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The First Oscar Presentation and Banquet. Held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Joseph Farnham. Farnham receiving his Oscar from presenter Douglas Fairbanks. Janet Gaynor. Best Actress winner for 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise. View More Memorable Moments.
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 a film released that year.
Unlike later ceremonies, an actor could be awarded for multiple films: Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his work in both The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, while Best Actress winner Janet Gaynor was honored for three films.
- Emma Stone,Poor Things
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Brie Larson, Room
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
- Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Emma Stone (pictured above) won her second Oscar in 2024 for her uninhibited role in Poor Things, and accepted it while laughing off her gown's broken zipper.She thanked her family, husband and young daughter Louise Jean, saying, "And, most importantly, my daughter, who's gonna be 3 in three days and has turned our lives technicolor, I love you big...
Yeoh made history as the first Asian actress to win in the category for her leading performance as Evelyn Wang in the absurdist action film. Everything Everywhere All at Once also won the Oscar for Best Picture.
McDormand's award-winningcharacter, Fern, sells her possessions and embarks on a nomadic life, driving a van around the country after the death of her husband. This marked McDormand's third Best Actress win. Nomadlandalso received the Oscar for Best Picture.
Winning her second of threeBest Actress accolades, McDormand became the aggrieved mother Mildred Hayes, whose daughter was raped and murdered. In the film, McDormand's character demands a thorough investigation of the crimes that took her daughter's life.
Larson took home the Oscarfor her performance of a young woman who escapes the captivity in which she and her son (played by Jacob Tremblay) have been held for years.
Moore won for her performanceas Alice, a linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Blanchett nabbed the Best Actress award thanks to her leading role in Woody Allen's film about a New York City socialite who has fallen on hard times.
Though she famously (and elegantly) tripped on the stairs as she made her way up to the Oscars stage, Lawrence accepted the awardfor her starring role as Tiffany, a young widow struggling with her mental health. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celeb...
Streep won for her portrayalof Margaret Thatcher in the biographical drama of the first female British Prime Minister.
Portman earned the Best Actress award for her lead performance as Nina Sayers, a professional dancer who suffers a nervous breakdown under the pressure of her lead role as the White Swan in the famed ballet Swan Lake.
- Every Best Actress Oscar Winner. Oscar’s best actress winners over the decades have included a great range of characters, from devoted moms to hookers to activists.
- Michelle Yeoh. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar at the 2023 ceremony for the Daniels’ imaginative multiverse movie.
- Jessica Chastain. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Jessica Chastain was the victor in what seemed to be one of the evening’s tightest races. She played televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, optioning the material after seeing a documentary on her and husband Jim Bakker; the actress worked 12 years to get the film made.
- Frances McDormand. “Nomadland” Frances McDormand became only the third person to win three lead-acting Oscars, after Katharine Hepburn and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Based on the strength of those two films plus Street Angel (1928), Janet received the very first Academy Award for best actress. This was the first and only time an actress won the Oscar for multiple roles.
Based on the strength of those two films plus Street Angel (1928), Janet received the very first Academy Award for best actress. This was the first and only time an actress won the Oscar for multiple roles.
