0 Oscar Actors: Best Actress (Winners)–Year and Film, 1929-Present

In 96 years of Oscars, 80 women have won the Best Actress Oscar, some (Luise Rainer, Sally Field, Meryl Streep) more than once.

0 Oscar Actors: Best Actress (Winners)–Genre of Win (Biopicture, Comedy, Musical,mMelodrama)

The vast majority of women have won the Best Actress Oscar for playing a “serious” role in a drama or melodrama; only 9 (less than 10 percent) have won it for comedy.