Oscar-Winning Celeb Couples
Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are the latest oscar winning couple to tie the knot. Bardem won best supporting actor in 2007 for his role in ‘No Country for Old Men’. Cruz won best supporting actress for her role in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’.
Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier
Olivier won his oscar for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet, hers for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Gone with the Wind. Laurence Olivier directed several of her roles during her 30-year stage career.
Vanessa Redgrave & Tony Richardson
With a host of awards to her name, her oscar for Best Actress in Julia is just one of the many Vanessa has won. Richardson has his for Best Director and Best Picture for Tom Jones.
Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh
Jackson and Fran Walsh have won a host of Oscars for all of The Lord Of The Rings films.
Joel Coen & Frances McDormand
Joel Coen of the Coen Brothers earned his Oscars from No Country For Old Men, hers came from Best Actress in a Leading Role for Fargo.
Liz Taylor & Michael Todd
Elizabeth Taylor married Producer Mike Todd 1957, he won his Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and BUtterfield 8. His came from Best Picture for Around the World in Eighty Days.
Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta Jones
The showbiz couple, who became an item in 1998 have both been awarded Oscars hers for Best Actress in Chicago, his from Best Actor in a Leading Role for Wall Street and Best Picture for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft
Described as one of the happiest marriages in the entertainment business, Brooks’ Oscar was awarded for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen for The Producers, hers was won for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Miracle Worker.
Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton
Jolie and Thornton meet in 2000 her Oscar-winning role was in Girl, Interrupted. His was for Best Actor in a for A Simple Plan. The couple split in 2003 and she bagged Brad Pitt who has yet to win an oscar.
Posted on April 4, 2011 | Filed Under Showbiz
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