Oscar Winners - Consecutive Wins

With Jennifer Lawrence being a favorite to win the 2014 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "American Hustle", after her 2013 Best Actress win for "Silver Linings Playbook", we decided to take a look at the extremely rare few who have won consecutive Academy Awards.

Tom Hanks

1994 - Best Actor, "Philadelphia"

 

1995 - Best Actor, "Forrest Gump"

(other nominations: 1989 - Best Actor Nominee, "Big"; 1999 - Best Actor Nominee, "Saving Private Ryan"; 2001 - Best Actor Nominee, "Cast Away")

Spencer Tracy

1938 - Best Actor, "Captains Courageous"

not present at Academy Awards

1939 - Best Actor, "Boys Town"

(other nominations: 1937 - Best Actor Nominee, "San Francisco"; 1951 - Best Actor Nominee, "Father of the Bride"; 1956 - Best Actor Nominee, "Bad Day at Black Rock"; 1959 - Best Actor Nominee, "The Old Man and the Sea"; 1961 - Best Actor Nominee, "Inherit the Wind"; 1962 - Best Actor Nominee, "Judgement at Nuremberg"; 1968 - Best Actor Nominee, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner")

Luise Rainer

1937 - Best Actress, "The Great Ziegfeld"

1938 - Best Actress, "The Good Earth"