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Timothée Chalamet Becomes Youngest Two-Time Best Actor Nominee Since James Dean


"A Complete Unknown" star Timothée Chalamet is only the third man to get two leading actor nominations before turning 30.

While Oscar voters rarely honor twenty something men for their leading performances, the best actress category is overflowing with women who earned multiple nominations before turning 30, from Joan Fontaine (1940’s “Rebecca,” 1941’s “Suspicion,” and 1943’s “The Constant Nymph”) and Audrey Hepburn (1953’s “Roman Holiday” and 1954’s “Sabrina”) to Jodie Foster (1988’s “The Accused” and 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs”) and Kate Winslet (1997’s “Titanic” and 2004’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). Even two of Chalamet’s former costars have earned this honor: Saoirse Ronan (2015’s “Brooklyn,” 2017’s “Lady Bird” and 2019’s “Little Women”) and Jennifer Lawrence (2010’s “Winter’s Bone,” 2012’s “Silver Lining’s Playbook,” and 2015’s “Joy”). The youngest winner for best actor, meanwhile, remains Adrien Brody, who won at 29 for 2002’s “The Pianist” and was nominated again this year for “The Brutalist.”

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