<Ul> <Li> Most awards for leading actress <Ul> <Li> Katharine Hepburn with 4 awards ( 1933 , 1967 , 1968 * , 1981 ) ( * Hepburn tied with Barbra Streisand in 1968 . ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for leading actor <Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis with 3 awards ( 1989 , 2007 , 2012 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for supporting actor <Ul> <Li> Walter Brennan with 3 awards ( 1936 , 1938 , 1940 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most consecutive leading actress nominations <Ul> <Li> Two actresses have been nominated 5 years in a row : <Ul> <Li> Bette Davis ( 1938 -- 1942 ) </Li> <Li> Greer Garson ( 1941 -- 1945 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most consecutive leading actor nominations <Ul> <Li> Marlon Brando with four nominations ( 1951 to 1954 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Actress with most total nominations for acting <Ul> <Li> Meryl Streep with 21 nominations </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Actor with most total nominations for acting <Ul> <Li> Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most acting nominations without an award <Ul> <Li> Peter O'Toole with 8 nominations ( He received an Honorary Award in 2002 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations for an actor performing in a foreign language <Ul> <Li> Marcello Mastroianni with 3 nominations . He was nominated for Best Actor for Divorce , Italian Style ( 1962 ) ; A Special Day ( 1977 ) and Dark Eyes ( 1987 ) , performing in Italian </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest gap between first and second award <Ul> <Li> Helen Hayes won in 1932 for The Sin of Madelon Claudet and in 1971 for Airport , a 39 - year gap </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest time span between first and last nomination and between first and last award <Ul> <Li> Katharine Hepburn : 48 years from Morning Glory ( 1933 , in the 1932 / 33 awards ) until On Golden Pond ( 1981 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most acting nominations before first award <Ul> <Li> Both Geraldine Page and Al Pacino won on their 8th nomination </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most posthumous nominations <Ul> <Li> James Dean with 2 ( 1955 for East of Eden and 1956 for Giant ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to win an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Beatrice Straight in Network ( 1976 ) -- 5 minutes and 2 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to win a lead acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Patricia Neal in Hud ( 1963 ) -- 21 minutes and 51 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top ( 1959 ) -- 2 minutes and 19 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to be nominated for a lead acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Spencer Tracy in San Francisco ( 1936 ) -- 14 minutes and 58 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to win an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) -- 2 hours , 23 minutes and 32 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to win a supporting acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon ( 1973 ) -- 1 hour , 6 minutes and 58 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) -- 2 hours , 23 minutes and 32 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to be nominated for a supporting acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Frank Finlay in Othello ( 1965 ) -- 1 hour , 30 minutes and 43 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards by an African American actor <Ul> <Li> Denzel Washington with 2 , winning Best Supporting Actor for Glory ( 1989 ) and Best Actor for Training Day ( 2001 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for one acting performance <Ul> <Li> Harold Russell played Homer Parish in The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946 . For this role he received 2 Oscars , one for Best Supporting and an honorary award for being an inspiration to all returning veterans . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations for one acting performance <Ul> <Li> Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as Best Actor and won for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Father Fitzgibbon in 1944 's Going My Way </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Years where all four Acting winners were born outside the United States <Ul> <Li> 1964 <Ul> <Li> Best Actor - Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady , United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Best Actress - Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins ,
<Ul> <Li> Most awards for leading actress <Ul> <Li> Katharine Hepburn with 4 awards ( 1933 , 1967 , 1968 * , 1981 ) ( * Hepburn tied with Barbra Streisand in 1968 . ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for leading actor <Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis with 3 awards ( 1989 , 2007 , 2012 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for supporting actor <Ul> <Li> Walter Brennan with 3 awards ( 1936 , 1938 , 1940 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most consecutive leading actress nominations <Ul> <Li> Two actresses have been nominated 5 years in a row : <Ul> <Li> Bette Davis ( 1938 -- 1942 ) </Li> <Li> Greer Garson ( 1941 -- 1945 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most consecutive leading actor nominations <Ul> <Li> Marlon Brando with four nominations ( 1951 to 1954 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Actress with most total nominations for acting <Ul> <Li> Meryl Streep with 21 nominations </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Actor with most total nominations for acting <Ul> <Li> Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most acting nominations without an award <Ul> <Li> Peter O'Toole with 8 nominations ( He received an Honorary Award in 2002 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations for an actor performing in a foreign language <Ul> <Li> Marcello Mastroianni with 3 nominations . He was nominated for Best Actor for Divorce , Italian Style ( 1962 ) ; A Special Day ( 1977 ) and Dark Eyes ( 1987 ) , performing in Italian </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest gap between first and second award <Ul> <Li> Helen Hayes won in 1932 for The Sin of Madelon Claudet and in 1971 for Airport , a 39 - year gap </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest time span between first and last nomination and between first and last award <Ul> <Li> Katharine Hepburn : 48 years from Morning Glory ( 1933 , in the 1932 / 33 awards ) until On Golden Pond ( 1981 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most acting nominations before first award <Ul> <Li> Both Geraldine Page and Al Pacino won on their 8th nomination </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most posthumous nominations <Ul> <Li> James Dean with 2 ( 1955 for East of Eden and 1956 for Giant ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to win an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Beatrice Straight in Network ( 1976 ) -- 5 minutes and 2 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to win a lead acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Patricia Neal in Hud ( 1963 ) -- 21 minutes and 51 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top ( 1959 ) -- 2 minutes and 19 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Shortest performance to be nominated for a lead acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Spencer Tracy in San Francisco ( 1936 ) -- 14 minutes and 58 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to win an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) -- 2 hours , 23 minutes and 32 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to win a supporting acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon ( 1973 ) -- 1 hour , 6 minutes and 58 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) -- 2 hours , 23 minutes and 32 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Longest performance to be nominated for a supporting acting Oscar <Ul> <Li> Frank Finlay in Othello ( 1965 ) -- 1 hour , 30 minutes and 43 seconds </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards by an African American actor <Ul> <Li> Denzel Washington with 2 , winning Best Supporting Actor for Glory ( 1989 ) and Best Actor for Training Day ( 2001 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards for one acting performance <Ul> <Li> Harold Russell played Homer Parish in The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946 . For this role he received 2 Oscars , one for Best Supporting and an honorary award for being an inspiration to all returning veterans . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations for one acting performance <Ul> <Li> Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as Best Actor and won for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Father Fitzgibbon in 1944 's Going My Way </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Years where all four Acting winners were born outside the United States <Ul> <Li> 1964 <Ul> <Li> Best Actor - Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady , United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Best Actress - Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins ,
who has the most oscar nominations in history
who has the most oscar nominations in history
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep