Listed below is all winners of the Best Actress Oscars Award, with heights ranked from shortest to tallest.
| Actress | Height | Best Actress Win | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Pickford |  | 4ft 10 (147cm) | 1928-29 - Coquette |
| Janet Gaynor |  | 4ft 11.5 (151cm) | 1927-28 - Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise |
| Helen Hayes |  | 5ft 0 (152cm) | 1931-32 - The Sin of Madelon Claudet |
| Norma Shearer |  | 5ft 1 (155cm) | 1929-30 - The Divorcee |
| Shirley Booth |  | 5ft 1.5 (156cm) | 1952 - Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Sissy Spacek |  | 5ft 1.5 (156cm) | 1980 - Coal Miner's Daughter |
| Reese Witherspoon |  | 5ft 1.5 (156cm) | 2005 - Walk the Line |
| Sally Field |  | 5ft 2 (158cm) | 1979 - Norma Rae 1984 - Places in the Heart |
| Holly Hunter |  | 5ft 2 (158cm) | 1993 - The Piano |
| Bette Davis |  | 5ft 2.5 (159cm) | 1935 - Dangerous 1938 - Jezebel |
| Jodie Foster |  | 5ft 2.5 (159cm) | 1988 - The Accused 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs |
| Vivien Leigh |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1939 - Gone With the Wind 1951 - A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Anna Magnani |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1955 - The Rose Tattoo |
| Susan Hayward |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1958 - I Want To Live! |
| Elizabeth Taylor |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1960 - Butterfield 8 1966 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Julie Christie |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1965 - Darling |
| Marlee Matlin |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1986 - Children of a Lesser God |
| Kathy Bates |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 1990 - Misery |
| Natalie Portman |  | 5ft 3 (160cm) | 2010 - Black Swan |
| Luise Rainer |  | 5ft 3.5 (162cm) | 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld 1937 - The Good Earth |
| Joan Fontaine |  | 5ft 3.5 (161cm) | 1941 - Suspicion |
| Julianne Moore |  | 5ft 3.5 (161cm) | 2014 - Still Alice |
| Claudette Colbert |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 1934 - It Happened One Night |
| Joan Crawford |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 1945 - Mildred Pierce |
| Olivia De Havilland |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 1946 - To Each His Own 1949 - The Heiress |
| Jessica Tandy |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy |
| Helen Mirren |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 2006 - The Queen |
| Joanne Woodward |  | 5ft 4 (163cm) | 1957 - The Three Faces of Eve |
| Ginger Rogers |  | 5ft 4.5 (164cm) | 1940 - Kitty Foyle |
| Barbra Streisand |  | 5ft 4.5 (164cm) | 1968 - Funny Girl |
| Jane Wyman |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1949 - Johnny Belinda |
| Simone Signoret |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1959 - Room at the Top |
| Maggie Smith |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1969 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Frances McDormand |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1996 - Fargo |
| Halle Berry |  | 5ft 5.5 (166cm) | 2001 - Monster's Ball |
| Greer Garson |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1942 - Mrs. Miniver |
| Loretta Young |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1947 - The Farmer's Daughter |
| Anne Bancroft |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1962 - The Miracle Worker |
| Ellen Burstyn |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1974 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| Meryl Streep |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1982 - Sophie's Choice 2011 - The Iron Lady |
| Cher |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1987 - Moonstruck |
| Hilary Swank |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1999 - Boys Don't Cry 2004 - Million Dollar Baby |
| Marion Cotillard |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 2007 - La Vie en Rose |
| Kate Winslet |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 2008 - The Reader |
| Emma Stone |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 2017 - La La Land |
| Susan Sarandon |  | 5ft 6.25 (168cm) | 1995 - Dead Man Walking |
| Jennifer Jones |  | 5ft 6.5 (169cm) | 1943 - The Song of Bernadette |
| Audrey Hepburn |  | 5ft 6.5 (169cm) | 1953 - Roman Holiday |
| Grace Kelly |  | 5ft 6.5 (169cm) | 1954 - The Country Girl |
| Glenda Jackson |  | 5ft 6.5 (169cm) | 1970 - Women in Love 1973 - A Touch of Class |
| Marie Dressler |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1930-31 - Min and Bill |
| Katharine Hepburn |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1932-33 - Morning Glory 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1968 - The Lion in Winter 1981 - On Golden Pond |
| Judy Holliday |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1950 - Born Yesterday |
| Patricia Neal |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1963 - Hud |
| Julie Andrews |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1964 - Mary Poppins |
| Faye Dunaway |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1976 - Network |
| Diane Keaton |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1977 - Annie Hall |
| Jane Fonda |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1971 - Klute 1978 - Coming Home |
| Shirley MacLaine |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1983 - Terms of Endearment |
| Helen Hunt |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1997 - As Good as It Gets |
| Sandra Bullock |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 2009 - The Blind Side |
| Sophia Loren |  | 5ft 7.5 (171cm) | 1961 - Two Women |
| Geraldine Page |  | 5ft 7.5 (171cm) | 1985 - The Trip to Bountiful |
| Jennifer Lawrence |  | 5ft 7.5 (171cm) | 2012 - Silver Linings Playbook |
| Emma Thompson |  | 5ft 7.75 (172cm) | 1992 - Howards End |
| Jessica Lange |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 1994 - Blue Sky |
| Julia Roberts |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 2000 - Erin Brockovich |
| Cate Blanchett |  | 5ft 8.25 (173cm) | 2013 - Blue Jasmine |
| Ingrid Bergman |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1944 - Gaslight 1956 - Anastasia |
| Gwyneth Paltrow |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1998 - Shakespeare in Love |
| Charlize Theron |  | 5ft 9.75 (177cm) | 2003 - Monster |
| Louise Fletcher |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1975 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
| Nicole Kidman |  | 5ft 10.5 (179cm) | 2002 - The Hours |
| Best Actress Winners Height List compiled by CelebHeights.com | |||
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Tall Sam said on 16/Jul/19
Looks like Brie Larson and Olivia Colman are still off the list here (Emma Stone is one despite winning between those two). Also Frances McDormand won this award again in the meantime.
Looks like Brie Larson and Olivia Colman are still off the list here (Emma Stone is one despite winning between those two). Also Frances McDormand won this award again in the meantime.
im said on 14/Jul/19
Pam, you’re totally right, and it’s disappointing that our world is like that. It is changing though. It’s nice to see tall models in the fashion industry. Women of all heights should be appreciated, and this goes for guys as well. The unfair perceptions we have today will change, slowly, as time goes on, as it always has. There’s always a spark of hope:)
Pam, you’re totally right, and it’s disappointing that our world is like that. It is changing though. It’s nice to see tall models in the fashion industry. Women of all heights should be appreciated, and this goes for guys as well. The unfair perceptions we have today will change, slowly, as time goes on, as it always has. There’s always a spark of hope:)
Mimi said on 9/Dec/17
So Nicole is the tallest Oscar best actress award recipient
So Nicole is the tallest Oscar best actress award recipient
Pammm said on 20/Nov/17
This just confirms what I already knew: the damn television and movie industries are totally biased towards short, fragile, petite "delicate-looking" women, which totally sucks for us, tall women, 5'11" and taller. It seems likr the Gina Davis and Brook Shields of the world will NEVER win an Oscar, based on bias. The same goes for news women, news anchors, god forbid a tall woman "rivaling" any male anchor, ever appears as the lead on a news show!
This just confirms what I already knew: the damn television and movie industries are totally biased towards short, fragile, petite "delicate-looking" women, which totally sucks for us, tall women, 5'11" and taller. It seems likr the Gina Davis and Brook Shields of the world will NEVER win an Oscar, based on bias. The same goes for news women, news anchors, god forbid a tall woman "rivaling" any male anchor, ever appears as the lead on a news show!
Charles said on 15/Jun/17
You forgot someone... Brie Larson??
You forgot someone... Brie Larson??
ajs said on 21/Jun/16
Interesting, but not surprising that the tallest women *tend* to be the more recent of the list and the shortest of the lot from 100 years ago.
Interesting, but not surprising that the tallest women *tend* to be the more recent of the list and the shortest of the lot from 100 years ago.
Sam said on 21/Mar/16
Time to add another winner (and looker) Brie Larson.
Time to add another winner (and looker) Brie Larson.
Tania said on 26/Aug/15
Rob, if it's not too much trouble could you do a list for the Supporting Actor/Actresses as well?
Rob, if it's not too much trouble could you do a list for the Supporting Actor/Actresses as well?
[Editor Rob: when I get time I will.]
Sam said on 17/Aug/15
Cool that you have over a foot height range from Pickford to Kidman in winner height range!
Cool that you have over a foot height range from Pickford to Kidman in winner height range!
Sam said on 17/Aug/15
I don't deny that they mostly have major acting talent but it must be said that a majority of these women are quite gorgeous, more fairly average looking fellas in the Best Actor winners side. Good for women like Kathy Bates, Marie Dressler and Louise Fletcher who undoubtedly had an uphill battle for success in Hollywood, a rather superficial (and historically male-centric) industry.
I don't deny that they mostly have major acting talent but it must be said that a majority of these women are quite gorgeous, more fairly average looking fellas in the Best Actor winners side. Good for women like Kathy Bates, Marie Dressler and Louise Fletcher who undoubtedly had an uphill battle for success in Hollywood, a rather superficial (and historically male-centric) industry.
[Editor Rob: I had forgotten some of the actresses who had one. Totally forgot Glenda Jackson won two of them! Yes, they are predominantly a rather attractive bunch.]
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