Here are all the Black actors and actresses who have won Oscars

Viola Davis

She won Best Supporting Actress for “Fences” (2006) where she plays the wife of a waste collector.

Mahershala Ali

RELATED STORIES

Here are the Black artistes with the most Grammy awards

How NASA named a 20,000-foot mountain on the moon after mathematician, Melba Roy Mouton

Singer Omarion cautions fans after catfishing victim believed she was engaged to him

Kyrie Irving makes $45K donation to school in Nigeria and orphanage in Ghana 

Ali earned Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “Moonlight” (2016), playing the role of a drug dealer and surrogate father.

Mahershala Ali

He won his second Oscar — Best Supporting Actor — for his performance as a concert pianist in the “Green Book” (2018). 

Regina King

King won her first Oscar award for Best Supporting Actress following her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018).

Daniel Kaluuya

For portraying civil rights activist Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah” (2020), Kaluuya took home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Will Smith

Smith earned an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “King Richard” (2021) where he plays the dad of Serena and Venus Williams.

Ariana DeBose

DeBose made history as the first openly queer, Afro-Latina actress to win in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Anita in “West Side Story” (2021).