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Which actor has won the most acting Oscars?

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Quick Answer

Katharine Hepburn, who won four Best Actress Oscars between 1934 and 1982.

The Full Story

Katharine Hepburn holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by a performer, with four Best Actress Oscars. She won for Morning Glory at the 1934 ceremony, for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in 1968, for The Lion in Winter in 1969, which was a rare tie with Barbra Streisand, and for On Golden Pond in 1982. Her career spanned more than six decades and brought her 12 acting nominations. Meryl Streep holds the record for the most acting nominations, with 21, and has won three times. Daniel Day-Lewis is the only man to have won three Best Actor Oscars.

Key Facts

1.Hepburn famously never attended the ceremony to collect any of her own Oscars.
2.Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan are among the men with three acting Oscars.
3.The first Academy Awards were presented in 1929.

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"Four Oscars and never there to collect — the legend of Katharine Hepburn"

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