# List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland

This is a list of Irish people working in the cinema industry who have been nominated for, or won, Academy Awards (also known as Oscars). It includes people from the Republic of Ireland and from Northern Ireland. It does not include members of the Irish diaspora unless they were born in Ireland or hold Irish citizenship.

## Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1989 | Noel Pearson | My Left Foot | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Jim Sheridan | In the Name of the Father | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Redmond Morris | The Reader | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Donna Gigliotti. |
| 2015 | Ed Guiney | Room | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Martin McDonagh | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated | Shared with Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin. |
| 2018 | Ed Guiney | The Favourite | Nominated | Shared with Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos. |
| 2021 | Kenneth Branagh | Belfast | Nominated | Shared with Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas. |
| 2022 | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | Shared with Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin. |
| 2023 | Ed Guiney Andrew Lowe | Poor Things | Nominated | Shared with Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone. |

## Best Director

Academy Award for Best Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1928 | Herbert Brenon | Sorrell and Son | Nominated |
| 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V | Nominated |
| 1989 | Jim Sheridan | My Left Foot | Nominated |
| 1992 | Neil Jordan | The Crying Game | Nominated |
| 1993 | Jim Sheridan | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |
| 2015 | Lenny Abrahamson | Room | Nominated |
| 2021 | Kenneth Branagh | Belfast | Nominated |
| 2022 | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1944 | Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way | Nominated | The only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. |
| 1949 | Richard Todd | The Hasty Heart | Nominated | |
| 1954 | Dan O'Herlihy | Robinson Crusoe | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Richard Harris | This Sporting Life | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | Henry V | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot | Won | Day-Lewis is an English-born actor with joint British/Irish citizenship. |
| 1990 | Richard Harris | The Field | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Stephen Rea | The Crying Game | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Daniel Day-Lewis | In the Name of the Father | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Liam Neeson | Schindler's List | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | Won | |
| 2012 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lincoln | Won | |
| 2015 | Michael Fassbender | Steve Jobs | Nominated | Born in Germany; holds both Irish and German citizenship. |
| 2017 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Phantom Thread | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Paul Mescal | Aftersun | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer | Won | Murphy is the first Irish-born performer to win Best Actor. |

## Best Actress in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2015 | Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | Nominated | At age 21, Ronan became eighth-youngest nominee at that time in the category. |
| 2016 | Ruth Negga | Loving | Nominated | First black Irish actress to be nominated in any category. |
| 2017 | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Saoirse Ronan | Little Women | Nominated | At age 25 and six months of age, Ronan became the second youngest person to score four Academy Award nominations in both acting categories (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress). |

## Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1944 | Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way | Won | The only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. |
| 2011 | Kenneth Branagh | My Week with Marilyn | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Ciarán Hinds | Belfast | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Brendan Gleeson | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Barry Keoghan | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |

## Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1939 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Wuthering Heights | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Sara Allgood | How Green Was My Valley | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Patricia Collinge | The Little Foxes | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Brenda Fricker | My Left Foot | Won | |
| 2007 | Saoirse Ronan | Atonement | Nominated | Ronan holds the record as the seventh-youngest nominee in the category (aged 13 at the time). |
| 2021 | Jessie Buckley | The Lost Daughter | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Kerry Condon | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |

## Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1992 | Neil Jordan | The Crying Game | Won | |
| 2003 | Jim Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan Naomi Sheridan | In America | Nominated | Father-daughters team. |
| 2004 | Terry George | Hotel Rwanda | Nominated | Shared with Keir Pearson. |
| 2008 | Martin McDonagh | In Bruges | Nominated | Born in England to Irish parents, McDonagh holds both British and Irish citizenship. |
| 2017 | Martin McDonagh | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Kenneth Branagh | Belfast | Won | |
| 2022 | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Source Material | Status | Notes |
| 1938 | George Bernard Shaw | Pygmalion | Based on the play of the same name by Shaw. | Won | Shared with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, and W. P. Lipscomb. |
| 1966 | Bill Naughton | Alfie | Based on the play of the same name by Naughton. | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Shane Connaughton Jim Sheridan | My Left Foot | Based on the autobiography of the same name by Christy Brown. | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Terry George Jim Sheridan | In the Name of the Father | Based on the book Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon. | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | Hamlet | Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Emma Donoghue | Room | Based on the novel of the same name by Donoghue. | Nominated | |

## Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2009 | Tomm Moore | The Secret of Kells | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Tomm Moore Paul Young | Song of the Sea | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Nora Twomey | The Breadwinner | Nominated | Shared nomination with Anthony Leo. |
| 2021 | Tomm Moore Paul Young | Wolfwalkers | Nominated | Shared with Ross Stewart and Stéphan Roelants. |

## Best International Feature Film

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | Ref. |
| 2022 | Colm Bairéad | The Quiet Girl | Nominated | In the Irish language. | |

## Best Documentary Short

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1961 | Tom Hayes Jim O'Connor | Cradle of Genius | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Patrick Carey | Yeats Country | Nominated | Shared with Joe Mendoza. |
| 1970 | Patrick Carey Vivien Carey | Oisin | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Louis Marcus | Children at Work | Nominated | Original title: Páistí ag obair Irish-language film |
| 2005 | Corinne Marrinan | A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin | Won | Born in the United States; holds both Irish and American citizenship. Shared with Eric Simonson. |

## Best Live Action Short

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1975 | Louis Marcus | Conquest of Light | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Kenneth Branagh | Swan Song | Nominated | Shared with David Parfitt. |
| 1997 | Tim Loane Pearse Moore Dave Duggan | Dance Lexie Dance | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Gary McKendry | Everything in This Country Must | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Martin McDonagh | Six Shooter | Won | |
| 2008 | Steph Green | New Boy | Nominated | Shared with Tamara Anghie. |
| 2009 | James Flynn Juanita Wilson | The Door | Nominated | Husband-wife team. |
| 2010 | Michael Creagh | The Crush | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Peter McDonald Eimear O'Kane | Pentecost | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Oorlagh George Terry George | The Shore | Won | Father-daughter team. |
| 2014 | Ronan Blaney Michael Lennox | Boogaloo and Graham | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Benjamin Cleary | Stutterer | Won | Shared with Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Serena Armitage. |
| 2018 | Vincent Lambe Darren Mahon | Detainment | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Tom Berkeley and Ross White | An Irish Goodbye | Won | Tom Berkeley is a native of Gloucester based in Belfast. |

## Best Animated Short

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1996 | Tyron Montgomery | Quest | Won | Shared with Thomas Stellmach |
| 2001 | Seamus Byrne Ruairí Robinson | Fifty Percent Grey | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Cathal Gaffney Darragh O'Connell | Give Up Yer Aul Sins | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Darragh O'Connell Nicky Phelan | Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly | Head Over Heels | Nominated | Shared with Timothy Reckart. |
| 2018 | Louise Bagnall | Late Afternoon | Nominated | Shared with Nuria González Blanco. |

## Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song :
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Notes |
| 2001 | Enya Nicky Ryan Roma Ryan | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | "May It Be" | Nominated | |
| 2002 | U2 | Gangs of New York | "The Hands That Built America" | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Glen Hansard | Once | "Falling Slowly" | Won | Shared with Markéta Irglová. |
| 2013 | Bono (lyrics) U2 (music) | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | "Ordinary Love" | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Van Morrison | Belfast | "Down to Joy" | Nominated | |

## Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2001 | Peter J. Devlin | Pearl Harbor | Nominated | Shared with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell. |
| 2007 | Peter J. Devlin | Transformers | Nominated | Shared with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell. |
| 2009 | Peter J. Devlin | Star Trek | Nominated | Shared with Anna Behlmer and Andy Nelson. |
| 2011 | Peter J. Devlin | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Nominated | Shared with Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, and Gary Summers. |
| 2018 | Peter J. Devlin | Black Panther | Nominated | Shared with Steve Boeddeker and Brandon Proctor. |

## Best Production Design

Academy Award for Best Production Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1963 | Josie MacAvin (set decorator) | Tom Jones | Nominated | Nominated in the Color category. Shared with Jocelyn Herbert (set decorator); Ralph W. Brinton and Ted Marshall (art directors). |
| 1965 | Josie MacAvin (set decorator) | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Nominated | Nominated in the Black-and-White category. Shared with Ted Marshall (set decorator); Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira (art directors). |
| 1985 | Josie MacAvin (set decorator) | Out of Africa | Won | Shared with Stephen B. Grimes (art director). |

## Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 2007 | Seamus McGarvey | Atonement | Nominated |
| 2012 | Seamus McGarvey | Anna Karenina | Nominated |
| 2018 | Robbie Ryan | The Favourite | Nominated |
| 2023 | Robbie Ryan | Poor Things | Nominated |

## Best Film Editing

Academy Award for Best Film Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | Ref. |
| 2022 | Jonathan Redmond | Elvis | Nominated | Shared with Matt Villa. | |
| 2024 | Nick Emerson | Conclave | Pending | | |

## Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1982 | Michèle Burke | Quest for Fire | Won | Original title: La Guerre du feu French-language film. Shared with Sarah Monzani. |
| 1986 | Michèle Burke | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Nominated | Shared with Michael Westmore. |
| 1990 | Michèle Burke | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | French-language film. Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne. |
| 1992 | Michèle Burke | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. |
| 1999 | Michèle Burke | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Nominated | Shared with Mike Smithson. |
| 2000 | Michèle Burke | The Cell | Nominated | Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. |
| 2011 | Lynn Johnston | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | Shared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle. |

## Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 2006 | Consolata Boyle | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2016 | Consolata Boyle | Florence Foster Jenkins | Nominated |
| 2017 | Consolata Boyle | Victoria & Abdul | Nominated |

## Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | Ref. |
| 2009 | Richard Baneham | Avatar | Won | Shared with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones. | |
| 2022 | Richard Baneham | Avatar: The Way of Water | Won | Shared with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett. | |

## Nominations and winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 21 | 104 |