page_title: List of Australian Academy Award winners and nominees
section_title: Performance
hierarchical_section_title: List of Australian Academy Award winners and nominees / Performance
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cate Blanchett au festival de CannesEnglish: Cate Blanchett at the Cannes film festival
context_page_description: This list details Australian people working in the film industry who have been nominated for, or won, Academy Awards. These awards honour outstanding achievements in theatrically released motion pictures and were first presented by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1929. As of 2016, a total of 43 awards from 154 nominations have been won by Australians. Additionally, awards for Scientific and Engineering achievements have been given to Australians four times.
  Art director and costume designer Catherine Martin has received more awards than any other Australian with four wins from six nominations in the Best Costume Design and Best Production Design categories. Cate Blanchett is the most nominated individual in this list with seven nominations, which resulted in a win for Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Peter Weir has received five nominations in the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories without a win.
  May Robson was the first Australian-born person to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1933 for Lady for a Day. In 1942, Ken G.
caption: Cate Blanchett has been nominated for seven Oscars, more than any other Australian. She won one each for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress for The Aviator (2004) and Blue Jasmine (2013), respectively.
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