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• Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress of 2008 at the Academy Awards Ceremony on February 22, 2009.

  Actresses Penelope Cruz and Amy Adams each received a second Oscar nomination for their 2008 performances in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Doubt, respectively. Three-time Oscar-nominated Marisa Tomei won her first Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in 1992, for My Cousin Vinny. The current nominations mark the first year that Taraji Henson and Viola Davis have received Oscar nods.

• Fast Facts

  1. Winner: Penelope Cruz
  2. Presenters: Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, and Eva Marie Saint
  3. Nominations announced: January 22, 2009
  4. Host: Hugh Jackman
  5. Voted on by members of the Academy Film and Television Arts and Sciences
  6. Youngest Best Supporting Actress winner: Tatum O'Neal
  7. Oldest Best Supporting Actress winner: Peggy Ashcroft

• Nominations

  Two Best Supporting Actress nominations were for portrayals in the drama Doubt. Viola Davis received her first Oscar nod for her role as a protective mother and Amy Adams received her second nomination for her portrayal of Sister James. Penelope Cruz plays the role of a a jealous ex-girlfriend in the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona, while Marisa Tomei plays a stripper known as Cassidy in The Wrestler. Taraji Henson achieved her nomination for the role as the caretaker of an abandoned baby, in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Official Site: The Oscars

• Past Winners

  • 2007: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
  • 2006: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
  • 2005: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
  • 2004: Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
  • 2003: Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain
  • 2002: Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago
  • 2001: Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind
  • 2000: Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock
  • 1999: Angelina Jolie for Girl,Interrupted

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