Spacey earned the award after his performances in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, Swank for her leading roles in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby and Waltz for his work with Tarantino in Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained.
According to Gold Derby, currently six actors have won every Oscar they’ve been nominated for and it’s a record dominated by female actresses.
2-for-2 is as high as it goes for perfect Oscar win records, an achievement Sally Field might have surpassed if she won Best Actress for Lincoln.
’30s actress Luise Rainer, Gone With the Wind lead Vivien Leigh and Airport’s Helen Hayes have earned the distinction along with Kevin Spacey, Hilary Swank and Christoph Waltz.