OSCARS 2024

Which movie, actor, and actress won an Oscar the year you were born?

Four-time winner Katherine Hepburn and Daniel Day-Lewis, with three awards, lead the way in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories.

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The annual Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday 10 March. This year marks the 96th edition of the ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture, Art, and Sciences.

The first Oscars were held in May 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the major achievements in Hollywood in 1927 and 1928. During that first ceremony, the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress went to Emil Jannings for ‘The Last Command’ and Janet Gaynor for her roles in ‘Seventh Heaven’, ‘The Fallen Angel,’ and ‘Breaking Dawn.’

Since those early days, many of Hollywood’s biggest stars have attended the gala, dreaming of holding up one of those golden statues. Daniel Day-Lewis has picked up the Oscar for Best Actor on a record three occasions (from six nominations), while Katherine Hepburn, nominated 12 times, leads the way in the Best Actress category with four wins.

Every single winner of the Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Awards

1929Janet Gaynor for ‘Seventh Heaven’, ‘The Street Angel’ and ‘Dawn,’ and Emil Jannings for ‘The last command.’

1930 Mary Picford for ‘Coquette’ and Warner Baxter for ‘In Old Arizona.’

1931 Norma Shearer for ‘The Divorcee’ and George Arliss for ‘Disraeli.’

1932 Marie Dressler for ‘Min & Bill’ and Lionel Barrymore for ‘Free Soul.’

1933 Helen Hayes for ‘The Sin of Madelon Claudet’ and Fredric March for ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and Wallace Beery for ‘The Champ.’

1934 Katharine Hepburn for ‘A Day’s Glory’ and Charles Laughton for ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII.’

1935 Claudette Colbert for 'It Happened One Night' and Clark Gable for 'It Happened One Night.'

1936Bette Davis for ‘Dangerous’ and Victor McLaglen for ‘The Informer.’

1937 Luise Rainer for ‘The Great Ziegfeld” and Paul Muni for “The Story of Louis Pasteur.”

1938Luise Rainer for ‘The Good Earth’ and Spencer Tracy for ‘Captains Courageous.’

1939 Bette Davis for ‘Jezebel’ and Spencer Tracy for ‘Forge of Men.’

1940 Vivien Leigh for ‘Gone with the Wind’ and Robert Donat for ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips.’

1941 Ginger Rogers for ‘Kitty Foyle’ and James Stewart for ‘The Philadelphia Story.’

1942 Joan Fontaine for ‘The Suspicion’ and Gary Cooper for ‘Sergeant York.’

1943 Greer Garson for ‘Mrs. Miniver’ and James Cagney for ‘Yankee Dandy.’

1944 Jennifer Jones for ‘Bernadette’s Song’ and Paul Lukas for ‘Alarm on the Rhine.’

1945 Ingrid Bergman for ‘Gaslight’ and Bring Cosby for ‘Going My Way.’

1946Joan Crawford for ‘Mildred Pierce’ and Ray Milland for ‘Days Without a Trace’.

1947 Olivia de Havilland for ‘The Intimate Life of Julia Norris’ and Fredric March for ‘The Best Years of Our Lives.’

1948 Loretta Young for ‘A Woman’s Destiny’ and Ronald Colman for ‘Double Life’.

1949 Jane Wyman for ‘Belinda’ and Laurence Olivier for ‘Hamlet.’

1950 Olivia de Havilland for ‘The Heiress’ and Broderick Crawford for ‘All the King’s Men.’

1951Judy Holiday for ‘Born Yesterday’ and José Ferrer for ‘Cyrano de Bergerack.’

1952 Vivien Leigh for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire”’ and Humphrey Bogart for ‘The African Queen.’

1953 Shirley Booth for ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ and Gary Cooper for ‘Alone in Danger.’

1954Audrey Hepburn for ‘Roman Holiday’ and William Holden for ‘Traitor in Hell.’

1955Grace Kelly for ‘The Anguish of Living’ and Marlon Brando for ‘The Law of Silence.’

1956 Anna Magnani for ‘The Rose Tattoo’ and Ernest Borgnine for ‘Marty.’

1957 Ingrid Bergman for ‘Anastasia’ and Yul Brynner for ‘The King and I.’

1958 Joanne Woodwar for ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ and Alec Guinness for ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai.’

1959 Susan Hayward for 'I Want to Live!' and David Niven for 'Separate Tables.'

Susan Hayward.

1960 Simone Signoret for ‘A Place on the Hill’ and Charlton Heston for ‘Ben-Hur.’

1961 Elizabeth Taylor for ‘Butterfield 8′ and Burt Lancaster for ‘Elmer Gantry.’

1962Sophia Loren for ‘Two Women’ and Maximilian Schell for ‘Winners or Losers?’.

1963 Anne Bancroft for ‘The Miracle of Anne Sullivan’ and Gregory Peck for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’

1964 Patricia Neal for “Hud” and Sidney Poitier for “Lilies of the Valley.”

1965 Julie Andrews for ‘Mary Poppins’ and Rex Harrison for ‘My Fair Lady’.

1966 Julie Christie for ‘Darling’ and Lee Marvin for ‘The Explosive Naive.’

1967Elizabeth Taylor for ‘Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?’ and Paul Scofield for ‘A Man for All Time.’

1968Katharine Hepburn for ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Tonight’ and Rod Steiger for ‘In the Heat of the Night.’

1969 Katharine Hepburn for ‘The Lion in Winter’ and Barbra Streisand for ‘A Funny Girl,’ and Cliff Robertson for ‘Charly’.

1970 Maggie Smith for ‘Miss Brodie’s Finest Years’ and John Wayne for ‘Metal Grit.’

1971 Glenda Jackson for ‘Women in Love’ and George C. Scott for ‘Patton.’

1972 Jane Fonda for ‘Klute’ and Gene Hackman for ‘Against the Drug Empire.’

1973Liza Minnelli for ‘Cabaret’ and Marlon Brando for ‘The Godfather.’

1974 Glenda Jackson for 'A Touch of Class' and Jack Lemmon for 'Save the Tiger.'

1975Ellen Burstyn for ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ and Art Carney for ‘Harry and Tonto.’

1976Louise Fletcher for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and Jack Nicholson for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’

1977 Faye Dunaway for “An Unforgiving World” and Peter Finch for “An Unforgiving World.”

1978 Diane Keaton for ‘Annie Hall’ and Richard Dreyfuss for ‘The Goodbye Girl.’

1979 Jane Fonda for ‘The Return’ and Jon Voight for ‘The Return.’

1980Sally Field for ‘Norma Rae’ and Dustin Hoffman for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer.’

1981 Sissy Spacek for ‘I Wanna Be Free’ and Robert de Niro for ‘Raging Bull.’

1982 Katharine Hepburn for ‘At the Golden Pool’ and Henry Fonda for ‘At the Golden Pool.’

1983Meryl Streep for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ and Ben Kingsley for ‘Gandhi.

1984 Shirley MacLaine for ‘The Power of Endearment’ and Robert Duvall for ‘Thank You’.

1985 Sally Field for ‘In a Place of the Heart’ and F. Murray Abraham for ‘Amadeus.’

1986 Geraldine Page for ‘Return to Bountiful’ and William Hurt for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman.

1987Marlee Matlin for ‘Children of a Lesser God’ and Paul Newman for ‘The Color of Money.’

1988Cher for “Moonstruck” and Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”

1989 Jodie Foster for 'The Accused' and Dustin Hoffman for 'Rain Man.'

1990Jessica Tandy for ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘My Left Foot.’

1991 Kathy Bates for 'Misery' and Jeremy Irons for 'The Von Bülow Mystery.'

1992 Jodie Foster for “The Silence of the Lambs” and Anthony Hopkins for “The Silence of the Lambs.”

1993 Emma Thompson for 'Return to Howards End' and Al Pacino for 'Scent of a Woman.'

1994 Holly Hunter for ‘The Piano’ and Tom Hanks for ‘Philadelphia.’

1995Jessica Lange for ‘Blue Sky’ and Tom Hanks for ‘Forrest Gump.’

1996 Susan Sarandon for ‘Death Penaltu’ and Nicolas Cage for ‘Leaving Las Vegas.’

1997 Frances McDormand for ‘Fargo’ and Geoffrey Rush for ‘The Shining of a Genius.’

1998Helen Hunt for 'As Better... It Gets' and Jack Nicholson for 'As Better... It Gets'.

1999 Gwyneth Paltrow for ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and Roberto Benigni for ‘Life is Beautiful.’

2000 Hilary Swank for 'Boys Don't Cry' and Kevin Spacey for 'American Beauty.'

2001 Julia Roberts for ‘Erin Brockovich’ and Russell Crowe for ‘Gladiator.’

2002 Halle Berry for ‘Monster’s Ball’ and Denzel Washington for ‘Training Day.

2003 Nicole Kidman for ‘The Hours’ and Adrien Brody for ‘The Pianist.’

2004 Charlize Theron for ‘Monster’ and Sean Penn for ‘Mystic River.’

2005Hilary Swank for ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and Jamie Foxx for ‘Ray.’

2006 Reese Witherspoon for ‘Walk the Line’ and Philip Seymour Hoffman for ‘Capote.’

2007 Helen Mirren for ‘The Queen’ and Forest Whitaker for ‘The Last King of Scotland.’

2008 Marion Cotillard for ‘La Vie en Rose’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘There Will Be Blood.’

2009 Kate Winslet for ‘The Reader’ and Sean Penn for ‘My Name Is Harvey Milk.’

2010 Sandra Bullock for ‘A Possible Dream’ and Jeff Bridges for ‘Crazy Heart.

2011 Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’ and Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech.’

Colin Firth.

2012 Meryl Streep for ‘The Iron Lady’ and Jean Dujardin for ‘The Artist.’

2013 Jennifer Lawrence for ‘The Bright Side of Things’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Lincoln.’

2014 Cate Blanchett for ‘Blue Jasmine’ and Matthew McConaughey for ‘Dallas Buyers Club.’

2015 Julian Moore for ‘Always Alice’ and Eddie Redmayne for ‘The Theory of Everything.’

2016Brie Larson for Room’ and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant.’

2017Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’ and Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea.’

2018Frances McDormand for ‘Three Billboards Outside’ and Gary Oldman for ‘Darkest Hour.’

2019 Olivia Colman for ‘The Favourite’ and Rami Malek for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

2020 Renée Zellweger for ‘Judy’ and Joaquin Phoenix for ‘Joker.’

2021Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland' and Anthony Hopkins for 'The Father.'

2022 Jessica Chastain for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and Will Smith for ‘King Richard.’

2023 - Michelle Yeoh for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and Brendan Fraser for ‘The Whale’

Every single Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards

1929 – ‘Wings’: Winner of 2 Oscars.

1930 – ‘The Broadway Melody’: Winner of 1 Oscar.

1931 – ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: Winner of 2 Oscars

1932 – ‘Cimarrón’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1933 – ‘Grand Hotel’: Winner of 1 Oscar

1934 – ‘Cavalcade’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1935 – ’It Happened One Night’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1936 – ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’: Winner of 1 Oscar

1937 – ‘The Great Ziegfeld’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1938 – ‘The Life of Emile Zola’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1939 – ‘You Can’t Take It With You’: Winner of 2 Oscars

1940 – ‘Gone with the Wind’: Winner of 9 Oscars

1941 – ‘Rebecca’: Winner of 2 Oscars

1942 – ‘How Green Was My Valley’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1943 – ‘Mrs. Miniver’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1944 – ‘Casablanca’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1945 – ‘Going My Way’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1946 – ’The Lost Weekend’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1947 – ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1948 – ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’): Winner of 3 Oscars

1949 – ‘Hamlet’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1950 – ‘All the King’s Men’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1951 – ‘All About Eve’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1952 – ‘An American in Paris’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1953 – ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’: Winner of 2 Oscars

1954 – ‘From Here to Eternity’: Winner of 8 Oscars

1955 – ‘On the Waterfront’: Winner of 8 Oscars

1956 – ‘Marty’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1957 – ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1958 – ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1959 – ‘Gigi’: Winner of 9 Oscars

1960 – ‘Ben-Hur’: Winner of 11 Oscars

1961 – ’The Apartment’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1962 – ‘West Side Story’: Winner of 10 Oscars

1963 – ‘Lawrence of Arabia’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1964 – ‘Tom Jones’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1965 – ‘My Fair Lady’: Winner of 8 Oscars

1966 – ‘The Sound of Music’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1967 – ‘A Man for All Seasons’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1968 – ‘In the heat of the night’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1969 – ‘Oliver!’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1970 – ‘Midnight Cowboy’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1971 – ‘Patton’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1972 – ‘The French Connection’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1973 – ‘The Godfather’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1974 – ‘The Sting’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1975 – ‘The Godfather: Part II’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1976 – ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1977 – ‘Rocky’: Winner of 3 Oscars

1978 – ‘Annie Hall’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1979 – ‘The Deer Hunter’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1980 – ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1981 – ‘Ordinary People’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1982 – ‘Chariots of Fire’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1983 – ‘Gandhi’: Winner of 8 Oscars

1984 – ’Terms of endearment’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1985 – ‘Amadeus’: Winner of 8 Oscars

1986 – ‘Out of Africa’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1987 – ‘Platoon’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1988 – ‘The Last Emperor’: Winner of 9 Oscars

1989 – ‘Rain Man’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1990 – ‘Driving Miss Daisy’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1991 – ‘Dances with Wolves’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1992 – ‘The Silence of the Lambs’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1993 – ‘Unforgiven’: Winner of 4 Oscars

1994 – ‘Schindler’s list’: Winner of 7 Oscars

1995 – ‘Forrest Gump’: Winner of 6 Oscars

1996 – ‘Braveheart’: Winner of 5 Oscars

1997 – ‘The English Patient’: Winner of 9 Oscars

1998 – ‘Titanic’: Winner of 11 Oscars

1999 – ‘Shakespeare in Love’: Winner of 7 Oscars

2000 – ‘American Beauty’: Winner of 5 Oscars

2001 – ‘Gladiator’: Winner of 5 Oscars

2002 – ‘A Beautiful Mind’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2003 – ‘Chicago’: Winner of 6 Oscars

2004 – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’: Winner of 11 Oscars

2005 – ‘Million Dollar Baby’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2006 – ‘Crash’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2007 – ‘The Departed’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2008 – ‘’No Country for Old Men’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2009 – ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: Winner of 8 Oscars

2010 – ‘‘The Hurt Locker’: Winner of 6 Oscars

2011 – ‘The King’s Speech’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2012 – ‘The Artist’: Winner of 5 Oscars

2013 – ‘Argo’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2014 – ‘12 Years a Slave’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2015 – ‘Birdman’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2016 – ‘Spotlight’: Winner of 2 Oscars

2017 – ‘Moonlight’: Winner of 3 Oscars:

2018 – ‘The Shape of Water’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2019 – ‘Green Book’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2020 – ‘Parasites’: Winner of 4 Oscars

2021 – ‘Nomadland’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2022 – ‘CODA’: Winner of 3 Oscars

2023 - ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: Winner of 7 Oscars

Who will win at the 2024 Oscars?

‘Oppenheimer’ has been tipped to win big at the 2024 ceremony.

As well as director Christopher Nolan being the frontrunner to pick up the Best Director gong, Cillian Murphy is many people’s favourite to win Best Actor, with the film itself a strong candidate for Best Picture.

There appears to be less certainty when it comes to Best Actress, however. Both Lily Gladstone (’Killers of the Flower Moon’) and Emma Stone (’Poor Things’) have been heavily backed to take home the prize; the latter previously won in 2016 for her performance in ‘La La Land’.

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