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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception.

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Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress.^[1] The only restriction is that actors cannot receive multiple nominations for the same performance.^[2] This rule was implemented after Barry Fitzgeraldreceived a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Going My Way.^[3]

As of 2024^[update], 45 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories.

Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress).^[4] Six have won exactly three acting Academy Awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (three Best A Oscar-winning actor with the autobiography "Halfway Through ... WORAF