Who are the youngest-ever Oscar winners?

The 93rd Academy Awards show is just around the corner.

This year’s Oscars ceremony happening on April 25, which is two months later than originally planned.

The ceremony was rescheduled due to Covid-19’s impact on the film industry.

Academy president David Rubin and chief executive Dawn Hudson explained: ‘For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times.

‘They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalised for something beyond anyone’s control.’

Before we find out this year’s winners, let’s take a trip down memory lane and remember the youngest-ever Oscar winners in history.

Shirley Temple

Technically, Shirley Temple is the youngest person to ever receive an Academy Award.

In 1935, the Board of Governors created an honorary Juvenile Award and gave it to the 6-year-old Shirley for her work in 1934.

She was the first youngster to take home the honorary Oscar. After her, it was given to 12 other child actors, including Vincent Winter who was seven years old and Margaret O’Brien who was eight.

The special honour was discontinued in the 1960s.

Tatum O’Neal: Best Supporting Actress

The 10-year-old became the youngest Oscars winner in a competitive category in 1974.

Tatum took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Addie Loggins in Paper Moon.

That year, she also won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year.

Later on in her life, during an appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2010, the star revealed that her father, actor Ryan O’Neal, did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony and see her win due to his busy schedule.

Anna Paquin: Best Supporting Actress

The Canadian actress who grew up in New Zealand took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 in 1993.

This made her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history after Tatum O’Neal.

It was for her portrayal of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film, The Piano.

She auditioned for the part after seeing a newspaper advertisement and impressed the director with her skills.

Patty Duke: Best Supporting Actress

Patty Duke was 16 when she recreated her stage role as Helen Keller in the 1963 adaptation of ‘The Miracle Worker’.

She received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1963 at the 35th Academy Awards.

Years later, in 1987, Patty released her autobiography ‘Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke’ where she claimed her then-managers had abused her and squandered her child-star earnings.

Timothy Hutton: Best Supporting Actor

Timothy Hutton took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 20 in 1980.

He was awarded for his performance in his first feature film, Ordinary People, which saw him play Conrad Jarrett.

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