{"id":169538,"date":"2026-06-18T10:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=169538"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:23:46","slug":"the-6-youngest-actors-to-win-an-oscar-in-the-main-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-6-youngest-actors-to-win-an-oscar-in-the-main-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 youngest actors to win an Oscar in the main categories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<\/strong> award ceremony has recognized many actors for their acting skills, including the youngest one, for their outstanding performances that marked a milestone in Oscar history.<\/p>\n

Here are the 6 youngest actors to win an Oscar in the main categories<\/strong>, which include Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress:<\/p>\n

6. Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong> – At 22, she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Tiffany Maxwell in the 2012 film ‘Silver Linings Playbook.’<\/p>\n

5. Marlee Matlin<\/strong> – At 21, she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Sarah Norman in the 1986 film ‘Children of a Lesser God.’<\/p>\n

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4. Timothy Hutton<\/strong> – At 20, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Conrad Jarret in the 1980 film ‘Ordinary People.’<\/p>\n

3. Patty Duke<\/strong> – At 16, she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Helen Keller in the 1962 film ‘The Miracle Worker.’<\/p>\n

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2. Anna Paquin<\/strong> – At 11, she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Flora McGrath in the 1993 film ‘The Piano.’<\/p>\n

1. Tatum O’Neal<\/strong> – At 10, she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Addie Loggins in the 1973 film ‘Paper Moon,’ becoming the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar.<\/p>\n

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Over the years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony has recognized many actors for their acting skills, including the youngest one, for their outstanding performances that marked a milestone in Oscar history. Here are the 6 youngest actors to win an Oscar in the main categories, which include Best Actor, Best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":169544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1402,1399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-list","category-movies"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169546,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169538\/revisions\/169546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}