The2025 Oscarswill be held on March 2, and film fans are already looking forward to finding out which movies and performers will take home the awards for different categories.The Oscars this year will be hosted by Conan O’Brien, adding an extra layer of fun to the ceremony. Overall, 2024 was full of great films. There are many Oscars categories that still do not have a clear leader, andOscars predictionshave changed over time to reflect this.
However, given the numerous precursor award ceremonies that have happened thus far, certain categories, including the acting categories, are starting to become clearer. In particular, the2025 Best Actress categoryis starting to seem like a race between the top two contenders, Demi Moore and Mikey Madison, based on the awards they have racked up thus far. Likewise, theBest Actor Oscarseems to be a toss-up between Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody. However, despite the great options to win in the acting categories this year, there is one record that simply cannot be broken.
Best Actor & Best Actress Haven’t Been Won By The Same Movie Since 1997’s As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson And Helen Hunt Took Home The Awards
The last time that Best Actor and Best Actress went to performances from the same movie was in 1997 for the movieAs Good as It Gets.The awards were taken home by Jack Nicholson and Helen Huntfor their portrayals of Melvin Udall and Carol Connelly. The film follows Nicholson’s character, Melvin, as he struggles to cope with his severe OCD, which makes him unable to interact with many people, as they find him frustrating. However, over time, Melvin is able to develop a friendship with Carol, a waitress at the diner he frequents, and Simon, his neighbor.
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Along with the acting awards,As Good as It Getswas nominated for five other Academy Awards, though it did not win any of them. Interestingly, since 1997, this record has had the chance of being broken in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. However, no singular film has seen both its lead actors win Best Actor/Actress. Instead, other combinations of acting awards, such as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor and other combinations, have been achieved throughout this time, most recently in 2023 with Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor forOppenheimer.
Only 7 Movies Have Ever Won Best Actor & Best Actress In Oscars History
The Films Span From 1934 To 1997
Since the Oscars' inception nearly 100 years ago, only seven movies have won both Best Actor and Actress. The first movie to do so was 1934’sIt Happened One Nightwith Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert taking home the awards.It Happened One Nightwas also the first movie to win the Big Five(Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay). After 1934, Best Actor and Actress were won again by another Big Five winner,One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nestin 1975, making Jack Nicholson the only person to appear on this list twice.
The scarcity of this combination happening, despite the number of opportunities there have been in the past 20 years, proves just how impressive the feat is.
The other winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress combination are 1976’sNetworkwith Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway, 1978’sComing Homewith Jon Voight and Jane Fonda, 1981’sOn Golden Pondwith Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, andThe Silence of the Lambswith Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster in 1991.The Silence of the Lambsis also the final of the three films to have currently won the Big Five. The scarcity of this combination happening, despite the number of opportunities there have been in the past 20 years, proves just how impressive the feat is.
The Oscars 2025 Acting Nominees Make Breaking This Streak Impossible
There Is No Overlap Between Best Actress And Best Actor
While it would certainly be exciting to see the Best Actor and Best Actress awards go to performers in the same film again, unfortunately, 2024’s films have not been given that chance. This year the Best Actor category includes the filmsThe Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Sing Sing, andThe Apprentice. In contrast, Best Actress hasAnora, Emilia Perez, The Substance, I’m Still Here, andWicked. With no overlap between any of the nominations,it is impossible for this 27-year-long streak to end.
However, other awards ceremonies this year have had more overlap in the nominated actors, and the supporting categories at the Oscars contain actors from the same movies. While the Best Actor and Best Actress combination does sound the most impressive, it is still a major feat to have other combinations of nominations. In fact, the breadth of nominations that several films received this year is an accomplishment in itself, and it will be very interesting to see how many of those categories play out at the2025 Oscarsin a few weeks.
