Yes, three women have won the Oscar for best director. Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for best director in 2010 for her movie The Hurt Locker (2008), making her the first woman director is Oscars history to win the award. Thereafter, Chloé Zhao won the award for Nomadland (2021) and Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog (2022).
Several women have been nominated for the category, including Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation [2003]), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird [2017]), and Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall [2023]).