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Vivien Leigh won twice for her portrayals of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Katharine Hepburn holds the records for most wins with 12 nominations and 4 wins for Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981). Meryl Streep is the most nominated actress in this category with 17 nominations winning in this category twice for Sophie's Choice (1982), and The Iron Lady (2011).
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Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County the ceremonies are always held the following year.
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As of the 2022 ceremony, Jessica Chastain is the most recent winner in this category for her portrayal of Tammy Faye in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
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Jodie Foster is the only openly LGBT woman to win in this category, for The Accused (1988), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Halle Berry is the only woman of color to win in this category, for Monster's Ball (2001). At age 21, Marlee Matlin became the youngest actress to win this award for Children of a Lesser God (1986), and at age 80, Jessica Tandy became the oldest winner in this category for Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Italian actress Sophia Loren was the first winner for a non-English language performance for Two Women (1961). Luise Rainer became the first actress to win the award twice and in consecutive years for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937). With 17 nominations, Meryl Streep is the most nominated in this category, resulting in two wins. Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category, with four Oscars. Since its inception, the award has been given to 78 actresses. Jeanne Eagels is the first and only actress to be posthumously nominated in the category for The Letter (1929). Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year. The following year, the current system was introduced in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. However, during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each winner's final award, even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. In the first three years of the awards, actresses were nominated as the best in their categories. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleĪcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)ġ929 (for performance in films released during the 1927/ 1928 film season)