As of March 2024, the all-time youngest Academy Award nominee in an acting category was Justin Henry, who was just eight years old when he was nominated for his role as Billy in "Kramer vs Kramer" (1979).
When she was just 21 years old, Marlee Matlin turned heads in her first-ever movie acting role as Sarah Norman inChildren of a Lesser God, a former student and now janitor at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. She meets a new teacher James (William Hurt) who takes an interes...
From Jessica Tandy to Henry Fonda, several artists have managed to win an Academy Award for acting as late as their 70s or 80s. In contrast, there have been winners like Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon) and Anna Paquin (The Piano) who managed to take home the golden statuette in their pre-t...
Daniel Kaluuya is on the brink of becoming one of the youngest Best Supporting Actor Oscar winners If there’s one thing we know to be true about Oscar voters, it’s that they love to award young women and old men for their acting prowess. That’s why it would be noteworthy if Daniel...