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IN SUPERHERO FILMS

18 OSCAR-WINNERS

While superhero films do not pretend to be art, they are packed with talent. Ahead, the Oscar-winning actresses cast in the genre

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Brie Larson

She was cast in and as 'Captain Marvel' after winning Best Actress for 'Room'

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Cate Blanchett

Hela from 'Thor: Ragnarok' is a double winner – Best Actress for 'Blue Jasmine' and Best Supporting Actress for 'The Aviator'

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Natalie Portman

Best Actress winner for 'Black Swan,' she's played Jane Foster in the Thor films and wielded Mjolnir in 'Thor: Love And Thunder'

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Nicole Kidman

She won Best Actress for 'The Hours' several years before playing Queen Atlanna in 'Aquaman'

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Angelina Jolie

She won Best Supporting Actress for 'Girl, Interrupted' early in her career and recently starred in 'Eternals' as Thena

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Pepper Potts already had a Best Actress Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love' before she made Tony Stark her business

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Jennifer Lawrence

Mystique from the X-Men prequels has 2 Oscars – Best Actress for 'Silver Linings Playbook,' Best Supporting Actress for 'American Hustle'

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Halle Berry

The only Black woman to win Best Actress, for 'Monster's Ball,' she played Catwoman first and then Storm in the X-Men films

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Lupita Nyong'o

Best Supporting Actress for her debut in '12 Years A Slave,' she plays Nakia in the 'Black Panther' films

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Tilda Swinton

Best Supporting Actress for 'Michael Clayton,' she was cast as The Ancient One in 'Doctor Strange'

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Marisa Tomei

Aunt May to Tom Holland in the MCU Spider-Man trilogy won Best Supporting Actress for 'My Cousin Vinny'

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Anna Paquin

She was 11 when she won Best Supporting Actress for 'The Piano,' starring as Rogue in 'X-Men' much later

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Jessica Chastain

Best Actress for 'The Eyes Of Tammy Faye,' Jessica played the villain Vuk in 'Dark Phoenix'

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Emma Stone

Best Actress for 'La La Land,' she played Gwen Stacy opposite Andrew Garfield in two Spider-Man films

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Charlize Theron

Best Actress for 'Monster,' she joins the MCU as Clea and made a mid-credits scene appearance in 'Doctor Strange 2'

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Marion Cotillard

Best Actress winner for 'La Vie En Rose,' she played the villain Talia Al Ghul in 'The Dark Knight Rises'

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Anne Hathaway

Selina Kyle/Catwoman from Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy won Best Supporting Actress for 'Les Miserables'

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Rachel Weisz

Best Supporting Actress for 'The Constant Gardener,' she had a pivotal role in 'Black Widow' as Melina Vostokoff

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