Mo'Nique wins 2010 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Precious

credit AMPAS

The year beside each motion picture represents the year the award was given for movies released the previous year.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Geoffrey Fletcher, 2010, Precious

Best Actor
Sidney Poitier, 1964, Lilies Of The Field
Denzel Washington, 2002, Training Day
Jamie Foxx, 2005, Ray
Forest Whitaker 2007, The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Halle Berry, 2002, Monster's Ball

Best Supporting Actress
Hattie McDaniel, 1940, Gone With The Wind
Whoopi Goldberg, 1991, Ghost
Jennifer Hudson 2007, Dreamgirls

Mo'Nique, 2010, Precious

Best Supporting Actor
Louis Gossett, Jr., 1983, An Officer and A Gentleman
Denzel Washington, 1990, Glory
Cuba Gooding, Jr., 1997, Jerry Maguire
Morgan Freeman, 2005, Million Dollar Baby

Honorary Oscar Awards
James Baskett, 1948, for playing Uncle Remus in Song of the South
Sidney Poitier, 2002, for Lifetime Achievement in the movies

These directors, writers, and actors were nominated for Oscar Awards, but have yet to or did not win:

Best Picture

Precious, 2010

Best Animated Feature Film

The Princess and the Frog, 2010

Best Director

John Singleton, 1992, Boys 'N the Hood

Lee Daniels, 2010, Precious

Best Original Screenplay

John Singleton, 1992, Boys 'N the Hood

Best Actress
Dorothy Dandridge, 1955, Carmen Jones
Diana Ross, 1973, Lady Sings the Blues
Cicely Tyson, 1973, Sounder
Diahann Carroll, 1975, Claudine
Whoopi Goldberg, 1986, The Color Purple
Angela Bassett, 1994, What's Love Got to Do With It

Gabourey Sidibe, 2010, Precious

Best Supporting Actress
Ethel Waters, 1950, Pinky
Juanita Moore, 1960, Imitation of Life
Alfre Woodard, 1984, Cross Creek
Oprah Winfrey, 1986, The Color Purple
Margaret Avery, 1986, The Color Purple
Queen Latifah, 2003, Chicago
Sophie Okenedo, 2005, Hotel Rwanda
Ruby Dee, 2008, American Gangster
Viola Davis, 2009, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson 2009, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor
Sidney Poitier, 1959, The Defiant Ones
James Earl Jones, 1971, The Great White Hope
Paul Winfield, 1973, Sounder
Morgan Freeman, 1990, Driving Miss Daisy
Denzel Washington, 1993, Malcolm X
Laurence Fishburne, 1994, What's Love Got to Do with It
Morgan Freeman, 1995, The Shawshank Redemption
Denzel Washington, 2000, The Hurricane
Will Smith, 2002, Ali
Don Cheadle, 2005, Hotel Rwanda
Terence Howard, 2006, Hustle & Flow
Will Smith, 2007, The Pursuit of Happyness

Morgan Freeman, 2010, Invictus

Best Supporting Actor
Howard E. Rollins, Jr., 1982, Ragtime
Adolph Caesar, 1985, A Soldier's Story
Morgan Freeman, 1988, Street Smart
Denzel Washington, 1988, Cry Freedom
Samuel L. Jackson, 1995, Pulp Fiction
Michael Clarke Duncan, 2000, The Green Mile
Djimon Hounsou, 2004, In America
Jamie Foxx, 2005, Collateral
Djimon Hounsou 2007, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy 2007, Dreamgirls