March 2 (UPI) —<\/span> While some stars wait years to win an Oscar, others receive the award early in their careers.<\/p>\n A select few even earn the accolade for their first film role.\n<\/p>\n The list of actors who have had an Oscar-winning breakout performance includes Julie Andrews and Jennifer Hudson.<\/p>\n Read on to learn more about the eight celebrities to achieve this milestone.<\/p>\n Shirley Booth<\/b><\/p>\n Booth won an Academy Award in 1953 for her role<\/a> in Come Back Little Sheba, <\/i>in which she portrayed a recovering alcoholic’s wife.<\/p>\n The story follows Lola, who is navigating the loss of her baby and her beloved dog when Terry Moore’s Marie rents a room in the home.<\/p>\n Booth had earlier received a Tony Award for the role, which she first played on Broadway.<\/p>\n Julie Andrews <\/b><\/p>\n The Princess Diaries <\/i>star won the Academy Award in 1964 for her portrayal of the iconic nanny in Mary Poppins. <\/i>\n<\/p>\n Some believe that Andrews, 90, had received the honor as a consolation prize<\/a> of sorts after she was snubbed for the role of Eliza Doolittle in the My Fair Lady<\/i> film, despite having portrayed the character on Broadway.<\/p>\n Audrey Hepburn, who landed the role, did not win a single Oscar for the film.<\/p>\n Barbra Streisand <\/b><\/p>\n The actress and songstress, 83, received an Academy Award for her breakout role in the 1968 feature Funny Girl<\/i>, which follows a comedian who falls for a gambling-addicted man.<\/p>\n When Yentl <\/i>arrived in 1983 and Streisand didn’t receive any nominations, her fans planned<\/a> an Academy Awards ceremony protest.<\/p>\n Her other accolades include<\/a> Grammy and Emmy awards, as well as a Special Tony honor.<\/p>\n Timothy Hutton <\/b><\/p>\n Timothy Hutton, 65, was just 20 years old when he won the Oscar for Best Support Actor in the 1980 feature Ordinary People. <\/i><\/p>\n Robert Redford also made his directorial debut in the film<\/a> and won the Best Director Award.<\/p>\n The movie follows the ways in which a teenager’s suicidal tendencies fracture a middle class family. Hutton portrayed the teen.<\/p>\n Marlee Matlin <\/b><\/p>\n Marlee Matlin, 60, was the fourth actress whose breakout film role secured her an Oscar.\n<\/p>\n She portrayed a deaf and mute character in Children of a Lesser God <\/i>(1986), a role that ultimately won her the Best Actress Award.<\/p>\n Matlin, who is hearing-impaired, was 20 when she received the award.<\/p>\n “A lot of deaf people are jumping up and down, understanding there is potential and even people who aren’t deaf just feel great,” she said at the time.<\/a><\/p>\n Anna Paquin <\/b><\/p>\n The 1993 film The Piano <\/i>won Anna Paquin the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.<\/p>\n Paquin, 43, was 11 years old when she won the award, becoming the second youngest actress to get an Oscar.<\/p>\n Tatum O’Neal had won an Academy Award for her performance in Paper Moon<\/i>.<\/p>\n The film follows a mute Scottish woman (Holly Hunter) who is due to marry a stranger. She plays piano and has a daughter (Paquin).<\/p>\n “I just want to get nominated, at the very least get nominated,” she said of the Oscar at the time.<\/a><\/p>\n Jennifer Hudson<\/b><\/p>\n Hudson received the Academy Award for her portrayal of Effie White in Dreamgirls <\/i>(2006).<\/p>\n She got her start on American Idol <\/i>Season 3, coming in seventh place<\/a> in the reality singing competition series.<\/p>\n The actress and songstress has the “EGOT” status, meaning she has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.\n<\/p>\n Prior to that milestone, Alan Menken had earned the distinction<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n Hudson also hosts daytime talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show. <\/i><\/p>\n Lupita Nyong’o <\/b><\/p>\n Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award<\/a> for Best Supporting Actress in the 2013 feature 12 Years a Slave. <\/i><\/p>\n The movie takes its inspiration from the a memoir penned by Solomon Northrup in 1853.<\/p>\n Nyong’o, 42, has also starred in A Quiet Place: Day One<\/i> and Black Panther.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.upi.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 2 (UPI) — While some stars wait years to win an Oscar, others receive the award early in their careers. 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