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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.
In an era of Harlow, Garbo and Crawford, it was homely old Marie Dressler that won the coveted exhibitor's poll as the most popular actress for three consecutive years. In another film from the same year, Min and Bill (1930) she received a best actress Oscar for her dramatic performance.
Mar 12, 2023 · A list of every woman who has won Best Actress at the Academy Awards, including Audrey Hepburn, Jessica Chastain, Michelle Yeoh, Halle Berry and more
Mar 13, 2023 · Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once. The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Mar 13, 2024 · Oscar’s best actress winners over the decades have included a great range of characters, from devoted moms to sex workers to activists.
Mar 11, 2024 · Emma Stone's win for 'Poor Things,' her second in the category, came in a tight race with Gladstone, who would have been the first Native American to win the Oscar for best actress.
Nov 3, 2023 · The Academy Award for best actress is one of the honors that continues to make history at the Oscars. Look back at the Oscars 95-year-long history with a complete list of the best actress...
Mar 28, 2022 · She won the Academy Award for best actress Sunday night for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” in which she portrays the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Chastain emerged as the Oscar favorite late in the season, earning an upset victory at the SAG Awards before adding a Critics’ Choice trophy for a movie that was ...
Mar 13, 2023 · For the first time in its 95-year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded the Oscar for best actress in a leading role to an Asian woman.
Mar 12, 2023 · Michelle Yeoh has won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award.
