Is one of 25 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Mein Freund Harvey (1950). The others, in chronological order, are: Claudette Colbert (Es geschah in einer Nacht (1934)), Loretta Young (Die Farmerstochter (1947)), Judy Holliday (Reporter für intime Stunden (1950)), Audrey Hepburn (Ein Herz und eine Krone (1953)), Goldie Hawn (Die Kaktusblüte (1969)), Glenda Jackson (Mann, bist du Klasse! (1973)), Lee Grant (Shampoo (1975)), Diane Keaton (Der Stadtneurotiker (1977)), Maggie Smith (Das verrückte California Hotel (1978)), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin und Howard (1980)), Jessica Lange (Tootsie (1982)), Olympia Dukakis (Mondsüchtig (1987)), Cher (Mondsüchtig (1987)), Jessica Tandy (Miss Daisy und ihr Chauffeur (1989)), Mercedes Ruehl (König der Fischer (1991)), Marisa Tomei (Mein Vetter Winnie (1992)), Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway (1994)) Mira Sorvino (Geliebte Aphrodite (1995)), Frances McDormand (Fargo: Blutiger Schnee (1996)), Helen Hunt (Besser geht's nicht (1997)), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)), and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings (2012)).
