25 Oscar winners who started out as child stars Kevin JacobsenFri, March 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC 0 Regina King holding her Oscar in 2019; Ke Huy Quan holding his Oscar in 2023; Leonardo DiCaprio holding his Oscar in 2016Credit: Albert L. Ortega/Getty; Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty Child stars don't always carry over their early success into adulthood. Show business can be exposing and unbearably harsh, which is tough to deal with at any age, let alone for young actors who haven't fully matured yet.

25 Oscar winners who started out as child stars

Kevin JacobsenFri, March 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC

Regina King holding her Oscar in 2019; Ke Huy Quan holding his Oscar in 2023; Leonardo DiCaprio holding his Oscar in 2016Credit: Albert L. Ortega/Getty; Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty

Child stars don't always carry over their early success into adulthood. Show business can be exposing and unbearably harsh, which is tough to deal with at any age, let alone for young actors who haven't fully matured yet. But there are those lucky few who not only lead fruitful careers into adulthood but earn the respect of their peers and win Hollywood's top prize: the Oscar.

The Academy has rewarded several former child actors (and a few child stars themselves) over the course of its history, from Old Hollywood legends like Elizabeth Taylor to contemporary stars like Kieran Culkin. While many of them earned their Oscars on merit, it's easy to imagine that their career trajectories of being able to weather the storm of Hollywood for so long played a part in wanting to vote for them.

Ahead, we look at 25 of the most notable child stars who won Oscars, presented in chronological order.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown in 'National Velvet'; Elizabeth Taylor poses beside her Oscar for 'BUtterfield 8' in 1961Credit: Courtesy Everett; Screen Archives/Getty

Elizabeth Taylor was Hollywood royalty for decades, to the point that it's sometimes easy to forget that she'd been starring in films since she was 10 years old. Pictured left at age 14 in National Velvet, she went on to win two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for BUtterfield 8 in 1961 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1967.

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Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster as Samantha in 'Nicholas and Samantha'; Jodie Foster holding her Oscar at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989Credit: Everett Collection; Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage

Pictured left at the age of 10 in 1972's Napoleon and Samantha, Jodie Foster spent her childhood acting. The star won her first Oscar in her 20s, landing the award for Best Actress in 1989 for The Accused, and another one just three years later for The Silence of the Lambs.

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Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin as Flora McGrath in 'The Piano'; Anna Paquin at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994Credit: Everett Collection; Tim Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Anna Paquin not only started as a child actor, she won her first Oscar before she even hit her teens. Pictured left in 1993's The Piano, the star was 11 when she landed the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her turn as Flora McGrath.

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Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt (left) as Sarah Sargeant in 'Pioneer Woman'; Helen Hunt holding her Oscar at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998Credit: Everett Collection; Ron Galella/WireImage

Helen Hunt made her acting debut at age 10, appearing in 1973's Pioneer Woman (pictured left). Twenty-five years later, Hunt earned her first Oscar, winning Best Actress for As Good as It Gets.

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie as Tosh in 'Lookin' to Get Out'; Angelina Jolie holding her Oscar at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000Credit: Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images

The daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina Jolie was introduced to Hollywood at an early age. Pictured left in 1982's Lookin' to Get Out, the actress made her on-screen debut when she was 7. She picked up her first Oscar 18 years later, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Girl, Interrupted.

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Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank as Sasha Serotsky on 'Growing Pains'; Hilary Swank holding her Oscar at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000Credit: ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/WireImage

Hilary Swank landed her first acting gigs in her teens, appearing in episodes of Evening Shade, Growing Pains (pictured left), and Camp Wilder. She won her first Oscar in 2000, picking up the award for Best Actress for Boys Don't Cry, and a second in the same category in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby.

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Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly as Deborah Gelly in 'Once Upon a Time in America'; Jennifer Connelly holding her Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002Credit: Everett Collection

Pictured left in 1984's Once Upon a Time in America, Jennifer Connelly kicked off her acting career in her teens. The star, who made her on-screen debut at the age of 11, won her first Oscar in 2002, landing the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for A Beautiful Mind.

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Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody as Billy in 'Home at Last'; Adrien Brody holding his Oscar at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003Credit: Everett Collection; Bob Riha Jr/WireImage

Fans first met Adrien Brody in the 1980s, when the then-teenage actor was appearing in Home at Last (pictured left), New York Stories, and Annie McGuire. In 2003, the star won his first Oscar, landing the Best Actor award for The Pianist (breaking the record for youngest winner in the category at age 29); he won a second Best Actor Oscar in 2025 for The Brutalist.

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman as Helen Thompson in 'Bush Christmas'; Nicole Kidman holding her Oscar at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003Credit: Umbrella Entertainment; Jeff Vespa/WireImage

A 16-year-old Nicole Kidman made her first on-screen appearances in the 1980s in Skin Deep, Chase Through the Night, and Bush Christmas (pictured left). In 2003, Kidman won her first Academy Award, picking up the Oscar for Best Actress for The Hours.

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Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon as Dani Trant in 'The Man in the Moon'; Reese Witherspoon holding her Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006Credit: Everett Collection; Vince Bucci/Getty Images

In 1991, a teenage Reese Witherspoon made her acting debut, hitting the big screen in The Man in the Moon (pictured left) and popping up in the TV movie Wildflower. Fifteen years later, Witherspoon won her first Oscar, earning the Best Actress award for Walk the Line.

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Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet as Reet on 'Dark Season'; Kate Winslet holding her Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009Credit: BBC; Jason Merritt/Getty Images

After five nominations, Kate Winslet nabbed her first Academy Award in 2009, winning the Oscar for Best Actress for The Reader. She made her acting debut in her teens, appearing in episodes of Dark Season (pictured left), Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, and Get Back.

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Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges as Jimmy on 'Sea Hunt'; Jeff Bridges holding his Oscar at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010Credit: Everett Collection; Dan MacMedan/WireImage

Jeff Bridges first appeared on-screen as an infant, making his debut in 1951's The Company She Keeps. Pictured left on Sea Hunt in 1958, Bridges won his first Oscar in 2010, nabbing the award for Best Actor for Crazy Heart.

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Christian Bale

Christian Bale as Jim Graham in 'Empire of the Sun', Christian Bale holding his Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011Credit: Murray Close/Getty Images; Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Not many actors can say one of their first gigs was working on a Steven Spielberg film, but a young Christian Bale earned the first Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor award in 1987 from the National Board of Review for his work in Empire of the Sun (pictured left) before winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 for The Fighter.

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando in 'Léon: The Professional'; Natalie Portman holding her Oscar in the press room at the 83rd Academy Awards on Feb. 27, 2011Credit: Columbia Pictures; Dan MacMedan/WireImage

Viewers first met Natalie Portman when she was just 13 years old, making her debut in Léon: The Professional (pictured left). More than a decade later, the actress landed her first Oscar, winning Best Actress for 2010's Black Swan.

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Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway as Meghan Green on 'Get Real'; Anne Hathaway holding her Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013Credit: Everett Collection; Jason Merritt/Getty Images

Anne Hathaway first hit the small screen at the age of 16, appearing in episodes of Get Real (pictured left) in 1999. Nearly 15 years later, the actress won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Les Misérables.

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Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence as Mascot on 'Monk'; Jennifer Lawrence holding her Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013Credit: USA Network; Jason Merritt/Getty Images

Long before Jennifer Lawrence was accepting the Best Actress Oscar in 2013 for Silver Linings Playbook, she was spending her teens filling her résumé with bit parts in episodes of Monk (pictured left), Cold Case, and Medium.

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Brie Larson

Brie Larson as Rachel on 'Touched by an Angel'; Brie Larson holding her Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016Credit: CBS; Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Brie Larson became Hollywood royalty when she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2016 for her role in Room, but the actress officially got her start nearly 20 years earlier. Larson popped up in episodes of To Have & to Hold and Touched by an Angel (pictured left) when she was a child.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio as Luke Brower on 'Growing Pains'; Leonardo DiCaprio holding his Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016Credit: Everett Collection; Jason Merritt/Getty Images

A young Leonardo DiCaprio filled his childhood with acting projects, making early appearances in The New Lassie, The Outsiders, Parenthood, Growing Pains (pictured left), and Critters 3. Decades later and after four previous nominations, DiCaprio won his first Oscar in 2016, nabbing the Best Actor statuette for The Revenant.

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Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck as young Robert Kennedy in 'The Kennedys of Massachusetts'; Casey Affleck holding his Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017Credit: Everett Collection; Eddy Chen/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images

Casey Affleck fans might know of his early appearances in quintessential '90s films To Die For and Chasing Amy, but before earning an Academy Award for Best Actor for 2016's Manchester by the Sea, Affleck made his first appearance on the small screen in a PBS adaption of the play Lemon Sky in 1988, which was soon followed by an appearance as a young Bobby Kennedy in the 1990 ABC miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (pictured left).

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Emma Stone

Emma Stone as Cynthia McCallister on 'Medium'; Emma Stone holding her Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017Credit: Fox; Eddy Chen/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images

Many actors have an early drive to make it in Hollywood, but few make a PowerPoint presentation to convince their parents to allow them move to Los Angeles to do exactly that. Emma Stone's gambit paid off, but before winning a pair of Best Actress Oscars for 2016's La La Land and 2023's Poor Things, she appeared on VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family, Malcolm in the Middle, and Medium (pictured left).

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Regina King

Regina King as Brenda Jenkins on '227'; Regina King holding her Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019Credit: Everett Collection; Craig Sjodin via Getty Images

Before her breakout role as Shalika in John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood in 1991, Regina King starred on the highly-rated sitcom 227 (pictured left), part of the NBC Thursday night juggernaut that dominated the 1980s. Speaking about the show ahead of her 2019 Best Supporting Actress win for If Beale Street Could Talk, King said, "227 was priceless for me. It was my foundation. Just being with Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed, Jackée — it was school."

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Laura Dern

Laura Dern as Jessica McNeil in 'Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains'; Laura Dern holding her Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020Credit: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock; Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Laura Dern's first foray into film was as inglorious as it is for many actors: she was an uncredited extra. After brief appearances in White Lightning and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — both of which starred her mother, Diane Ladd — in the early-1970s, Dern made her solo jump to the big screen with 1980's Foxes and 1982's Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (pictured left) as a teen. Fast forward to 2020, and Dern is not just an Oscar winner for her portrayal of a cutthroat divorce lawyer in Marriage Story (2019), she is one of the most in-demand and interesting actresses working today.

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Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix as Garry Buckman in 'Parenthood'; Joaquin Phoenix holding his Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020Credit: Everett Collection; Steve Granitz/WireImage

Acting is in the family, and middle child Joaquin Phoenix made a name for himself early with roles in SpaceCamp and Parenthood (pictured left) as Leaf Phoenix. "Leaf" was left behind in Phoenix's star turn in Gus Van Sant's 1995 To Die For, and just a few years later, Joaquin earned his first Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Gladiator, which was followed by his first in Best Actor for Walk the Line in 2006, and another in Best Actor for The Master in 2013. Great roles and performances, but, ha-ha, Phoenix earned his first Academy Award for Joker in 2020.

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Ke Huy Quan

Ke Huy Quan on the set of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; Ke Huy Quan holding his Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023Credit: Paramount/Getty; Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Ke Huy Quan's big Hollywood comeback was the stuff dreams are made of. After working as a child actor in high-profile movies like Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom (1984, pictured left) and The Goonies (1985), he struggled to find good roles and left acting in the mid-'90s, only to return in 2022 with a highly acclaimed performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. His emotionally rich turn took him all the way to the Oscars, where he won Best Supporting Actor.

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Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin as Fuller in 'Home Alone'; Kieran Culkin holding his Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025Credit: 20th Century Fox; Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty

Who knew that the kid in the suspenders wearing enormous glasses and clutching a Pepsi can in Home Alone (1990, pictured left) would one day sweep awards season? Kieran Culkin's career has taken him in some wild directions, but the 2020s found him hitting the big time with an Emmy win for Succession in 2023 and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar win in 2025 for his scene-stealing work in A Real Pain.

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The True Story Behind Carolyn Bessette and Caroline Kennedy&x27;s Dinner Party Argument in "Love Story" Episode 7 (Exclusive) Jordana ComiterFri, March 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC 0 Carolyn Bessette, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline KennedySchlossberg on Oct. 4, 1998, in New York.Credit: Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr.

The True Story Behind Carolyn Bessette and Caroline Kennedy's Dinner Party Argument in "Love Story" Episode 7 (Exclusive)

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Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette explores the real-life romance between the titular characters, portrayed by Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon

Episode 7, "The Obsession," was released on March 12

The episode includes a fight between Bessette and her sister-in-law Caroline Kennedy, played by Grace Gummer

Episode 7 of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette portrays an argument between Caroline Kennedy and the newest member of the Kennedy family, which was partially rooted in real-life events.

Released on March 12, the seventh episode titled "The Obsession" chronicles newlyweds John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon) as they return from their honeymoon and adjust back to life in New York.

Upon their return, JFK Jr.'s sister Caroline (Grace Gummer) and her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, host a dinner party for the newlyweds. There, Bessette is met with a slew of questions related to her new role as "Mrs. Kennedy" before being saved by the bell when Anthony Radziwill (Erich Bergen) pulls her away.

As the party continues, things take a turn when Bessette and her new sister-in-law get into an argument, one that contributes to a strain in their relationship.

So, did Carolyn Bessette and Caroline Kennedy actually get into an argument during the dinner party? Here's everything to know about the real-life incident — and what happened after.

Did Bessette and Caroline really get into an argument at the post-wedding dinner party?

Carolyn Bessette at the Annual Fundraising Gala on March 9, 1999, in New York City ; Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg on Oct. 10, 1996, in New York City.Credit: Evan Agostini/Liaison via Getty ; Lawrence Schwartzwald/Sygma via Getty

There was some contention between Bessette and Caroline at the post-wedding dinner party in real life.

According to PEOPLE editor-at-large Liz McNeil and JFK Jr.'s former assistant RoseMarie Terenzio's 2024 book, JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, the dinner was hosted by Caroline and was mostly for the couples' friends who were not invited to the wedding — just as it was in the show.

JFK Jr.'s friend Jack Merrill described it to the co-authors as a "classic Park Avenue dinner party."

Why was Caroline upset at Bessette?

Caroline Kennedy during her Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing on April 7, 2022.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty

Terenzio shared in the oral biography that during the dinner, Caroline's son Jack Schlossberg — who was a toddler at the time — was "running around and a little restless."

Bessette "had taken him in her arms and went downstairs with him into the lobby," Terenzio noted, adding that there were paparazzi outside the building who began taking photos.

"She just took him downstairs, and I think Caroline was upset because she thought that Carolyn was being irresponsible," Terenzio added, noting that Bessette only took him down the elevator and back up, not outside the lobby of the building.

Terenzio explained that Bessette was "shocked" that Caroline would think she would "go downstairs and intentionally expose Jack to that."

"She was like, 'I would never do something like that—I would never take him outside in front of the paparazzi,' " Terenzio recalled, noting that the building was lined with three doormen and security who would have stopped a photographer from getting inside the lobby.

"Carolyn said, 'It's not like I took him outside. I took him down the elevator and back up. I wasn't parading around the lobby with him,' " Terenzio added. "She was surprised at the reaction. It was tense."

Did Bessette and Caroline make amends?

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg at the Municipal Art Society of New York benefit.Credit: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

In the show, JFK Jr. and Caroline have lunch together, where he expresses it's been a "stressful" few months, and them "not talking" hasn't made it easier. He says he was hoping Caroline would have reached out to Bessette by now to "extend an olive branch" and "de-escalate the situation."

Off-screen, John and Caroline shared an unbreakable bond. A friend of JFK Jr. and Bessette's told PEOPLE that after the fight, it was "a little distant, but respectful" between the couple and Caroline and her husband, Schlossberg.

"They would go over to Caroline's for dinner every few weeks," the source added. "Carolyn would always bring gifts for the kids. [...] And she always picked something special for Caroline."

Speaking of the relationship between the couple and Caroline, the source said that it was a difference in "lifestyle" versus solely "distance."

Caroline was married with three young kids, while JFK Jr. and Bessette did not have children, and were often traveling for George, attending charity events and going to dinner parties, the source said.

"But when they saw each other, they seemed to always get along," the source continued.

How did their argument change in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette?

Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette and Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy in 'Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette'Credit: FX (2)

While Love Story does document Bessette and her sister-in-law's dinner party argument, the show swaps Jack for one of Caroline's daughters: Rose Schlossberg or the late Tatianna Schlossberg.

The show also portrays the young girl asking Bessette to take her downstairs to "get some candy from Edgar," the doorman, which wasn't necessarily the case in real life.

A source told PEOPLE that Bessette took Jack away from the party simply because he was being "rambunctious."

For more on the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, pick up PEOPLE's special edition, available now on newsstands and here.

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10 Movie Musicals That Have Won Best Picture at the Oscars Dave Quinn, Carson BlackwelderFri, March 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC 0 Julie Andrews as Maria in 1965's 'The Sound of Music'; Catherine ZetaJones as Velma Kelly in 2002's 'Chicago'Credit: Moviestore/Shutterstock (2) To date, just 10 movie musicals have won an Oscar for Best Picture since the inception of the Academy Awards in 1929 The Broadway Melody (1929), West Side Story (1961) and Chicago (2002) are among the films to receive the top honor The 98th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on March 15, with Conan O'B...

10 Movie Musicals That Have Won Best Picture at the Oscars

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Julie Andrews as Maria in 1965's 'The Sound of Music'; Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly in 2002's 'Chicago'Credit: Moviestore/Shutterstock (2) -

To date, just 10 movie musicals have won an Oscar for Best Picture since the inception of the Academy Awards in 1929

The Broadway Melody (1929), West Side Story (1961) and Chicago (2002) are among the films to receive the top honor

The 98th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on March 15, with Conan O'Brien returning as host

Only 10 movie musicals have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Ever since the very first "talkie" (1927's The Jazz Singer) revolutionized the industry by incorporating synchronized dialogue, musicals have flooded the silver screen. Over the years, the robust spectacle of song and dance has made a tremendous impact on cinema, with some titles becoming box-office juggernauts, award show magnets or both.

Despite experiencing a slow start since the inaugural Oscars ceremony in 1929, musicals had a monumental decade in the 1960s. However, the last film to bring home the top prize of the night was over 20 years ago, with Chicago winning Best Picture in 2003.

Since then, there was Envelopegate in 2017, when the Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling-led La La Land was mistakenly announced the winner for Best Picture. (Moonlight actually won.) In 2025, the stage adaptation Wicked was a frontrunner to defy the odds in the category, but the honor went to indie flick Anora. Not to mention, there have been some surprising snubs over the years, from 1986's Little Shop of Horrors and 2021's Tick, Tick... Boom! to 2025 films Wicked: For Good and Song Sung Blue.

Here are the movie musicals that hit all the right notes and waltzed away with the coveted Best Picture statuette at the Oscars.

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1930: The Broadway Melody

A scene from 1929's 'The Broadway Melody'Credit: MGM/REX/Shutterstock

As the first "talkie" to win the Oscar for Best Picture, 1929's The Broadway Melody marked a huge step forward in the industry and for movie musicals. As MGM's first musical, its success paved a path for some of the big screen's most memorable movie musicals, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Singin' in the Rain (1952).

Featuring music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, The Broadway Melody starred Anita Page, Bessie Love and Charles King as vaudeville performers and songwriters trying to get their big break on the Great White Way.

It beat out dramas like Alibi (1929), In Old Arizona (1928) and The Patriot (1928) — and one musical, The Hollywood Revue (1929) — in what was only the Academy's second annual awards.

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1937: The Great Ziegfeld

A scene from 1936's 'The Great Ziegfeld'Credit: MGM/REX/Shutterstock

Based on the life and career of Ziegfeld Follies creator Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., the extravagant The Great Ziegfeld (1936) took home Best Picture at the ninth annual Oscars — beating a whopping nine nominees, including Anthony Adverse (1936), Dodsworth (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Romeo and Juliet (1936), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), and fellow musicals San Francisco (1936) and Three Smart Girls (1936).

Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, the film is packed with grand musical numbers and extravagant costumes. It spawned two sequels — 1941's Ziegfeld Girl, with James Stewart and Judy Garland, and 1945's Ziegfeld Follies, directed by Garland's husband and Liza Minnelli's father, Vincente Minnelli.

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1945: Going My Way

A scene from 1944's 'Going My Way'Credit: SNAP/REX/Shutterstock

The movie musical hit its stride in the 1940s. However, 1945 saw only one movie musical nominated for Best Picture at the 17th annual Oscars: Going My Way (1944), which won against dramas Double Indemnity (1944), Gaslight (1944), Since You Went Away (1944) and Wilson (1944).

It was the year's highest-grossing film and launched a musical career for its star, Bing Crosby, who played a priest in a troubled New York City parish. The film was such a success that Paramount Pictures followed it up with a sequel the next year called The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), which also earned a Best Picture nod.

In addition to being one of the 10 movie musicals to claim the Oscars' biggest prize, Going My Way is also considered one of the few comedic films to earn the Academy's highest honor.

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1952: An American in Paris

Gene Kelly as Jerry Mulligan and Leslie Caron as Lise Bouvier in 1951's 'An American in Paris'Credit: MGM/REX/Shutterstock

The '50s were a decade chock-full of iconic Hollywood musicals, and there was no bigger star than Gene Kelly. He took home an honorary statuette for his triple-threat talents in 1952, the same year his film An American in Paris won Best Picture at the 24th Oscars.

The musical masterpiece, about two friends who fall for the same Parisian woman, features a score by George Gershwin and classic songs like "Embraceable You," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "I Got Rhythm" and "'S' Wonderful." It's best known for its breathtaking 17-minute final ballet sequence that reportedly cost half a million dollars to produce, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Nominated alongside A Place in the Sun (1951), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Decision Before Dawn (1951) and Quo Vadis (1951), the film earned six Academy Awards.

It was adapted for the stage in a 2015 Broadway musical.

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1959: Gigi

From left: Hermione Gingold as Madame Alvarez, Louis Jourdan as Gaston Lachaille and Leslie Caron (sitting) as Gigi in 1958's 'Gigi'Credit: MGM/REX/Shutterstock

Vincente may have lost Best Director for An American in Paris; however, he made up for it at the 31st Oscars with 1958's Gigi — which would set records with nine overall wins, including Best Picture against Auntie Mame (1958), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Defiant Ones (1958) and Separate Tables (1958). (That record was short-lived, as Ben-Hur toppled it at the following Academy Awards with 11 wins.)

The film brought Broadway songwriters Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe back to the big screen after their 1956 musical, My Fair Lady, swept the Tony Awards (more on that later). The 14 original Gigi songs spurred hits like "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "The Night They Invented Champagne."

Based on Colette's 1944 novella of the same name, Gigi tells the story of an unlikely courtship between a young girl, played by Leslie Caron, and a wealthy Parisian playboy, played by Louis Jourdan.

It was adapted for the stage in 1973 and again in 2015 in a revival starring Vanessa Hudgens in the titular role.

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1962: West Side Story

Richard Beymer as Tony and Natalie Wood as Maria in 1961's 'West Side Story'Credit: SNAP/REX/Shutterstock

Musicals were big business in the '60s and resulted in four Best Picture winners, including 1961's West Side Story, which took home 10 Oscars at the 34th Academy Awards and beat out Fanny (1961), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Hustler (1961) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

Adapted from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's 1957 Broadway musical based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the film tells the tale of two star-crossed New York City lovers from opposite sides of their neighborhood. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer and Rita Moreno starred, with Jerome Robbins co-directing alongside Robert Wise (and recreating his iconic finger-snapping choreography from the stage).

With 10 Oscars, West Side Story has the most Academy Award wins of any movie musical. It received high praise from critics and audiences alike, becoming the year's second-highest-grossing film, per the official website. It is still considered one of the gold standards in stage-to-screen adaptations.

In 2021, West Side Story returned to theaters in Steven Spielberg's adaptation, starring Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort. It garnered seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, with Ariana DeBose ultimately winning Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for her performance as Anita, originated by Moreno (who won the same award 60 years prior).

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1965: My Fair Lady

Audrey Hepburn (center) as Eliza Doolittle in 1964's 'My Fair Lady'Credit: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

It took less than 10 years for Lerner and Loewe's acclaimed 1956 stage musical My Fair Lady to make the jump to the big screen in 1964. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion, the film tells the story of arrogant phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), who sets out to turn a poor Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) into a proper English high-society woman.

The film won eight Academy Awards at the 37th annual ceremony, including Best Picture, triumphing over Becket (1964), Dr. Strangelove (1964), fellow musical Mary Poppins (1964) and Zorba the Greek (1964).

Harrison also picked up the Best Actor trophy for the film, reprising his role from the original Broadway show. Hepburn wasn't nominated for Best Actress — the award went to Andrews for Mary Poppins.

Considering that Julie Andrews originated Eliza Doolittle on Broadway opposite Harrison, it was a controversial win.

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1966: The Sound of Music

From left: Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp, Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp, Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp, Julie Andrews as Maria, Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp, Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp and Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp in 1965's 'The Sound of Music'Credit: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

Andrews may have missed out on My Fair Lady, but she later scored one of the most iconic roles of her career in The Sound of Music — the 1965 film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1959 Tony-winning stage musical.

She played Maria, a young Austrian nun-in-training who becomes the governess to the seven children of a retired naval officer (Christopher Plummer).

The film was the highest-grossing of the year and, despite mixed critical reviews, it took home five Oscars at the 38th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The competition? Darling (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ship of Fools (1965) and A Thousand Clowns (1965).

Andrews would lose Best Actress to Darling's Julie Christie.

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1969: Oliver!

Mark Lester (left) as Oliver and Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger in 1968's 'Oliver!'Credit: Romulus/Warwick/REX/Shutterstock

Oliver! was the last of the decade's big-screen musicals to nab the Best Picture honor, doing so in 1969. The coming-of-age musical would take home six awards at the 41st Academy Awards, including one for director Carol Reed and an honorary one for choreographer Onna White.

An adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's stage musical originally premiered in London in 1960 and on Broadway in 1963. The film starred Mark Lester as the titular orphan, Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger and Ron Moody as experienced thief Fagin (Wild and Moody were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor, respectively).

Oliver! beat The Lion in Winter (1968), Rachel, Rachel (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and the musical Funny Girl (1968) to take home the top prize.

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2003: Chicago

Renée Zellweger (center) as Roxie Hart in 2002's 'Chicago'Credit: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

A movie musical wouldn't take home another Oscar until Chicago in 2003 at the 75th Academy Awards. The genre all but vanished from cinemas after a string of box-office flops in the '70s and '80s, though Hello, Dolly! (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Cabaret (1972), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) all received Best Picture nominations across the years.

Directed by Rob Marshall, the film is an adaptation of John Kander and Fred Ebb's 1975 stage musical about two murderous women in the 1920s whose crimes lead to their celebrity. (Its 1996 Tony-winning revival is still playing on Broadway.)

Chicago won six Oscars, including Best Supporting Actress for star Catherine-Zeta Jones. Renée Zellweger, John C. Reilly and Queen Latifah were all nominated for their performances. Meanwhile, star Richard Gere, who won the Golden Globe for his role, was one of the year's biggest snubs.

It beat Gangs of New York (2002), The Hours (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Pianist (2002) to win Best Picture.

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Ed Sheeran looks back on his controversial *Game of Thrones** *cameo with disappointment, but not surprise.

"I feel like I definitely ruffled some feathers being on *Game of Thrones*," he reflected on Wednesday's episode of Benny Blanco's new *Friends Keep Secrets** *podcast.

Sheeran's brief appearance on the gritty fantasy series' season 7 opener stoked a heated cycle of online discourse — despite the fact that by 2017, many musicians had made similar cameos to relatively little fanfare. Now with the benefit of nearly a decade of hindsight, Sheeran thinks he knows what really went down.

"What I said is, 'People love that show. If anyone gets asked to be in that show, it's an instant yes,'" Sheeran reflected. "I said yes. I enjoyed doing it."

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"Members of Coldplay [were] at the Red Wedding. [Gary Lightbody] from Snow Patrol's in there. Chris Stapleton's in it as like a White Walker," Sheeran pointed out to Blanco and cohosts Dave "Lil Dicky" Burd and Kristin Batalucco,

Sheeran identified two primary reasons why his brief appearance as a Lannister soldier singing beside a campfire annoyed some fans — and even some critics.

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"I think at the time I was very omnipresent and just everywhere. So, I think it was quite jarring," he said. But he also explained that debacles like those "happen quite a lot in my career. I just get s‑‑‑ on for things."

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But Sheeran was indeed at the peak of his fame when he appeared in the episode "Dragonstone" in July 2017. He'd released his biggest album to date, *Divide*, just four months before, and its massive lead single, "Shape of You," was everywhere.

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The English musician explained on a 2021 episode of the *Armchair Expert *podcast that his cameo was actually meant as a gift to *GOT *actress Maisie Williams, who was a fan of Sheeran's music.

Sophie Turner accidentally spoiled the surprise by divulging the cameo casting news at Comic-Con that year — while seated next to Williams. But Sheeran said he was still able to enjoy the production experience, however "muddied" the memory became amid the backlash that followed.

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The "On the Floor" singer, 56, recently opened up about her life after Bennifer 2.0 ahead of her new Las Vegas residency. She said that she's in her "happy era" and is happy to be alone. However, it took some time to heal from her divorce.

"I had to stop everything and I took a year off," she told *Good Morning America.* "I canceled tours. I decided to just be home and sit in what had happened without running away from it through work, through another person, through anything. Just sit."

In 2024, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck after two years of marriage. The two had married about 20 years after their first high-profile engagement ended in 2004. Shortly before announcing the split, the "Jenny From the Block" singer canceled her summer tour, saying she would be "taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends."

Lopez previously opened up about how the breakup was "the best thing that ever happened to me" because it forced her to grow. She shared more insight on her self-reflection with *GMA.*

"I was just at a point where I was like, 'What is going on with you?'" she said. "Because I couldn't blame anybody else. Because I don't think that that's where the lesson is. And so, I really wanted to figure myself out."

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"I've always had a boyfriend," she said. "There was always kind of, like, someone in my life and so many other things that I felt like were out of my control. I've gotten to the point where I really trust myself and appreciate myself a little bit more instead of being so hard on myself all the time."

For now, she is focused on her Las Vegas shows and celebrating her children graduating high school. Her twins Maximilian David Muñiz and Emme Maribel Muñiz, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony, recently turned 18 and will be attending college, she said.

"I am happy, and I am healthy, and I'm grateful," J.Lo said. "That's who I am today. And I'm surrounded by love, which is the best part."

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