List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland

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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.

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Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1989 Noel Pearson My Left Foot Nominated [1]
1993 Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father Nominated [2]
2008 Redmond Morris The Reader NominatedShared with Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Donna Gigliotti. [3]
2015 Ed Guiney Room Nominated [4]
2017 Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri NominatedShared with Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin. [5]
2018 Ed Guiney The Favourite NominatedShared with Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos. [6]
2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast NominatedShared with Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas. [7]
2022Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin NominatedShared with Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin. [8] [9]
2023Ed Guiney
Andrew Lowe 		Poor Things NominatedShared with Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone. [10]

Best Director

Academy Award for Best Director
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1928 Herbert Brenon Sorrell and Son Nominated [11]
1989 Kenneth Branagh Henry V Nominated [12]
Jim Sheridan My Left Foot Nominated [1]
1992 Neil Jordan The Crying Game Nominated [13]
1993Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father Nominated [2]
2015 Lenny Abrahamson Room Nominated [4]
2021Kenneth Branagh Belfast Nominated [7]
2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actor
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way NominatedThe only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. [14] [15]
1949 Richard Todd The Hasty Heart Nominated [16]
1954 Dan O'Herlihy Robinson Crusoe Nominated [17]
1963 Richard Harris This Sporting Life Nominated [18] [19]
1989 Kenneth Branagh Henry V Nominated [1]
Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot WonDay-Lewis is an English-born actor with joint British/Irish citizenship.
1990Richard Harris The Field Nominated [20]
1992 Stephen Rea The Crying Game Nominated [13]
1993Daniel Day-Lewis In the Name of the Father Nominated [2] [19]
Liam Neeson Schindler's List Nominated
2002Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York Nominated [21]
2007 There Will Be Blood Won [22]
2012 Lincoln Won [23]
2015 Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs NominatedBorn in Germany; holds both Irish and German citizenship. [24] [25] [4] [19]
2017Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Nominated [26]
2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]
Paul Mescal Aftersun Nominated
2023 Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer WonMurphy is the first Irish-born performer to win Best Actor. [27] [10]

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actress
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn NominatedAt age 21, Ronan became eighth-youngest nominee at that time in the category. [28] [4] [29]
2016 Ruth Negga Loving NominatedFirst black Irish actress to be nominated in any category. [30] [29]
2017Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Nominated [31]
2019 Little Women NominatedAt 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). [32] [5]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way WonThe only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. [14] [15]
2011 Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn Nominated [33]
2013 Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave Nominated [34]
2021 Ciarán Hinds Belfast Nominated [7]
2022 Brendan Gleeson The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8] [9]
Barry Keoghan Nominated

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1939 Geraldine Fitzgerald Wuthering Heights Nominated [35]
1941 Sara Allgood How Green Was My Valley Nominated [36]
Patricia Collinge The Little Foxes Nominated
1989 Brenda Fricker My Left Foot Won [1] [15]
2007 Saoirse Ronan Atonement NominatedRonan holds the record as the seventh-youngest nominee in the category (aged 13 at the time). [37] [38]
2021 Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter Nominated [7]
2022 Kerry Condon The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1992 Neil Jordan The Crying Game Won [13] [15]
2003 Jim Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan
Naomi Sheridan		 In America NominatedFather-daughters team. [39]
2004 Terry George Hotel Rwanda NominatedShared with Keir Pearson. [40]
2008 Martin McDonagh In Bruges NominatedBorn in England to Irish parents, McDonagh holds both British and Irish citizenship. [41] [42]
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Nominated [31] [15]
2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast Won [7]
2022Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
YearNameFilmSource MaterialStatusNotesRef.
1938 George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Based on the play of the same name by Shaw.WonShared with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, and W. P. Lipscomb. [43] [15]
1966 Bill Naughton Alfie Based on the play of the same name by Naughton.Nominated [44]
1989 Shane Connaughton
Jim Sheridan 		My Left Foot Based on the autobiography of the same name by Christy Brown.Nominated [1]
1993 Terry George
Jim Sheridan		 In the Name of the Father Based on the book Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon.Nominated [2]
1996 Kenneth Branagh Hamlet Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.Nominated [45]
2015 Emma Donoghue Room Based on the novel of the same name by Donoghue.Nominated [4]

Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2009 Tomm Moore The Secret of Kells Nominated [42]
2014Tomm Moore
Paul Young 		Song of the Sea Nominated [46]
2017 Nora Twomey The Breadwinner NominatedShared nomination with Anthony Leo. [47]
2021Tomm Moore
Paul Young		 Wolfwalkers NominatedShared with Ross Stewart and Stéphan Roelants. [48]

Best International Feature Film

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2022 Colm Bairéad The Quiet Girl NominatedIn the Irish language. [8]

Best Documentary Short

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1961Tom Hayes
Jim O'Connor		 Cradle of Genius Nominated [49]
1965 Patrick Carey Yeats Country NominatedShared with Joe Mendoza. [50]
1970Patrick Carey
Vivien Carey		 Oisin Nominated [51]
1973 Louis Marcus Children at Work NominatedOriginal title: Páistí ag obair
Irish-language film		 [52]
2005 Corinne Marrinan A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin WonBorn in the United States; holds both Irish and American citizenship. [53]
Shared with Eric Simonson.		 [54]

Best Live Action Short

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1975 Louis Marcus Conquest of LightNominated [55]
1992 Kenneth Branagh Swan Song NominatedShared with David Parfitt. [13]
1997 Tim Loane
Pearse Moore
Dave Duggan 		Dance Lexie Dance Nominated [56]
2004 Gary McKendry Everything in This Country MustNominated [40]
2005 Martin McDonagh Six Shooter Won [40]
2008 Steph Green New Boy NominatedShared with Tamara Anghie. [3]
2009James Flynn
Juanita Wilson 		The DoorNominatedHusband-wife team. [42]
2010Michael Creagh The Crush Nominated [57]
2011 Peter McDonald
Eimear O'Kane 		Pentecost Nominated [33]
Oorlagh George
Terry George 		The Shore WonFather-daughter team. [33] [15]
2014Ronan Blaney
Michael Lennox 		Boogaloo and Graham Nominated [46]
2015 Benjamin Cleary Stutterer WonShared with Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Serena Armitage. [58]
2018 Vincent Lambe
Darren Mahon		 Detainment Nominated [6]
2022 Tom Berkeley and Ross White An Irish Goodbye WonTom Berkeley is a native of Gloucester based in Belfast. [59] [8]

Best Animated Short

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1996Tyron Montgomery Quest WonShared with Thomas Stellmach [45]
2001Seamus Byrne
Ruairí Robinson 		Fifty Percent GreyNominated [60]
Cathal Gaffney
Darragh O'Connell 		Give Up Yer Aul SinsNominated
2009Darragh O'Connell
Nicky Phelan 		Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Nominated [42]
2012 Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly Head Over Heels NominatedShared with Timothy Reckart. [61]
2018Louise Bagnall Late Afternoon NominatedShared with Nuria González Blanco. [6]

Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song
YearNameFilmSongStatusNotesRef.
2001 Enya
Nicky Ryan
Roma Ryan 		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "May It Be"Nominated [60] [62]
2002 U2 Gangs of New York "The Hands That Built America"Nominated [63]
2007 Glen Hansard Once "Falling Slowly"WonShared with Markéta Irglová. [38] [15]
2013 Bono (lyrics)
U2 (music)		 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom "Ordinary Love"Nominated [34]
2021 Van Morrison Belfast "Down to Joy"Nominated [7]

Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2001 Peter J. Devlin Pearl Harbor NominatedShared with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell. [60] [62]
2007 Transformers Nominated [38]
2009 Star Trek NominatedShared with Anna Behlmer and Andy Nelson. [42]
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon NominatedShared with Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, and Gary Summers. [33]
2018 Black Panther NominatedShared with Steve Boeddeker and Brandon Proctor. [6]

Best Production Design

Academy Award for Best Production Design
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1963 Josie MacAvin (set decorator) Tom Jones NominatedNominated in the Color category.
Shared with Jocelyn Herbert (set decorator); Ralph W. Brinton and Ted Marshall (art directors).		 [18]
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold NominatedNominated in the Black-and-White category.
Shared with Ted Marshall (set decorator); Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira (art directors).		 [50]
1985 Out of Africa WonShared with Stephen B. Grimes (art director). [64] [15]

Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2007 Seamus McGarvey Atonement Nominated [38]
2012 Anna Karenina Nominated [61]
2018 Robbie Ryan The Favourite Nominated [6]
2023 Poor Things Nominated [10]

Best Film Editing

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2022 Jonathan Redmond Elvis NominatedShared with Matt Villa. [65] [9]
2024 Nick Emerson Conclave Pending [66]

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
1982 Michèle Burke Quest for Fire WonOriginal title: La Guerre du feu
French-language film.
Shared with Sarah Monzani.		 [67] [15]
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear NominatedShared with Michael Westmore. [68]
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac NominatedFrench-language film.
Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne.		 [20]
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula WonShared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. [13] [15]
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me NominatedShared with Mike Smithson. [69]
2000 The Cell NominatedShared with Edouard F. Henriques. [70]
2011 Lynn Johnston Albert Nobbs NominatedShared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle. [33]

Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2006 Consolata Boyle The Queen Nominated [71]
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Nominated [30]
2017 Victoria & Abdul Nominated [31]

Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef.
2009 Richard Baneham Avatar WonShared with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones. [72]
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water WonShared with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett. [8] [9]

Nominations and winners

No. of winsNo. of nominations
21104

See also

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