Ethnicity distribution of acting winners at the Academy Awards 1928-2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 20, 2016
The statistic presents distribution of winners from the best acting categories at the Academy Awards from 1928 to 2015, by ethnicity. It was found 98.9 percent of all "Best Actress" winners have been white, the one percent of all winners from other ethnicities is represented by Halle Berry who won the "Best Actress" award in 2002.

Distribution of acting category winners at the Academy Awards from 1928 to 2015, by ethnicity

CharacteristicWhiteOther Ethnicities
Best Actress 98.9% 1.1%
Best Actor 93.2% 6.8%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share98.9%98.9%93.2%93.2%1.1%1.1%6.8%6.8%WhiteOther EthnicitiesBest ActressBest Actor
0%25%50%75%100%125%

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January 2016

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United States

Survey time period

1928 to 2015

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