Youngest Oscar Nominees

Here are some of the youngest actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award. Which airs on Sunday, Feb. 24.

 

Quvenzhané Wallis - Age 9 "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (2012)

Abigail Breslin - Age 10 "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006)

 

 

Anna Paquin - Age 11 (winner) "The Piano" (1993)

 

 

 Hailee Steinfeld - Age 14 "True Grit" (2010)

 

 

Mary Badham - Age 10 "To Kill a

 

Justin Henry - Age 8 "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)

 

Quinn Cummings - Age 10 "The Goodbye Girl" (1977)

 

Jodie Foster - Age 14 "Taxi Driver" (1976)

 

Tatum O'Neal - Age 9 (winner) "Paper Moon" (1973)

 

Jack Wild - Age 16 "Oliver!" (1968)

 

Patty Duke - Age 16 (winner) "The Miracle Worker" (1962)

 

Patty McCormack - Age 11 "The Bad Seed" (1956)

 

Sal Mineo - Age 17 "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)

 

Brandon de Wilde - Age 11 "Shane" (1953)

 

Bonita Granville - Age 14 "These Three" (1936)

 

Jackie Cooper - Age 9 "Skippy" (1931)

 

Saoirse Ronan - Age 13 "Atonement" (2007)

 

Keisha Castle-Hughes - Age 13 "Whale Rider" (2002)

 

Haley Joel Osment - Age 11 "The Sixth

 

River Phoenix - Age 18 "Running on Empty"