From Shirley Temple to Tatum O'Neal, meet the youngest Oscar winners who made history
Tatum O’NealActress Tatum O’Neal was only 10 years old when she won a competitive Oscar in 1974 for Paper Moon
Shirley TempleA child actress, Shirley Temple received the first-ever Academy Juvenile Award in 1934. She was just 6 years old
Anna PaquinAnna, in 1994, clinched the Oscar award for Best Supporting Actress in Jane Campion’s The Piano at the age of 11
Markéta IrglováShe bagged the award for co-producing the song “Falling Slowly” from the film Once. She was only 19
Timothy HuttonHe beat co-star Judd Hirsh in the Best Supporting Actor category at just 20. More than 40 years later, Hutton still is the youngest man to win the Best Supporting Actor
Adrien BrodyThe actor still holds the distinction as he is the only one under 30 to achieve such a huge milestone for The Pianist
Marlee MatlinMarlee Matlin was just 21 when she turned heads in her first-ever role as Sarah Norman in the film Children of a Lesser God