Kids Winning The Oscar

Tatum O'Neal / Patty Duke / Anna Paquin

If we can expect a famous actress to receive an Oscar, it’s less likely for a child-actor to get even nominated for an award. But it happens.

In the history of the Academy Awards, a few kids-stars have been nominated and even won Oscars. Here’s the list:

• Tatum O’Neal (10-year-old) for ‘Paper Moon’
• Patty Duke (16) for ‘The Miracle Worker’
• Anna Paquin (11) for ‘The Piano’.
   
  It’s probably overwhelming and beautiful to be nominated for an Oscar, especially when you are a child. But, to prove that being nominated when you are just a child, doesn’t guarantee you’re going to win just because you are a child, a few stars have been up for Oscars, without actually winning any.
• Mary Badham (10)  for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in 1962;
• Jodie Foster (14) for ‘Taxi Driver’ in 1976 ;
• Quinn Cummings (10) for ‘Goodbye Girl’ in 1977;
• Keisha Castle-Hughes (13) for ‘Whale Rider’ in 2004;
• Abigail Breslin (10) for ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ in 2007;
• Hailee Steinfeld (14) for ‘True Grit’ in 2011.