100% | FONTAINE | 8 | Joan who won an Academy Award for her performance in “Suspicion” |
66% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala ___, actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in the 2016 film "Moonlight" |
65% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title character in her film debut, "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
64% | SHIRLEYBOOTH | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Lola Delaney in her film debut, "Come Back, Little Sheba" (2 wds.) |
64% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Sarah Norman in her film debut, "Children of a Lesser God" (2 wds.) |
61% | PITT | 4 | Brad ___ who won an Academy Award for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" |
56% | EDIE | 4 | Actress Falco who won an Emmy Award for her role in "The Sopranos" in the '90s |
55% | RENEE | 5 | Zellweger who won an Academy Award for Judy |
55% | ALLISON | 7 | Janney who won an Academy Award for “I, Tonya” |
54% | JOHN | 4 | Actor Wayne who won an Academy Award for "True Grit" |
54% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Actress Spencer who won an Academy Award for "The Help" |
54% | FRASER | 6 | Actor Brendan who won an Academy Award for "The Whale" |
54% | HAWN | 4 | Goldie ___, an Academy Award winning actress who recently made her comeback in the movie "Snatched" |
53% | SPACEY | 6 | Croat who won an Academy Award in 1999 |
52% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Father" star who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2021, becoming the oldest person to win an acting Oscar (2 wds.) |
51% | BRAD | 4 | ___ Pitt, actor who won an award for the Best Supporting Actor for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the 92nd Academy Awards |
51% | NIA | 3 | Long who won an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award in 2023, for her role in “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” |
50% | LEO | 3 | Actress Melissa who won an Oscar for her performance in "The Fighter" |
50% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
49% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | "Soul Man" singer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work on the film "Shaft": 2 wds. |
49% | JULIANFELLOWES | 14 | 18-Across and 44-Across writer/creator who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park" (2 wds.) |
49% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
49% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
49% | MAURICEJARRE | 12 | French conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1984 movie "A Passage to India" (2 wds.) |
48% | ANNE | 4 | Hathaway who won an Oscar for her "Les Misérables" performance |
48% | MINNELLI | 8 | Liza who won an Oscar for her role in "Cabaret" |
48% | DYAN | 4 | ___ Cannon, famous actress who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in "Heaven Can Wait" |
48% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
48% | TATIANA | 7 | Maslany who won an Emmy for her role in Orphan Black |
47% | CARLYSIMON | 10 | Artist who won an Academy, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for 1989's "Let the River Run" |