isabelle adjani has won the most best actress awards.
isabelle adjani has won the most best actress awards.
who has won the most best actress awards?
isabelle adjani
, 42 actors and actresses have received two or more academy awards in acting categories. katharine hepburn leads the way with four best actress awards. five have won three academy awards: daniel day-lewis (three best actor awards), meryl streep (two best actress awards and one best supporting actress award), jack nicholson (two best actor awards and one best supporting actor award), ingrid bergman (two best actress awards and one best supporting actress award), and walter brennan (three best supporting actor awards), brennan was the first to receive three or more academy awards in 1940, followed by hepburn in 1968, bergman in 1974, nicholson in 1997, streep in 2011, and most recently day-lewis in 2012. of the six, only nicholson, streep, and day-lewis are still living.
list of actors with two or more academy awards in acting categories
padukone's performances in her four releases of 2013 earned her various accolades. she was nominated for the producers guild film award for best actress in a leading role and won iifa jodi of the year (along with ranbir kapoor) for the blockbuster romantic comedy "yeh jawaani hai deewani" (2013). she subsequently won best actress awards at the iifa and zee cine awards and earned additional filmfare best actress nomination for her performance of a tamil girl on the run in the blockbuster romantic comedy "chennai express" (2013). she also received her first filmfare award for best actress for her role of a gujarati girl based on william shakespeare's juliet character in the tragic romance "goliyon ki raasleela ram-leela" (2013). her performances in the satirical road comedy "finding fanny" (2014) and the heist comedy "happy new year" (2014) won the star of the year (female) award at stardust. the following year, she received various accolades for her role as a bengali architect in the comedy-drama "piku", including her second best actress award at the filmfare, screen, producers guild and iifa awards along with zee cine best actress critics award. additionally, padukone won stardust award for best actress for her performances in the former and the romantic drama "tamasha" (2015). that same year, for her role as mastani in the historical romance "bajirao mastani" (2015), she received additional best actress nominations from the filmfare, iifa, producers guild awards and won zee cine best actress award.
list of awards and nominations received by deepika padukone