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As Hollywood stars prepare to walk the red carpet this weekend 📸, Sky News looks at the anatomy of an Oscar winner ✨

Here’s how the stats add up 👇 #Oscars

Let’s look at the gender gap ♀️♂️

It is no secret that women have a much shorter shelf life than men in Hollywood.

Oscar-winning actresses are on average nine years younger than their male counterparts, according to our analysis

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When you look at categories that aren’t split into male and female categories, the disparity is stark.

✍ Female screenwriters (red on the graph), make up less than 10% of the winners over the years 👇

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In 93 years of Academy Award winners there have only been two women to win the award for best director.

Kathryn Bigelow in 2010 for the Hurt Locker, and Chloe Zhao in 2021 for Nomadland

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Is #OscarsSoWhite something of the past?

In all four acting categories, plus directing and screenwriting, only 53 Oscar wins have been for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

🔹White 🔺Ethnically diverse backgrounds

But you can see change has begun in the last decade

In 2002, after 73 years of the Oscars, Halle Berry was the first black woman to receive the Oscar for best leading actress.

20 years later she remains the only one

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In 2017, Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Moonlight #Oscars

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This year’s shortlist features four actors from ethnically diverse backgrounds among the 20 in the running from the main categories.

It’s a step back from last year.

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Find out the whole list of nominees here 👇✨

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What about nationality?

🔹 American
🔺 British
🟨 Other

Some 543 awards in the six categories analysed went to Americans, which is around 74% of the total since 1929.

Brits come second, but with just 91 wins – that’s 13% of the total #Oscars

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Can you guess which American actress holds the title for most wins? 🤔✨

Find out in this article 👇 #Oscars

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Will Smith or Benedict Cumberbatch?

Jessica Chastain or Nicole Kidman?

Here are our predictions for this year’s #Oscars

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Could the awards show include an appearance by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy?

The war in Ukraine is likely to be the political story that dominates this year’s awards ceremony

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‘They can seem frivolous and frothy, out of touch and obscene. But the Academy Awards absolutely still matter.’

Arts and entertainment correspondent @SkyKatieSpencer's analysis ahead of this year’s #Oscars

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