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 in a Leading Role 4
Academy Award for Best Actress nomination 2
Oscar for Best Actress 2

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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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Talia Shire → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The African Queen → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Apartment → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Bridges of Madison County → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Color Purple → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: The Color Purple (1985 film)
The Fabelmans → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Graduate → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Help → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Shape of Water → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Way We Were → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The Yearling (1946 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Vanessa Kirby → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Woman of the Year → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Gravity → nominations → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Out of Africa → nominations → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
The English Patient → nominations → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Bridget Jones’s Diary → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Salma Hayek → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress for "Frida"
The Remains of the Day → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Best Actress → originalName → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress
Best Actress → received → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Janet Gaynor
Academy Award for Best Actor → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Best Supporting Actor → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
subject surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor