Actresses with the Most Awards

4 Academy Awards

• Katharine Hepburn
  • Morning Glory (1932/33) – Lead
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) – Lead
  • The Lion in Winter (1968) – Lead
  • On Golden Pond (1981) – Lead

3 Academy Awards

• Ingrid Bergman
  • Gaslight (1944) – Lead
  • Anastasia (1956) – Lead
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) – Supporting
• Frances McDormand
  • Fargo (1996) – Lead
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) – Lead
  • Nomadland (2020) – Lead
• Meryl Streep
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) – Lead
  • Sophie’s Choice (1982) – Lead
  • The Iron Lady (2011) – Lead

2 Academy Awards

• Cate Blanchett
  • The Aviator (2004) – Supporting
  • Blue Jasmine (2013) – Lead
• Bette Davis
  • Dangerous (1935) – Lead
  • Jezebel (1938) – Lead
• Olivia de Havilland
  • To Each His Own (1946) – Lead
  • The Heiress (1949) – Lead
• Sally Field
  • Norma Rae (1979) – Lead
  • Places in the Heart (1984) – Lead
• Jane Fonda
  • Klute (1971) – Lead
  • Coming Home (1978) – Lead
• Jodie Foster
  • The Accused (1988) – Lead
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Lead
• Helen Hayes
  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931/32) – Lead
  • Airport (1970) – Supporting
• Glenda Jackson
  • Women in Love (1970) – Lead
  • A Touch of Class (1973) – Lead
• Jessica Lange
  • Tootsie (1982) – Supporting
  • Blue Sky (1994) – Lead
• Vivien Leigh
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) – Lead
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Lead
• Frances McDormand
  • Fargo (1996) – Lead
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) – Lead
• Luise Rainer
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) – Lead
  • The Good Earth (1937) – Lead
• Maggie Smith
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) – Lead
  • California Suite (1978) – Supporting
• Hilary Swank
  • Boys Don’t Cry (1999) – Lead
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Lead
• Elizabeth Taylor
  • Butterfield 8 (1960) – Lead
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) – Lead
• Dianne Wiest
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) – Supporting
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994) – Supporting
• Shelley Winters
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) – Supporting
  • A Patch of Blue (1965) – Supporting

Actresses with the Most Nominations

20 Nominations:

• Meryl Streep (won 3)

12 Nominations:

• Katharine Hepburn (won 4)

10 Nominations:

• Bette Davis (won 2)

8 Nominations:

• Cate Blanchett (won 2)
• Geraldine Page (won 1)
• Glenn Close (won 0)

7 Nominations:

• Ingrid Bergman (won 3)
• Jane Fonda (won 2)
• Greer Garson (won 1)

6 Nominations:

• Frances McDormand (won 3)
• Jessica Lange (won 2)
• Maggie Smith (won 2)
• Ellen Burstyn (won 1)
• Judi Dench (won 1)
• Vanessa Redgrave (won 1)
• Norma Shearer (won 1)
• Sissy Spacek (won 1)
• Kate Winslet (won 1)
• Amy Adams (won 0)
• Deborah Kerr (won 0)
• Thelma Ritter (won 0)