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Some of the biggest names in Hollywood began their careers as child actors before grow up and becoming A - leaning pic stars , some of them even Oscar victor . It ’s not rare for child stars to leave the acting occupation once they get older , but many continue to knead into adulthood . Some of thesechild stars go on to have vast Hollywood careers , whether they ’re box office draws or acclaimed , award - caliber performers , or both . A few of these famous actors were already well - known child mavin in their day , but for others , it ’s not usual noesis that they started act in their youth .
Some of thepredicted nominees for the 2024 Oscarsare former child stars themselves , including Leonardo DiCaprio , Ryan Gosling , Natalie Portman , and Jodie Foster . While Gosling has yet to win an Oscar despite two nominations , DiCaprio , Portman , and Foster each went on to win Oscars as adults , and they are not alone on that front . Of of course , some of theyoungest actors to win an Oscarwere still nipper stars when they won , like Anna Paquin , butmost young performing artist in Hollywood only go on to win an Oscar once they become an adult .
A few worker could become first - clip candidate for Best Actor at the 2024 Oscars , yet it would n’t be an Oscar first if they won except in one scenario .
10Jodie Foster
Won the Oscar for Best Actress forThe AccusedandThe Silence of the Lambs
Becoming one of the young Oscar nominees ever , Jodie Foster was just 14 when she was first recognized by the Academy . She was nominated in the Best support Actress category in 1976 for her breakout role in Martin Scorsese’sTaxi Driver . Before that , Foster had been working since eld two . She appeared in commercial message before venturing into tv set at age seven in such shows asMayberry R.F.D.,The Courtship of Eddie ’s Father , Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice , andPaper Moon . In 1972 , shemade her film first appearance in Disney’sNapoleon and Samanthabefore starring in such movies asFreaky Fridayand Scorsese’sAlice Does n’t survive Here Anymore .
Foster ’s second Oscar nomination came in 1989 . She was nominated for Best Actress for her lead role as a sexual assault subsister inThe Accused , earning the former kid lead her first Oscar win . She won her second Oscar for Best Actress three class afterward for her depiction of Clarice Starling inThe Silence of the Lambs . Three more years later , she was put up for her fourth Oscar , again for Best Actress , for her functioning as the championship character inNell , but this clock time she lost . Her fifth nomination could potentially come in 2024 for her supporting performance in the sports biopicNyad.
The Best Supporting Actress race for the Oscars 2024 has a potent list of nominees , and the predicted winner only looks more likely due to other wins .
9Helen Hunt
Won the Oscar for Best Actress forAs Good As It Gets
Helen Hunt got her showtime as a nipper thespian in the ' 70s , starring in TV flick likePioneer Woman , All Together Now , andDeath Screamand land a regular function on the seriesSwiss Family Robinson . She also appear onThe Mary Tyler Moore ShowandThe Bionic Womanand in the filmRollercoaster . She continue play as an adult and eventually received her first Oscar nominating address and gain in 1998 , taking home the Best Actress award for her carrying out as waitress Carol Connelly inAs Good as It start out . In 2013 , she was nominated for well Supporting Actress for her enactment of sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen - Greene inThe Sessions .
8Jennifer Connelly
Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress forA Beautiful Mind
Jennifer Connelly was a nipper simulation before she begin her playacting career at 11 geezerhood oldin the TV seriesTales of the Unexpectedin 1982.She made her film launching inOnce Upon a Time in Americain 1984 , before starring in the moviesPhenomena , Seven Minutes in Heaven , and Jim Henson’sLabyrinth . In 2002 , Connelly received her first and only Oscar nominating address . She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alicia Nash in the mathematician biopicA Beautiful Mind .
7Reese Witherspoon
Won the Oscar for Best Actress forWalk the Line
Reese Witherspoon made her acting debut around age 15 in the 1991 filmThe Man in the Moon . That same year , she starred in the TV movieWildflower , followed byDesperate Choices : To economise My Childin 1992 . The next year , she star in the filmsA Far Off PlaceandJack the Bearand the miniseriesReturn to Lonesome Dove . Witherspoon continue act into adulthood and became a first - time Oscar nominee and winner in 2006 for her lead carrying into action as land singer June Carter Cash in the medicine biopicWalk the Line . She was nominated again for Best Actress in 2015 forWildbut fall back .
The " Oscars Curse " is believed to negatively bear upon an actor ’s career following a profits . Which actors were capable to break the Oscar curse and succeed ?
6Jeff Bridges
Won the Oscar for Best Actor forCrazy Heart
Before his seven Oscar nominations , Jeff Bridges was a shaver worker in the ' 50 and ' LX . He came from a prominent work family and appear alongside his beginner , Lloyd Bridges , in the TV seriesSea Hunt , The Lloyd Bridges Show , andThe Loner . By the meter he won his first Oscar in 2010 , he had already been appoint four clock time . Three were in the Best Supporting Actor category , withThe Last Picture Showin 1972,Thunderbolt and Lightfootin 1975 , andThe Contenderin 2001 . His only prior Best Actor nominating speech was for his performance inStarmanin 1985 .
Jeff Bridges lastly won an Oscar for Best Actor for his carrying into action as washed - up land singer Otis " Bad " Blake inCrazy Heart . He then welcome his 6th Oscar nomination the following twelvemonth for Best Actor for the Coen brothers’True Gritremake , while his 7th nominating address was for Best Supporting Actor forHell or HighWaterin 2017 , which tied him for the most appearances in that category ever .
5Natalie Portman
Won the Oscar for Best Actress forBlack Swan
Natalie Portman was a well - known and successful child actor long before she became an Oscar winner . She made her playing unveiling at age 12 in her breakout role as Mathilda inLéon the Professionalin 1994 . As a stripling , she co - asterisk in the filmsHeat , Everyone Says I Love You , Mars Attacks ! , andBeautiful female child . Her next big role was play Padmé Amidala inStar Wars : Episode I – The Phantom Menace , which premier right on before her eighteenth natal day in 1999 .
The Oscars 2024 Best Actress race has several impregnable competitor among the nominees , but only one of them will be crowned the victor in March .
4Christian Bale
Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor forThe Fighter
Christian Bale started as a nestling worker in the ' 80s , starring in the miniseriesAnastasia : The Mystery of Annain 1986 andHeart of the Countryin 1987 . He also starred in the filmMio in the Land of Farawayin 1987 before land his breakout function at age 13 that same yr , when he beat out 4,000 other boy to star in Steven Spielberg’sEmpire of the Sun . From there , Bale star in the filmsHenry Little Phoebe , Treasure Island , A slaying of Quality , andNewsies . He continued to act strictly as a unseasoned adult throughout the ' 90s .
Bale was a first - meter nominee when he won his first and only Oscar in 2011 for Best Supporting Actor for his office as pugilist Dicky Eklund inThe Fighter . He was nominated three more times after that : once more for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 forThe Big Short , and twice for Best Actor , in 2014 forAmerican Hustleand 2019 for his depiction of Dick Cheney inVice .
3Brie Larson
Won the Oscar for Best Actress forRoom
Brie Larson started acting at the age of ninein the late ' ninety , playing node persona in TV series likeTo Have & to Hold , touch on by an Angel , andPopular . In 2001 , she bring her first major part as a serial regular on Bob Saget ’s suddenly - know sitcomRaising Dad . As a teenager , Larson appeared in the movies13 die On 30,Sleepover , andHootwhile also briefly quest for a music career . In 2016 , Larson became a first - meter Oscar campaigner and succeeder for her public presentation as a kidnapping survivor inRoom .
2Leonardo DiCaprio
Won the Oscar for Best Actor forThe Revenant
Other than a stint onRomper Roomat five years quondam , DiCaprio started working as a child actor in 1989on the TV seriesThe New Lassie . He played bit percentage on TV in 1990 before landing recurring function on the seriesParenthoodandGrowing Pains . In 1991 , he made his film debut inCritters 3and continued to asterisk in moving picture , including 1992’sPoison IvyandThis Boy ’s Life , the latter opposite Robert De Niro .
In 1994 , DiCaprio experience his first Oscar nomination at 19 for his indorse role inWhat ’s Eating Gilbert Grape . He went on to receive nomination for Best Actor forThe Aviatorin 2005,Blood Diamondin 2007 , andThe Wolf of Wall Streetin 2014 , before finally winning for portraying backwoodsman Hugh Glass inThe Revenantin 2016 . Four year later , he earned another Best Actor nomination , forOnce Upon a fourth dimension in Hollywood . He lost that one to fellow former child wiz Joaquin Phoenix . In 2024 , DiCaprio is likely to pick up yet another Best Actor nominating speech , for his execution opposite Robert De Niro inKillers of the Flower Moon .
The Oscars 2024 Best Actor race has several strong rival after the nomination announcement , but only one of them will be top the success .
1Joaquin Phoenix
Won the Oscar for Best Actor forJoker
In 1982,JoaquinPhoenix made his acting debut at eight long time old , as Leaf Phoenix , in an episode ofSeven Brides for Seven Brothers , alongside his brother River . The two co - starred together again in an ABC Afterschool Special in 1984 . Joaquin guest - starred in several other TV series , includingMurder , She WroteandAlfred Hitchcock Presents , before making his feature film film debut at historic period 12 inSpaceCampin 1986 . As a teen , he preserve lick in television set and starred in the moviesRusskiesandParenthood . He took a break from act before returning as an adult in 1995’sTo Die For .
By the time Phoenix come through his first Oscar , he had already been put forward three meter . He received his first nomination in 2001 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ridley Scott’sGladiator . He was then nominated for Best Actor in 2006 forWalk the Line , polar fellow nipper star turned Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon , and in 2013 forThe Master , before deliver the goods for meet the titular DC Comics scoundrel inJokerin 2020 . Phoenix could potentially receive his fifth Oscar nominating speech in 2024 for his performance as the nominal Saturnia pavonia in Ridley Scott’sNapoleon.
