Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Cate Blanchett… Who are the most awarded stars in Oscar history?
Every year, the great mass of Hollywood cinema takes place in Los Angeles in February or March. There Oscars ceremony is an opportunity to reward actors and actresses, but also directors, editors, costume designers, and other composers who have enchanted spectators in dark rooms over the past year. The ceremony began in 1929, and over the years has opened up to different additional categories, such as Best Supporting Actor, Best Animated Feature, Best Special Effects. As in every competition, the Oscars have their “superstars”, Woody Allen, John Ford, Steven Spielberg or even William Wyler among the directors, for example. But let’s be honest, if we like the Oscar ceremonyit is also for its red carpets, its sequins and its many stars who come to parade there.
The “heavyweight” comedians of Oscar nominations
In total, more than 950 actors and actresses were rewarded for their performance. And among them, some 350 won at least two statuettes. A few actors and actresses have gone down in history for their number of nominations, or their number of awards received. This is for example the case of Meryl Streep, who has been named no less than 21 times, which is why she is often kindly mocked during ceremonies. But it is not the actress who has won the most statuettes, indeed Katharine Hepburn, nominated 12 times, has won 4, one more than Meryl Streep who is tied with Frances McDormand, and Ingrid Bergmann for women with 3 Oscars. Among men, Jack Nicholson is on the first step of the podium with 12 nominations and 3 statuettes. Only Daniel Day Lewis has done as well with 3 statuettes in 6 nominations. A look back at the most nominated and awarded actresses and actors in Oscar history.