Is one of 25 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Annie Hall (1977). The others, in chronological order, are: Claudette Colbert (New York - Miami (1934)), Loretta Young (Ma femme est un grand homme (1947)), Josephine Hull (Harvey (1950)), Judy Holliday (Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes (1950)), Audrey Hepburn (Vacances romaines (1953)), Goldie Hawn (Fleur de cactus (1969)), Glenda Jackson (Une maîtresse dans les bras, une femme sur le dos (1973)), Lee Grant (Shampoo (1975)), Maggie Smith (California Hôtel (1978)), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin et Howard (1980)), Jessica Lange (Tootsie (1982)), Olympia Dukakis (Éclair de lune (1987)), Cher (Éclair de lune (1987)), Jessica Tandy (Miss Daisy et son chauffeur (1989)), Mercedes Ruehl (Fisher King - Le roi pêcheur (1991)), Marisa Tomei (Mon cousin Vinny (1992)), Dianne Wiest (Coups de feu sur Broadway (1994)) Mira Sorvino (Maudite Aphrodite (1995)), Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996)), Helen Hunt (Pour le pire et pour le meilleur (1997)), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)), and Jennifer Lawrence (Happiness Therapy (2012)).
