Actors and actresses who have won an Oscar but have never studied acting

The Oscars always show some of the most acclaimed and respected Hollywood stars in the film industry, but what if we told you that some of them have never studied acting? Probably some of these actors and actresses would no longer be seen in the same way.

Brad Pitt

That’s right, the “Fight Club” star, “Troy” and, more recently, “Bullet Train”, has never set foot in acting school. Anyway, Brad Pitt won an Oscar with ‘once upon a time in hollywood’, the film by Quentin Tarantino released in 2019, with which he won the award for best supporting actor.

joaquin phoenix

Few people know that, despite being the winner of the gold statuette for best actor in “Joker”, Joaquin Phoenix did not study acting. However, that didn’t stop him from being one of the best performers today, with some masterpieces like “Lei”, “Il maestro” or “You’ve never really been here”.

Cristiano dances

One of the most impressive method actors, who has transformed his body on several occasions, with acclaimed films such as ‘American Psycho’, ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘American Hustle’ among others, is Christian Bale, Oscar winner for the Best Actor in the cast of “The Fighter” and who has worked in the acting industry since he was 9 years old.

Natalie Portman

One of the few actresses who has the privilege of boasting of being the owner of EGOT, the four most important film industry awards, such as Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony, is Natalie Portman, born in Jerusalem, Israel. And that she was honored for her work on ‘Black Swan’ by director Darren Aronofsky.

Jennifer Lawrence

One of the young promises of the time was Jennifer Lawrence, with which he won his first Oscar ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, and who, at just twenty, was the third youngest actress to be nominated for an Oscar. Despite the fact that her mother did not support her acting career, she is now one of the “most talented young artists in America” ​​according to Rolling Stone.

Heather Ledger

Finally, Heath Ledger’s posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” acknowledged the artist’s incredible performance, which he could never receive due to his unfortunate death. However, Ledger was one of the young promises of his generation in film.