy (age 80)
- Youngest winner: Marlee Matlin (age 21)
- 2008 winner: Marion Cotillard
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2008 Academy Awards
The "Best Actress" Oscar for 2008 was awarded to Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of French singer Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose. She was the first French actress to win an Oscar since 1960. The other nominees included Cate Blanchett (for The Golden Age), Julie Christie (for Away From Her), Laura Linney (for The Savages), and Ellen Page (for Juno). -
Selected Previous Winners
- 1933 - Katharine Hepburn
- 1935 - Bette Davis
- 1939 - Vivien Leigh
- 1944 - Ingrid Bergman
- 1953 - Audrey Hepburn
- 1960 - Elizabeth Taylor
- 1977 - Diane Keaton
- 1982 - Meryl Streep
- 1988 - Jodie Foster
- 1999 - Hilary Swank
- 2002 - Nicole Kidman
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Best Actress Oscar Nominees 2009
- Kate Winslet, The Reader WINNER
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie, The Changeling
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
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