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The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. The Best Actress award has been presented 97 times, to 79 actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.
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Four actresses appear twice on this list as Best Actress nominees: Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Greer Garson and Diane Keaton. Faye Dunaway appears three times, while Katharine Hepburn appears four times.
8 nominations, 2 wins * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Sam Leavitt * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
All Oscar Acting nominees and winners in Best Actor/ Best Actress in a Leading Role or in a Supporting Role. Only actors with at least 4 noms (including wins) are on this list. This list is ranked by the number of acting wins, followed by number of acting noms and the rest by year. #1-7: 3 Wins. #8-44: 2 Wins. #45-139: 1 Win with at least 2 ...
Katharine Hepburn has won the most Academy Awards for best actress (four), and Frances McDormand has received three. A number of actresses have earned two awards, notably Meryl Streep , who holds the record for the most nominations in the category (17).
For the first Awards, winners were recognized for multiple films during the qualifying period; Jannings received the award for two movies in which he starred , and Janet Gaynor won the first Best Actress award for performances in three films.
