youngest academy award nominee
Huffington Post rounds up the latter in its slideshow of the 25 youngest Academy Award nominees and winners, all of them aged 20 or younger (and most under 18): Quvenzhane Wallis, at just 9, is nominated for Beasts of the Southern Wild this year. She's the youngest Best Actress nominee ever. Justin Henry is the youngest nominee ever. He was nominated at age 8 for Best Supporting Actor in 1979 for Kramer Vs. Kramer. Tatum O'Neal is the youngest winner, snagging Best Supporting Actress for Paper Moon in 1973 at age 10. Anna Paquin also won Best Supporting Actress at a young age. For her, it was age 11 in 1993, for The Piano.