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The 98th Academy Awards saw a new class of winners take home the iconic golden statuettes. While the weight and significance of the Oscars are well-known, the question of where these trophies end up is often less discussed. Several Hollywood stars, including Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Goldie Hawn, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Jared Leto, and Susan Sarandon, have shared the unique and sometimes surprising locations where they choose to display or store their Oscars.
Why it matters
The placement of Oscar trophies provides a glimpse into the personal preferences and quirks of some of Hollywood’s biggest names. While the awards themselves are prestigious, the stars’ choices on where to keep them reveal their varying degrees of comfort with the accolade and how they choose to integrate it into their everyday lives.
The details
Kate Winslet keeps her Best Actress Oscar in her bathroom, saying it allows guests to interact with the trophy. Jodie Foster also stores her two Oscars in her bathroom, initially because she thought they looked good with the faucets. Goldie Hawn keeps her Supporting Actress Oscar in her meditation room, while Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem hide theirs in a discreet location. Gwyneth Paltrow tucks her Best Actress Oscar behind a bookshelf, admitting it “freaks her out,” and Natalie Portman isn’t even sure where her trophy is. Jared Leto placed his Supporting Actor Oscar in his kitchen, and Susan Sarandon lent hers to the Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
- The 98th Academy Awards ceremony took place in 2026.
The players
Kate Winslet
An English actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2009 for her role in The Reader.
Jodie Foster
An American actress and director who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1989 for The Accused and in 1992 for Silence of the Lambs.
Goldie Hawn
An American actress who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1970 for Cactus Flower.
Penélope Cruz
A Spanish actress who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2009 for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Javier Bardem
A Spanish actor who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2008 for No Country for Old Men.
Gwyneth Paltrow
An American actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love.
Natalie Portman
An Israeli-American actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2011 for Black Swan.
Jared Leto
An American actor and musician who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2014 for Dallas Buyers Club.
Susan Sarandon
An American actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1996 for Dead Man Walking.
What they’re saying
“The whole point is for everybody to pick it up and go, ‘I’d like to thank my son and my dad’—and you can always tell when someone has, because they’re in there a little bit longer after they flushed.”
— Kate Winslet (WSJ. Magazine)
“Because they looked good with the faucets.”
— Jodie Foster (ABC News)
“My award is in the room where I study and practice meditation. Sometimes it’s on the mantel; sometimes I put it away.”
— Goldie Hawn (InStyle)
“That we can see in the corner of our eye, so it’s not like, they are there. And if you miss them, you go there in secret and you hold it, then you go back to the living room.”
— Javier Bardem (People)
“I keep it tucked away at the back of the bookshelf in my bedroom because it weirds me out. For weeks after I won I kept it in storage… I won’t even put it on the mantelpiece, the thing freaks me out.”
— Gwyneth Paltrow (Sydney Morning Herald)
The takeaway
The unique and sometimes quirky ways that Hollywood’s biggest stars choose to display or store their Oscar trophies provides a fascinating glimpse into their personal preferences and relationship with the prestigious award. From bathrooms to meditation rooms, the stars’ choices reveal their varying degrees of comfort with the accolade and how they choose to integrate it into their everyday lives.
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