This Sunday the 94th edition of the Oscars will be held. The ceremony is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Initially, the ceremony was scheduled for February 27, however, due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 that occurred at the beginning of the year, it was decided to postpone it until this month.
The first ceremony took place on May 16, 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles and was held in order to recognize the cinematographic achievements made in the years 1927 to 1928. In addition, for the first award, the winners had already been announced three months earlier, so it was no surprise for them to return home with the golden statuette.
On the occasion of this Sunday's awards and to get more into the atmosphere of the Oscars, in the following article we will tell you who was the first woman nominated for the “Best Actress” award.
FIRST WINNER FOR “BEST ACTRESS”
Actress Janet Gaynor was the first woman to be awarded “Best Actress” during the first Oscar Awards ceremony held on May 16, 1929. Gaynor achieved this recognition thanks to the films The Seventh Heaven (1927), Dawn (1927) and The Angel of the Street (1928). The other nominees for that year's major award were Louise Dresser for the film A ship is coming and Gloria Swanson for The Fragile Will.
Before, the eligibility period was two years, so the different projects in which he had appeared during that time were evaluated, which is why Gaynor was considered his participation in all three films. This changed from the seventh ceremony when the eligibility period began to be the year immediately before.
Janet Gaynor is considered one of the greatest film stars of the late silent and early days of sound cinema. In 1937 she was again nominated for the award for her role in the film A Star Is Born. However, that year German actress Luise Rainer won recognition for the film The Great Ziegfeld.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2022: FULL LIST
Best actress
Kristen Stewart - Spencer
Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Taye
Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos
Best film
The Power of the Dog (El poder del perro)
Belfast
CODA
Don’t look up (No miren arriba)
Drive My Car
Dune (Duna)
King Richard (King Richard: A Winning Family)
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley (The Alley of Lost Souls)
West Side Story
Best Director
Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive my Car
Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
Best actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos
Andrew Garfield - Tick, tick... Boom!
Will Smith - King Richard
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best international film
Drive my Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
It was the hand of God (Italy)
Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom (Bután)
The Worst Person in the World (Noruega)
Better production design
The Power of the Dog
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best photography
The Power of the Dog
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Tragegy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Better visual effects
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best documentary
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing with Fire
Best Documentary Short Film
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Best original song
Be alive - King Richard
Two caterpillars - Charm
Down to joy - Belfast
No Time to Die - No Time to Die
Somehow you do - Four Good Days
Best Animated Feature Film
Charm
Flee
Luke
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best makeup and hairstyle
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Better assembly
Don’t look up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, tick... Boom!
Best Supporting Actor
Jesse Plemons - The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog
Ciaran Hinds - Belfast
Troy Kotsur - CODA
J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos
Best original soundtrack
The Power of the Dog
Don’t look up
Dune
Charm
Parallel mothers
Better sound
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
West Side Story
Best costume design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of The Dog
Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench - West Side Story
Ariana DeBose - Belfast
Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard
Best Live Action Short Film
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
The dress
The long goodbye
On my mind
Please hold
Best animated short film
Affairs of the art
Beast
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t look up
The Williams Method
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Power of the Dog
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daugher
Best original soundtrack
The Power of the Dog
Don’t look up
Dune
Charm
Parallel Mothers
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