# Youngest Oscar Winner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-oscar-winner/107617 "2002-05-06T20:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-oscar-winner/107617/1 "2002-05-06T20:50:00Z")
Who’s currently the youngest person who has won an Acadamy award for acting (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress)? Note that I’m _not_ talking about who was the youngest when he or she won. In other words, if you got all the people who have won an Oscar for acting in a room today, who would be the youngest person in the room? I’m guessing it’s Anna Paquin at 19 (born July 24, 1982). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-oscar-winner/107617/2 "2002-05-06T20:59:08Z")
Yes, that would be it. Angelina Jolie (26) and Hillary Swank (27) would be next in line. ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-oscar-winner/107617/3 "2002-05-06T21:02:35Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-oscar-winner/107617/4 "2002-05-07T03:06:35Z")
I believe Kate Winslet is the youngest to ever receive multiple nominations (three), though she’s never won.