10 People Who Won Every Oscar Nomination They Received
Getting nominated for an Oscar is already a big deal. Showing up and winning every single time starts to feel a little suspicious.
Perfect records like this do not happen often, which is exactly why these names sound less like nominees and more like people who forgot how to lose.
Note: This article is intended for general informational and entertainment purposes and is based on Academy Awards records available at the time of writing.
1. Adrien Brody
Two nominations. Two wins. Adrien Brody does not waste trips to the podium.
At 29, he became the youngest Best Actor winner ever for The Pianist, a raw and haunting performance that left the room speechless. Then The Brutalist sealed the deal decades later, proving the first win was no fluke.
That is a perfect record, clean as a pressed tuxedo on Oscar night.
2. Vivien Leigh
Two roles brought two Oscars, and both stayed unforgettable because Vivien Leigh made each one feel combustible in a completely different way.
Gone with the Wind turned her into a legend almost overnight with that first Academy Award win in 1940.
Streetcar later proved she could go even deeper, pulling complicated, aching humanity out of every scene. Two swings, two home runs.
3. Luise Rainer
Before anyone else managed back-to-back Oscar wins, Luise Rainer pulled it off in 1936 and 1937, a run that still feels like a plot twist from a movie nobody made yet.
The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth demanded completely different performances, which makes the sweep land even harder.
Chameleon instincts showed up early, long before the term turned into a Hollywood cliché.
Zero nominations wasted. Perfect record locked in.
4. Hilary Swank
Both times Hilary Swank walked into the Oscars as a nominee, she walked out as the winner.
Boys Don’t Cry demanded total physical and emotional transformation, and she delivered something unforgettable. Million Dollar Baby hit just as hard, a deeply affecting performance that earned every second of its standing ovation.
A 2-for-2 record built entirely on fearless choices.
5. Helen Hayes
Thirty-two years stood between two Oscar wins, a gap that still feels surprising even on a slow morning.
Helen Hayes first took the award for The Sin of Madelon Claudet in 1932, then returned decades later with a win for Airport in 1970.
Range stretched from dramatic leads to a scene-stealing grandmother, covering an unusually wide span of roles. Record stayed spotless from start to finish.
6. Mahershala Ali
Cool, precise, and completely magnetic on screen, Mahershala Ali has never let a nomination sit without turning it into gold.
Moonlight delivered a breakthrough moment that felt like watching someone step fully into his power.
Green Book followed, with a performance that looked almost effortless, like a great jazz musician making impossible runs sound like breathing.
Two nominations. Two wins. No drama.
7. Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz arrived in Hollywood with Quentin Tarantino and immediately started collecting Oscars like they were business cards.
Inglourious Basterds introduced the world to Hans Landa, one of cinema’s great villains, and the Academy handed him the trophy without hesitation.
Django Unchained brought Dr. King Schultz, charming and dangerous in equal measure, and the voters said yes again. Batting 1.000. Tarantino approved.
8. Billie Eilish
Teenage songwriting in a bedroom somehow turned into an Oscar-winning moment.
No Time to Die earned Billie Eilish the Academy Award for Best Original Song, already enough to anchor a story for years. Then What Was I Made For? from Barbie made it two for two, turning a pop run into awards history.
Missing does not seem to be part of the pattern.
9. Finneas O’Connell
Working behind every Billie Eilish Oscar win, Finneas O’Connell matched the moment as her brother and creative partner with a perfect record of his own.
Co-writing No Time to Die and What Was I Made For? brought two nominations and two wins, a kind of sibling teamwork that makes you want to call your own brother or sister immediately.
From a home studio setup, the whole operation started to look like an Oscar factory. Two for two, no sweat.
10. H.E.R.
One shot. One win. H.E.R. stepped up to the Oscars exactly once and left with the trophy.
Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah earned her the Best Original Song award, a soulful track that carried the full weight of the film’s story on its back.
A perfect record built on a single, stunning performance is honestly the most stylish way to do it.
