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How Well Do You Know The Academy Awards Acting Categories?

Hepburn holds the record with 4 Best Actress wins for 'Morning Glory' (1934), 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' (1968), 'The Lion in Winter' (1969) and 'On Golden Pond' (1982) respectively.

Katharine Hepburn

Which actress holds the record for the most Best Actress wins?

Day-Lewis holds the record with 3 Best Actor wins for 'My Left Foot' (1989), 'There Will Be Blood' (2007) and 'Lincoln' (2012) respectively.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Which actor holds the record for the most Best Actor wins?

Matlin was 21 when she won the Best Actress award for 'Children of a Lesser God' in 1987.

Marlee Matlin

Which actress holds the record as the youngest Best Actress winner?

Brody was 29 when he won the Best Actor award for 'The Pianist' in 2003.

Adrien Brody

Which actor holds the record as the youngest Best Actor winner?

Tandy was 80 when she won the Best Actress award for 'Driving Miss Daisy' in 1990.

Jessica Tandy

Which actress holds the record as the oldest Best Actress winner?

Fonda was 76 when he won the Best Actor award for 'On Golden Pond' in 1982.

Henry Fonda

Which actor holds the record as the oldest Best Actor winner?

Streep has received a total of 19 acting nominations, 15 for Best Actress and 4 for Best Supporting Actress.

Meryl Streep

Which actress holds the record for the most acting nominations (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress)?

Nicholson has received a total of 12 acting nominations, 8 for Best Actor and 4 for Best Supporting Actor.

Jack Nicholson

Which actor holds the record for the most acting nominations (Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor)?

O'Toole received 8 acting nominations without ever winning. He received an Honorary Award in 2002.

Peter O'Toole

Which actor/actress has received the most acting nominations without winning?

Loren received the Best Actress Award for 'Two Women' in 1961. Her performance was in Italian.

Sophia Loren

Who was the first actress to win an acting award for a performance in a language other than English?

De Niro received the Best Supporting Actor award for 'The Godfather Part II' in 1974. His performance was in Italian.

Robert De Niro

Who was the first actor to win an acting award for a performance in a language other than English?

Straight won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in 'Network' in 1976. Her performance was 5 minutes and 2 seconds.

Beatrice Straight

Which actor/actress holds the record for the shortest performance to win an acting award?

You definitely missed out on a few Oscars, but that's okay. If Leo's can hang in there, so can you.

Although you might not have won this time, you're not entirely unfamiliar with the Oscars. There's always next year!

Sure, you might've tripped up along the way, but you're still a winner!

All right, all right, all right, you're a true film buff and the real winner tonight!

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How Well Do You Know The Academy Awards Acting Categories?

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