Acting Awards and Nominations

Daniel Day-Lewis has won three Academy Awards for Best Actor, for his performances in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).

Sidney Poitier was the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963).

Katharine Hepburn has won four Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her performances in Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981).

Ben Kingsley was the first Asian actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Gandhi (1982).

Jack Nicholson has won six Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, for his performances in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Batman (1989), A Few Good Men (1992), and As Good as It Gets (1997).

Whoopi Goldberg was the first African-American actress to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, for her performance in The Color Purple (1985).

Meryl Streep holds the record for most Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, with eight wins.

Ken Watanabe was the first Asian actor to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, for his performance in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).

Daniel Day-Lewis has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, for his performances in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).

Jamie Foxx was the first African-American actor to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance in Ray (2004).

Meryl Streep holds the record for most Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, with three wins.

Lucy Liu was the first Asian actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, for her performance in Ally McBeal (2001).

Daniel Day-Lewis has won three British Academy Film Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performances in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).

Sidney Poitier was the first African-American actor to win a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963).

Meryl Streep holds the record for most British Academy Film Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role, with three wins.

Michelle Yeoh was the first Asian actress to win a British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).