| 100% | 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.) |
| 76% | 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.) |
| 69% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title character in her film debut, "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | RENEEZELLWEGER | 14 | Actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2020 for playing the title role in "Judy" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | 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. |
| 43% | STILLALICE | 10 | 2014 film for which 30-Across recently won an Academy Award for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | "Soul Man" singer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work on the film "Shaft": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | Actor born in Scotland who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables": 2 wds. |
| 41% | VIVIENLEIGH | 11 | Actress who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film "Gone With the Wind" and also won an Oscar for her work in the film: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor born in Wales who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Dick Dicky Eklund in the movie "The Fighter": 2 wds |
| 40% | JENNIFERHUDSON | 14 | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "Dreamgirls": 2 wds. |
| 40% | 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.) |
| 40% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "Mary Poppins": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BOYSDONTCRY | 11 | 1999 film for which 46-Across won an Academy Award for Best Actress (3 wds.) |
| 40% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | Actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2020 for playing the title role in "Joker" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELAINEMAY | 9 | "The Waverly Gallery" actress who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 39% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor born in England who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | "Coming 2 America" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "The Great White Hope" and "Fences" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEREADER | 9 | 2008 drama for which Kate Winslet won an Academy Award for Best Actress (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GWENVERDON | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "Damn Yankees," "New Girl in Town," and "Redhead": 2 wds. |
| 37% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | Actress who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 film "The Aviator" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MARYMARTIN | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "South Pacific," "Peter Pan," and "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 36% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Actress who won an Emmy Award for playing Celeste on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | 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.) |
| 36% | JULIANFELLOWES | 14 | 18-Across and 44-Across writer/creator who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |