Awards and Nominations
Hepburn won four Academy Awards, the record number for a performer, and a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress—a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep. Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe nominations, two Tony Award nominations, and awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the People's Choice Awards, and others. She won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979 and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990.
Hepburn was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:
- 6th Academy Awards (1934): Best Actress, win, for Morning Glory
- 8th Academy Awards (1936): Best Actress, nomination, for Alice Adams
- 13th Academy Awards (1941): Best Actress, nomination, for The Philadelphia Story
- 15th Academy Awards (1943): Best Actress, nomination, for Woman of the Year
- 24th Academy Awards (1952): Best Actress, nomination, for The African Queen
- 28th Academy Awards (1956): Best Actress, nomination, for Summertime
- 29th Academy Awards (1957): Best Actress, nomination, for The Rainmaker
- 32nd Academy Awards (1960): Best Actress, nomination, for Suddenly, Last Summer
- 35th Academy Awards (1963): Best Actress, nomination, for Long Day's Journey into Night
- 40th Academy Awards (1968): Best Actress, win, for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- 41st Academy Awards (1969): Best Actress, win, for The Lion in Winter (shared with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl)
- 54th Academy Awards (1982): Best Actress, win, for On Golden Pond
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