Actresses with Three or More Oscars
Can you name the actresses who won three or more Academy Awards? The list, which is very short, might surprise you, especially with respect to the films they were in - some more memorable than others.
1. Katharine Hepburn - 4 Oscars
Morning Glory (1933) with Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) with Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton.
The Lion in Winter (1968) with Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle.
On Golden Pond (1981) with Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda.
2. Ingrid Bergman - 3 Oscars
Gaslight (1944) with Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury.
Anastasia (1956) with Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) with Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery.
3. Meryl Streep - 3 Oscars
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) with Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander.
Sophie's Choice (1982) with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol.
The Iron Lady (2011) with Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant.
4. Frances McDormand - 3 Oscars
Fargo (1996) with Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) with Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell.
Nomadland (2021) with Frances McDormand, David Strathairn.
In the almost 100 year history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ highest award, the Oscar, only four actresses have won three or more. While some of the films for which they won their awards have withstood the test of time better than others, the extraordinary accomplishments of these four actresses cannot be overstated.
Only four? All four deserve the statues, although maybe not for the films they were nominated in. So much depends on other circumstances, even politics at times. I wonder how many female actors have been nominated for multiple Oscars - and perhaps have never won (yet.) Did I brag about my own stepdaughter, Tatiana, who was nominated as the film editor of "I, Tonya?" I am convinced she SHOULD have won. Haha