Oscar Winners and Education: Where Did Award-Winning Actors Study?

A Times Higher Education analysis reveals interesting facts about the education of actors who won the Oscar for Best Actor and Actress in the last three decades.

**Cillian Murphy** and **Jessie Buckley** attended University College Cork and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, respectively. Universities such as the University of **California**, **Yale University,** and the **University of Cambridge** have been associated with many award-winning actors.

Graduates of Californian universities, such as **Nicolas Cage** and **Helen Hunt**, have won Oscars. Community Colleges produced Sean Penn and Hilary Swank. **Denzel Washington** was a graduate of Fordham University, while Daniel Day-Lewis trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Adrien Brody studied at Stony Brook University and Queen's College, and Philip Seymour-Hoffman at New York University. Michelle Yeoh and Michael B Jordan do not have a university education.

Eddie Redmayne, **Emma Thompson,** and **Olivia Colman** come from Cambridge, while Yale is associated with **Meryl Streep** and Frances McDormand. **Natalie Portman** studied psychology at **Harvard University**.

Many women who won the Oscar for Best Actress, such as **Cate Blanchett** and Julia Roberts, attended universities, although they often interrupted their studies. There is no single path to success.