Jackie Cooper, age 9, was nominated for Best Actor for Skippy (1931)First short film to win an Academy Award outside of the Short Film categoriesThe Red Balloon (1956) for Best Original ScreenplayFirst professional athlete to win an Academy Award Kobe Bryant won Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball (2017)First deaf actor to win in an acting category Marlee Matlin for Best Actress in Children of a Lesser God (1986), performing in American Sign LanguageFirst deaf male actor to win in an acting categoryTroy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor in CODA (2021), performing in American Sign LanguageFirst openly autistic actor to win an Academy AwardAnthony Hopkins for Best Actor in The Father (2020) Note: Although he already won the same award for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), it wasn't until 2017 that he publicly revealed he has Asperger syndrome.First actor with dwarfism to win in an acting categoryLinda Hunt for Best Supporting Actress in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)First actor with dwarfism to be nominated in an acting categoryMichael Dunn for Best Supporting Actor in Ship of Fools (1965)First actor to win for a portrayal of a character of the opposite genderLinda Hunt for Best Supporting Actress as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)First portrayals of living persons to win in each acting categoryBest Actor: Gary Cooper as Sergeant Alvin York in Sergeant York (1941) Best Actress: Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976) Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Note: While Joanne Woodward's portrayal of Eve White in The Three Faces of Eve (1957) was based on a real person, Chris Costner Sizemore, her identity was not known until 1977.First hip hop song to win Best Original Song"Lose Yourself" by Eminem, which was used in film 8 Mile (2002)First woman of Filipino descent to win in any award"Fight For You" by H.E.R., which was used in film Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) Age-related records Youngest winner of an acting award Tatum O'Neal, age 10 (for Best Supporting Actress, Paper Moon, 1973) Youngest nominee for an acting award Justin Henry, age 8 (for Best Supporting Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979) Youngest Best Actress winner Marlee Matlin, age 21 (Children of a Lesser God, 1986) Youngest Best Actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis,