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Youngest Best Actress Winners
This list features the youngest actresses to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Marlee Matlin | 21 years, 218 days | Children of a Lesser God | 1986 |
2 | Jennifer Lawrence | 22 years, 193 days | Silver Linings Playbook | 2012 |
3 | Janet Gaynor | 22 years, 222 days | 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise | 1927/28 |
4 | Joan Fontaine | 24 years, 127 days | Suspicion | 1941 |
5 | Audrey Hepburn | 24 years, 325 days | Roman Holiday | 1953 |
6 | Jennifer Jones | 25 years, 0 days | The Song of Bernadette | 1943 |
7 | Grace Kelly | 25 years, 138 days | The Country Girl | 1954 |
8 | Hilary Swank | 25 years, 240 days | Boys Don't Cry | 1999 |
9 | Mikey Madison | 25 years, 342 days | Anora | 2024 |
10 | Julie Christie | 26 years, 4 days | Darling | 1965 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest winners, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Youngest_winners_3 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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