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List of black Academy Award winners

By shubhambhatiia
  • Diana Ross

    Diana Ross

    First African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance.
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    List of black Academy Award nominees and winners

    A list of black actresses who have been nominated and won the Academy Award in leading role.
  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi Goldberg

    First time multiple African-American actresses received nominations for the same film.
  • Angela Bassett

    Angela Bassett

    Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress.
  • Halle Berry

    Halle Berry

    First African-American actress to win Best Actress.
    First time two African-American performers won in leading role Oscars in the same year (Denzel Washington, Training Day).
  • Viola Davis

    Viola Davis

    Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress categories.
  • Ruth Negga

    Ruth Negga

    First black Irish actress to be nominated.
    First black African (Ethiopia) actress to be nominated in lead.