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This is a list of Irish Academy Award winners and nominees. 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.

Best Picture

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

Best Director

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Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
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]
1993 Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father Nominated [2]
2015 Lenny Abrahamson Room Nominated [4]
2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast Nominated [7]
2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Academy Award for Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way Nominated The 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 Won Day-Lewis is an English-born actor with joint British/Irish citizenship.
1990 Richard Harris The Field Nominated [20]
1992 Stephen Rea The Crying Game Nominated [13]
1993 Daniel Day-Lewis In the Name of the Father Nominated [2][19]
Liam Neeson Schindler's List Nominated
2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York Nominated [21]
2007 There Will Be Blood Won [22]
2012 Lincoln Won [23]
2015 Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Nominated Born in Germany; holds both Irish and German citizenship.[24][25] [4][19]
2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Nominated [26]
2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]
Paul Mescal Aftersun Nominated
2023 Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer Won Murphy is the first Irish-born performer to win Best Actor.[27] [10]

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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Academy Award for Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn Nominated At age 21, Ronan became eighth-youngest nominee at that time in the category.[28] [4][29]
2016 Ruth Negga Loving Nominated First black Irish actress to be nominated in any category. [30][29]
2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Nominated [31]
2019 Little Women Nominated At 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

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way Won The 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

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
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 Nominated At age 13, Ronan became the seventh-youngest nominee at that time in the category.[37] [38]
2021 Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter Nominated [7]
2022 Kerry Condon The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Original Screenplay

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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
1992 Neil Jordan The Crying Game Won [13][15]
2003 Jim Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan
Naomi Sheridan 		In America Nominated Father-daughters team. [39]
2004 Terry George Hotel Rwanda Nominated Shared with Keir Pearson. [40]
2008 Martin McDonagh In Bruges Nominated Born 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]
2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated [8]

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Source Material Status Notes Ref.
1938 George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Based on the play of the same name by Shaw. Won Shared 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

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

Best International Feature Film

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See also: List of Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
2022 Colm Bairéad The Quiet Girl Nominated In the Irish language. [8]

Best Documentary Short

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

Best Live Action Short

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

Best Animated Short

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

Best Original Song

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Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Notes Ref.
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" Won Shared 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

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

Best Production Design

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Academy Award for Best Production Design
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
1963 Josie MacAvin (set decorator) Tom Jones Nominated Nominated 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 Nominated Nominated in the Black-and-White category.
Shared with Ted Marshall (set decorator); Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira (art directors). 		[50]
1985 Out of Africa Won Shared with Stephen B. Grimes (art director). [64][15]

Best Cinematography

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Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
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

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Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
2022 Jonathan Redmond Elvis Nominated Shared with Matt Villa. [65][9]

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
1982 Michèle Burke Quest for Fire Won Original title: La Guerre du feu
French-language film.
Shared with Sarah Monzani. 		[66][15]
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Nominated Shared with Michael Westmore. [67]
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated French-language film.
Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne. 		[20]
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Won Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. [13][15]
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Nominated Shared with Mike Smithson. [68]
2000 The Cell Nominated Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. [69]
2011 Lynn Johnston Albert Nobbs Nominated Shared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle. [33]

Best Costume Design

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Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
2006 Consolata Boyle The Queen Nominated [70]
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Nominated [30]
2017 Victoria & Abdul Nominated [31]

Best Visual Effects

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Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Notes Ref.
2009 Richard Baneham Avatar Won Shared with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones. [71]
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Won Shared with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett. [8][9]

Nominations and winners

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No. of wins No. of nominations
21 104

See also

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