The actresses with the most Oscars in history
Katherine Hepburn
Katherine Hepburn is the actress who has won the most statuettes in Oscar history. There have been four times that he has managed to take home the award thanks to the films 'Glory for a day' (1933), 'Guess who is coming to dinner tonight' (1967), 'The lion in winter' (1968), and 'In the golden pool' (1981).
Ingrid Bergmann
The famous actress Ingrid Bergman is also one of the most recognized in the history of the Academy Awards. She has won three statuettes, two as a leading actress, thanks to 'Dying Light' (1945) and 'Anastasia' (1957), and one as a supporting actress with 'Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep is the actress with the most Oscar nominations in history. In total there have been 21 occasions that she has opted for a statuette and currently has three for her roles in 'Sophie's Decision' (1982), 'The Iron Lady' (2011), and 'Kramer against Kramer' ( 1979). In this last film, she won the award for 'Best Supporting Actress'.
The actors with the most Oscars in history
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis is the actor with the Best Actor statuette in Academy Award history. In total he has taken home three Oscars for the films 'My Left Foot (1989), 'Wells of Ambition (2007), and 'Lincoln' (2012).
Jack Nicholson
The charismatic and famous actor Jack Nicholson, like Ingrid Bergman and Meryl Streep, has taken home a total of three statuettes, two in the 'Best Actor' category, for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975 ) and 'Mejor… impossible (1997), and one in the Best Supporting Actor category for 'the strength of love' (1983). After Streep and along with Katherine Hepburn, he is the actor who has been nominated the most times (12 times).
Walter Brennan
Walter Andrew Brennan is an American actor born in 1894 in Massachusetts. He has won the Oscar for 'Best Supporting Actor three times for his role in the films 'Rivals (1935), 'Kentucky' (1938), and 'The Outsider (1940).