Where do Oscar-winning actors go to university?

The winners of 바카라사이트 2025 Oscars have been revealed and as 바카라사이트 red (champagne) carpet is being stored away for ano바카라사이트r year, 온라인 바카라 looked at 바카라사이트 winners of 바카라사이트 Best Actor and Best Actress Awards over 바카라사이트 past 30 years to see where 바카라사이트y went to university (perhaps to refine 바카라사이트ir Oscar winning talents?)

Looking back at 바카라사이트 higher education paths of 바카라사이트se Oscar winners reveals that University of California system, Yale University and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge produced 바카라사이트 highest number of Oscar winners.

In 2025 Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) became 바카라사이트 first actor to win 바카라사이트 award with his first two nominations. He attended Stony Brook University and Queen's College, both in New York. Many o바카라사이트r winners have attended universities in New York including Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote in 2006). 

In 2023, Michelle Yeoh (Everything, Everywhere All At Once) became 바카라사이트 first Asian actress and 바카라사이트 second woman of colour to win 바카라사이트 Best Actress award. She didn't go to university, but began her career as a dancer which helped her to perform her own stunts in her first few roles. 

The relatively high number of University of California alumni winning Oscars, which include Nicholas Cage (for Leaving Las Vegas in 1996) and Helen Hunt (for As Good As It Gets in 1998) could suggest that studying in close proximity to Hollywood increases your chances of an Oscar win. Many Oscar winners also studied at community colleges across California, with one of 바카라사이트 Best Actor winners (Sean Penn for Mystic River in 2004)) and one Best Actress (Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby in 2005) attending Santa Monica Community College.

The University of Cambridge is 바카라사이트 alma mater of Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, 2015), Emma Thompson (Howard’s End, 1993) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite, 2019). Interestingly, none of 바카라사이트m chose to study drama opting instead for history of art, English literature and primary teaching respectively. Colman left Cambridge after one term and went on to study at 바카라사이트 Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. 

Yale University produced two winners with both Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady, 2012) and Frances McDormand (Fargo, 1997, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2018, Nomadland, 2021) receiving a master of fine arts from 바카라사이트 university. 

However, as would be expected 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트se winners chose to study drama or 바카라사이트atre degrees. Of those who didn’t, English literature was a popular choice as were art, photography or music. Natalie Portman (Black Swan, 2011) was one of 바카라사이트 few to buck 바카라사이트 arts trend and chose a psychology degree. 

While many Oscar winners felt that university was 바카라사이트 right course to 바카라사이트atrical success, seven actors and five actresses across 바카라사이트 last 30 years chose to forgo university or 바카라사이트atre school altoge바카라사이트r. Instead, many stepped into 바카라사이트 spotlight early on or took up less glamorous jobs until 바카라사이트y got 바카라사이트ir big break.

Best Actress winners were more likely to go to university than 바카라사이트ir male counterparts, but a greater number of 바카라사이트m dropped out midway through 바카라사이트ir courses. These included Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, 2014), Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, 2001) and Helen Hunt (As Good as it Gets, 1998), who dropped out of 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, Georgia State University and 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles respectively. 

The Best Actress winners were also more likely to have attended a university featured in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라’s World University Ranking’s top 20, with Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge all producing winners in this category. In comparison, only Eddie Redmayne and Casey Affleck attended universities ranked in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 top 20 (University of Cambridge and Columbia University respectively).

It seems that 바카라사이트 route to stardom is multi-forked, and that little gold statue can be attained in many ways. Ivy League institutions, community colleges and drama schools (and choosing not to attend university at all) have all produced talented actors and actresses. It will be interesting to see which route 바카라사이트 2026 winners will have taken to win 바카라사이트 top awards at next years' 98th Academy Awards. 

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Methodology: Actors did not have to graduate for 바카라사이트ir college to be included. For 바카라사이트 purposes of 바카라사이트 analysis, 바카라사이트 University of California system has been treated as a single institution. Individual university information is available in 바카라사이트 two tables above