Academy Award for Best Actress

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Academy Award acting award film award

The Academy Award for Best Actress is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the most outstanding lead performance by an actress in a film.

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Academy Award for Best Actress canonical 635
Academy Award for Best Actress nomination 8
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award ⓘ
acting award ⓘ
film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Actress
awardedFor best performance by an actress in a leading role ⓘ
awardHierarchyLevel top acting category ⓘ
awardType competitive award ⓘ
categoryOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
ceremonyBroadcastOn television ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage English ⓘ
ceremonyMonthTypical February ⓘ
March ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility performances in feature films released during the qualifying year ⓘ
finalVotingBody all voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
firstAwarded 1929 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction female ⓘ
hasNominationProcess screenings and voting within the actors branch of the Academy ⓘ
hasNomineeCountPerYear typically five nominees ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
hasSignificance one of the most prestigious acting honors in cinema ⓘ
hasStatueMaterial gold-plated bronze ⓘ
hasStatueNickname Oscar ⓘ
hasSubsequentCategory Academy Award for Best Actress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
inception 1929 ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
isOneOfMajorCategories yes ⓘ
locationOfCeremony Los Angeles ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
notableEarlyWinner Janet Gaynor ⓘ
notableMultipleWinner Katharine Hepburn ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
notableOldestWinner Jessica Tandy ⓘ
notableYoungWinner Jennifer Lawrence ⓘ
Marlee Matlin ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
performanceType leading role ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
selectionMethod voting by Academy members ⓘ
symbolizes recognition of excellence in acting ⓘ
trophyName Oscar ⓘ
surface form: Oscar statuette
votedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members ⓘ

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Gentleman's Agreement → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Emma Thompson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Come to the Stable → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Jodie Foster → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Meryl Streep → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Gone with the Wind → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Bridget Jones’s Diary → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The English Patient → nominations → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Charlize Theron → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Mary Pickford → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director → associatedWith → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Ginger Rogers → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Bette Midler → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Bette Midler → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
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Rocky → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Shakespeare in Love → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor → hasGenderedCounterpart → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Jane Wyman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Dorothy McGuire → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Best Supporting Actor → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Helena Bonham Carter → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Ingrid Bergman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress → hasSubsequentCategory → Academy Award for Best Actress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sense and Sensibility → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Howards End → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Remains of the Day → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Liza Minnelli → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Barbra Streisand → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Accused → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Silver Linings Playbook → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Devil Wears Prada → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Best Actress → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress
this entity surface form: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Actress
Best Actress → received → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Janet Gaynor
Best Actress → originalName → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress
Funny Girl → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Anne Baxter → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Jennifer Lawrence → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Joan of Arc (1948 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Way We Were → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ