The Academy Awards are awards given to people working in the motion picture industry; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry and usually awarded to a film released the previous year. The films below are listed with their production year, so for example the Oscar 2000 went to the best supporting actress in 1999.
Originally winners of this award received a plaque.
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