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Oscar statuettes
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
In 2021 Zhao became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director.
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Home of the Academy Awards
Since its construction in 2001, the Dolby Theatre has served as the permanent home...
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An Academy Award for Coquette
Actress Mary Pickford posing with her best actress Oscar for Coquette (1929).
1931 Academy Award winners
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore after winning Academy Awards for best actress...
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Making history at the Oscars
Halle Berry accepting the Academy Award for best actress, with presenter Russell...
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Academy Awards
A giant Oscar statue adorning the balcony of the Kodak Theatre (later Dolby Theatre)...
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Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
Oscar statuettes being made by a worker at R.S. Owens, Chicago, 2008.
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Amy Adams in Oscar de la Renta
American actress Amy Adams wearing a gray Oscar de la Renta gown with a beaded bodice...
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An Oscar winner
Kathy Bates after winning the Academy Award for best actress, March 1991.
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Jon Landau and James Cameron
Director James Cameron (right) and producer Jon Landau after their film Titanic...
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Colin Firth
British actor Colin Firth after winning the Academy Award for best actor, 2011.
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An Oscar winner
Jamie Foxx at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony in 2005 accepting the Oscar for best...
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James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe after winning an Oscar for cinematography for The Rose Tattoo...
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Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Barry Jenkins (left) and Tarell Alvin McCraney accepting the Academy Award for best...
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Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton holding her Oscar for best actress in Woody Allen's Annie Hall...
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Golden girl
Mikey Madison won the Academy Award for best actress in March 2025 for her role in...
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The Oscar winners for acting, 2014
(From left) Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jared Leto with...
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A historic Oscar winner
Hattie McDaniel with the Academy Award plaque recognizing her as best supporting...
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Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand after winning an Academy Award for her performance in Fargo...
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Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno after winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress, 1962.
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Randy Newman
Randy Newman after winning (2002) an Academy Award for his song “If I Didn't Have...
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Oscar winners for Mystic River
Tim Robbins (left) and Sean Penn after both won Academy Awards for their performances...
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Denzel Washington
American actor Denzel Washington accepting the Academy Award for best actor, 2002.
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Academy Award winner
Reese Witherspoon accepting the Academy Award for best actress, 2006.
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Making history
Michelle Yeoh holding an Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony after being named...
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