Which actress won the most Oscars ever?

All winners of an Oscar for Best Actress
Katharine Hepburn holds the record
2021 - Frances McDormand is getting close... with a third Oscar
2024 - Emma Stone
2023 - Michelle Yeoh
2022 - Jessica Chastain
2020 - Renée Zellweger
2019 - Olivia Colman
2018 - Frances McDormand
2017 - Emma Stone
2016 - Brie Larson
2015 - Julianne Moore
2014 - Cate Blanchett
2013 - Jennifer Lawrence
2012 - Meryl Streep
2011 - Natalie Portman
2010 - Sandra Bullock
2009 - Kate Winslet
2008 - Marion Cotillard
2007 - Helen Mirren
2006 - Reese Witherspoon
2005 - Hilary Swank
2004 - Charlize Theron
2003 - Nicole Kidman
2002 - Halle Berry
2001 - Julia Roberts
2000 - Hilary Swank
1999 - Gwyneth Paltrow
1998 - Helen Hunt
1997 - Frances McDormand
1996 - Susan Sarandon
1995 - Jessica Lange
1994 - Holly Hunter
1993 - Emma Thompson
1992 - Jodie Foster
1991 - Kathy Bates
1990 - Jessica Tandy
1989 - Jodie Foster
1988 - Cher
1987 - Marlee Matlin
1986 - Geraldine Page
1985 - Sally Field
1984 - Shirley MacLaine
1983 - Meryl Streep
1982 - Katharine Hepburn
1981 - Sissy Spacek
1980 - Sally Field
1979 - Jane Fonda
1978 - Diane Keaton
1977 - Faye Dunaway
1976 - Louise Fletcher
1975 - Ellen Burstyn
1974 - Glenda Jackson
1973 - Liza Minneli
1972 - Jane Fonda
1971 - Glenda Jackson
1970 - Maggie Smith
1969 - Barbra Streisand / Katharine Hepburn
1968 - Katharine Hepburn
1967 - Elizabeth Taylor
1966 - Julie Christie
1965 - Julie Andrews
1964 - Patricia Neal
1963 - Anne Bancroft
1962 - Sophia Loren
1961 - Elizabeth Taylor
1960 - Simone Signoret
1959 - Susan Hayward
1958 - Joanne Woodward
1957 - Ingrid Bergman
1956 - Anna Magnani
1955 - Grace Kelly
1954 - Audrey Hepburn
1953 - Shirley Booth
1952 - Vivien Leigh
1951 - Judy Holliday
1950 - Olivia De Havilland
1949 - Jane Wyman
1948 - Loretta Young
1947 - Olivia de Havilland
1946 - Joan Crawford
1945 - Ingrid Bergman
1944 - Jennifer Jones
1943 - Greer Garson
1942 - Joan Fontaine
1941 - Ginger Rogers
1940 -  Vivien Leigh
1939 - Bette Davis
1938 - Luise Rainer
1937 - Luise Rainer
1936 - Bette Davis
1935 - Claudette Colbert
1934 - Katharine Hepburn
1933 - Helen Hayes
1932 - Marie Dressler
1931 - Norma Shearer
1930 - Mary Pickford
1929 - Janet Gaynor
All winners of an Oscar for Best Actress

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began awarding outstanding actresses with a statuette in 1929. Let's have a look at all winners of the Oscar for Best Actress.

Katharine Hepburn holds the record

95 Editions after that first one in 1929, we see that only Katharine Hepburn has achieved the glory of winning the Oscar four times. Behind her, there are 12 actresses who won two awards, and one with three statuettes.

2021 - Frances McDormand is getting close... with a third Oscar

In 2021, Frances McDormand reached a second place behind Katharine Hepburn. She won her third statuette at the Oscar gala for her performance in the movie 'Nomadland.'

Do you know the other winners of the Best Actress Oscar?

2024 - Emma Stone

Poor Things

2023 - Michelle Yeoh

Everything Everywhere All At Once

2022 - Jessica Chastain

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2020 - Renée Zellweger

Judy

2019 - Olivia Colman

The Favourite

2018 - Frances McDormand

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017 - Emma Stone

La La Land

2016 - Brie Larson

The Room

2015 - Julianne Moore

Still Alice

2014 - Cate Blanchett

Blue Jasmine

2013 - Jennifer Lawrence

Silver Linings Playbook

2012 - Meryl Streep

The Iron Lady

2011 - Natalie Portman

Black Swan

2010 - Sandra Bullock

The Blind Side

2009 - Kate Winslet

The Reader

2008 - Marion Cotillard

La Vie en Rose

2007 - Helen Mirren

The Queen

2006 - Reese Witherspoon

Walk the Line

2005 - Hilary Swank

Million Dollar Baby

2004 - Charlize Theron

Monster

2003 - Nicole Kidman

The Hours

2002 - Halle Berry

Monster's Ball

2001 - Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich

2000 - Hilary Swank

Boys Don't Cry

1999 - Gwyneth Paltrow

Shakespeare in Love

1998 - Helen Hunt

As Good as it Gets

1997 - Frances McDormand

Fargo

1996 - Susan Sarandon

Dead Man Walking

1995 - Jessica Lange

Blue Sky

1994 - Holly Hunter

The Piano

1993 - Emma Thompson

Howards End

1992 - Jodie Foster

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 - Kathy Bates

Misery

1990 - Jessica Tandy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989 - Jodie Foster

The Accused

1988 - Cher

Moonstruck

1987 - Marlee Matlin

Children of a Lesser God

1986 - Geraldine Page

The Trip to Bountiful

1985 - Sally Field

Places in the Heart

1984 - Shirley MacLaine

Terms of Endearment

1983 - Meryl Streep

Sophie's Choice

1982 - Katharine Hepburn

On Golden Pond

1981 - Sissy Spacek

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 - Sally Field

Norma Rae

1979 - Jane Fonda

Coming Home

1978 - Diane Keaton

Annie Hall

1977 - Faye Dunaway

Network

1976 - Louise Fletcher

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 - Ellen Burstyn

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974 - Glenda Jackson

A Touch of Class

1973 - Liza Minneli

Cabaret

1972 - Jane Fonda

Klute

1971 - Glenda Jackson

Women in Love

1970 - Maggie Smith

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969 - Barbra Streisand / Katharine Hepburn

Barbra Streisand - Funny girl

Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter

1968 - Katharine Hepburn

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967 - Elizabeth Taylor

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966 - Julie Christie

Darling

1965 - Julie Andrews

Mary Poppins

1964 - Patricia Neal

Hud

1963 - Anne Bancroft

The Miracle Worker

1962 - Sophia Loren

Two Women (La Ciociara)

1961 - Elizabeth Taylor

Butterfield 8

1960 - Simone Signoret

Room at the Top

1959 - Susan Hayward

I Want to Live!

1958 - Joanne Woodward

The Three Faces of Eve

1957 - Ingrid Bergman

Anastasia

1956 - Anna Magnani

The Rose Tattoo

1955 - Grace Kelly

The Country Girl

1954 - Audrey Hepburn

Roman Holiday

1953 - Shirley Booth

Come Back, Little Sheba

1952 - Vivien Leigh

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 - Judy Holliday

Born Yesterday

1950 - Olivia De Havilland

The Heiress

1949 - Jane Wyman

Johnny Belinda

1948 - Loretta Young

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 - Olivia de Havilland

To Each His Own

1946 - Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

1945 - Ingrid Bergman

Gaslight

1944 - Jennifer Jones

The Song of Bernadette

1943 - Greer Garson

Mrs. Miniver

1942 - Joan Fontaine

Suspicion

1941 - Ginger Rogers

Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman

1940 - Vivien Leigh

Gone with the Wind

1939 - Bette Davis

Jezebel

1938 - Luise Rainer

The Good Earth

1937 - Luise Rainer

The Great Ziegfeld

1936 - Bette Davis

Dangerous

1935 - Claudette Colbert

It Happened One Night

1934 - Katharine Hepburn

Morning Glory

1933 - Helen Hayes

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1932 - Marie Dressler

Min & Bill

1931 - Norma Shearer

The Divorcee

1930 - Mary Pickford

Coquette

1929 - Janet Gaynor

7th Heaven (1927, image)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Street Angel (1928)