Related Oscar Nominees

Oscar recognition is thrilling for an individual, but imagine making the history books with your family. Here's a look at the most notable Oscar winners/nominees who are/were related.

Ethan Hawke

2015 Best Supporting Actor Nominee

(1 additional nomination)

and his ex-wife, Uma Thurman

1995 Best Supporting Actress Nominee

Ben Affleck

2013 Best Picture Winner

1998 Best Screenplay Winner

and his brother, Casey Affleck

2008 Best Supporting Actor Nominee

Jon Voight

1979 Best Actor Winner

(3 additional nominations)
his daughter, Angelina Jolie

2000 Best Supporting Actress Winner

(1 additional nomination)
and her husband, Brad Pitt
2014 Best Picture Winner
(4 additional nominations)

Ethel Barrymore

1945 Best Supporting Actress Winner 

(3 additional nominations)

and her brother, Lionel Barrymore

1931 Best Actor Winner 

(1 additional nomination)

Olivia de Havilland
1950 Best Actress Winner
1947 Best Actress Winner
(3 additional nominations)
and her sister, Joan Fontaine
1942 Best Actress Winner
(2 additional nominations)

Walter Huston
1949 Best Supporting Actor Winner
(3 additional nominations)

and his son, John Huston
1949 Best Director and Best Screenplay Winner
(13 additional nominations)

and John's daughter, Anjelica Huston
1986 Best Supporting Actress Winner
(2 additional nominations)

Henry Fonda
1982 Best Actor Winner
(2 additional nominations and an Honorary Win)

his daughter, Jane Fonda
1979 Best Actress Winner
1972 Best Actress Winner
(5 additional nominations)

and his son, Peter Fonda
1998 Best Actor Nominee
(1 additional nomination)

Maggie Gyllenhaal
2010 Best Supporting Actress Nominee

her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal

2006 Best Supporting Actor Nominee

and their mother, Naomi Foner

1989 Best Screenplay Nominee

River Phoenix

1989 Best Supporting Actor Nominee
and his brother, Joaquin Phoenix
2013 Best Actor Nominee
(2 additional nominations)
and Joaquin's brother-in-law, Casey Affleck
(see above, under Ben Affleck)

Meg Tilly
1986 Best Supporting Actress Nominee

and her sister, Jennifer Tilly
1995 Best Supporting Actress Nominee

Julia Roberts
2001 Best Actress Winner
(3 additional nominations)

and her brother, Eric Roberts
1986 Best Supporting Actor Nominee

Shirley MacLaine
1984 Best Actress Winner
(5 additional nominations)

her brother, Warren Beatty
1982 Best Director Winner
(13 additional nominations and an Honorary Win)
and his wife, Annette Bening
2011 Best Actress Nominee
(3 additional nominations)

 

Vanessa Redgrave
1978 Best Supporting Actress Winner
(5 additional nominations)
her sister, Lynn Redgrave
1999 Best Supporting Actress Nominee
(1 additional nomination)
and their father, Michael Redgrave
1948 Best Actor Nominee

Ethan Coen

2008 Best Director, Writing, and Picture Winner

1997 Best Writer Winner

(9 additional nominations)

and his brother, Joel Coen

2008 Best Director, Writing, and Picture Winner

1997 Best Writer Winner

(9 additional nominations)

Diane Ladd
1992 Best Supporting Actress Nominee
(2 additional nominations)
her ex-husband, Bruce Dern
2014 Best Actor Nominee
(1 additional nomination)

and their daughter, Laura Dern
2015 Best Supporting Actress Nominee
(1 additional nomination)

Roman Coppola
2013 Best Screenplay Nominee
his sister, Sofia Coppola
2004 Best Screenplay Winner
(2 additional nominations)
and their father, Francis Ford Coppola
1975 Best Director, Screenplay, and Picture Winner
1973 Best Screenplay Winner
1971 Best Screenplay Winner
(9 additional nominations and an Honorary Win)

Francis' sister, Talia Shire
1975 Best Actress Nominee
(1 additional nomination)

Francis and Talia's father, Carmine Coppola

1995 Best Score Winner

(1 additional nomination)
and Francis and Talia's nephew, Nicolas Cage
1996 Best Actor Winner
(1 additional nomination)

Douglas Shearer

1952 Best Sound Winner

1948 Best Effects Winner

(6 more Wins and 7 Honors)

(14 additional nominations)

and his sister, Norma Shearer

1930 Best Actress Winner

(5 additional nominations)

Vincente Minnelli
1959 Best Director Winner
(1 additional nomination)

his daughter, Liza Minnelli
1973 Best Actress Winner
(1 additional nomination)
and Liza's mother, Judy Garland
1940 Best Juvenile Performance Winner
(2 additional nominations)

Kirk Douglas
1996 Honorary Winner
(3 additional nominations)

his son, Michael Douglas
1988 Best Actor Winner
1976 Best Picture Winner

and Michael's wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones
2003 Best Supporting Actress Winner

Jose Ferrer

1951 Best Actor Winner

(2 additional nominations)

and his nephew, George Clooney

2013 Best Picture Winner
2006 Best Supporting Actor Winner

(6 additional nominations)

Kate Hudson

2001 Best Supporting Actress Nominee
and her mother, Goldie Hawn

1970 Best Supporting Actress Winner
(1 additional nomination)

Ryan O'Neal
1971 Best Actor Nominee

and his daughter, Tatum O'Neal
1974 Best Supporting Actress Winner

Did You Know...

... originally director Francis Ford Coppola cast Winona Ryder as 'Mary Corleone' in 1990's"The Godfather: Part III"...

...but she had to drop out due to exhaustion (many speculate that she had a nervous breakdown). She was subsequently replaced with Coppola's daughter, Sofia... and the rest would go down in bad-casting history.

Francis Ford Coppola was so adamant about working with Ryder, he cast her in "Dracula" two years later.

Candid of the Week

Directors Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese,

Brian De Palma, Robert Zemeckis, and Francis Ford Coppola help George Lucas celebrate his 50th birthday.

Los Angeles, 2004

... and you thought your birthday parties were cool!

Family Ties

Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is actually a part of the Coppola clan. Born Nicholas Kim Coppola, he is the son of professor August Coppola... making him the nephew of actor Talia Shire and director Francis Ford Coppola and the cousin of director Sofia Coppola and actor/musician Jason Schwartzman.

and the Oscar Goes to...

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy 54th Birthday, Steven Spielberg!!!!!

on the set of "Jaws", 1975

with Henry Thomas on the set of "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial", 1982

with Harrison Ford in India filming

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", 1984

with Whoopi Goldberg on the set of "The Color Purple", 1985

with a very young Christian Bale on the

set of "Empire of the Sun", 1987

dealing with one of the smaller dinosaurs, "Jurassic Park", 1993

with Liam Neeson on, one of his best

films, "Schindler's List", 1993

winning two Oscars for "Schindler's List", 1994

with Tom Cruise and Samantha Morton

on the set of "Minority Report", 2002

Along with Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Spielberg presented

Martin Scorsese with a long-deserved Best Director Oscar, 2007