Katharine Hepburn has won the most Oscars for best actress: four. Next on the list is Frances McDormand with three wins. Who else has won the Oscar for best actress multiple times? Find out in our list below.
- 1. Katharine Hepburn: 4 (Morning Glory [1933], Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner [1967], The Lion in Winter [1968], On Golden Pond [1981])
- 2. Frances McDormand: 3 (Fargo [1996], Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017], Nomadland [2020])
- 3. Meryl Streep: 2 (Sophie’s Choice [1982], The Iron Lady [2011])
- 3. Ingrid Bergman: 2 (Gaslight [1944], Anastasia [1956])
- 3. Bette Davis: 2 (Dangerous [1935], Jezebel [1938])
- 3. Jane Fonda: 2 (Klute [1971], Coming Home [1978])
- 3. Olivia de Havilland: 2 (To Each His Own [1946], The Heiress [1949])
- 3. Jodie Foster: 2 (The Accused [1988], The Silence of the Lambs [1991])
- 3. Emma Stone: 2 (La La Land [2016], Poor Things [2023])
- 3. Elizabeth Taylor: 2 (Butterfield 8 [1960], Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [1966])
- 3. Glenda Jackson: 2 (Women in Love [1970], A Touch of Class [1973])
- 3. Sally Field: 2 (Norma Rae [1979], Places in the Heart [1984])
- 3. Vivien Leigh: 2 (Gone with the Wind [1939], A Streetcar Named Desire [1951])
- 3. Luise Rainer: 2 (The Great Ziegfeld [1936], The Good Earth [1937])
- 3. Hilary Swank: 2 (Boys Don’t Cry [1999], Million Dollar Baby [2004])