What Movie Did Faye Dunaway Win an Oscar For?

Veteran actress Faye Dunaway won an Oscar for the 1976 movie, Network.

The films Bonnie and Clyde, and Chinatown, only earned her Oscar nominations.

Who Is Faye Dunaway?

Faye Dunaway is an actress known for staring in the 1967 blockbuster crime drama film Bonnie and Clyde.

Born on January 14, 1941, in Bascorn, Florida, Dunaway graduated from Boston University, and took acting classes at the American National Theater and Academy, after which she began appearing in Broadway productions.

Since then, Dunaway has go on to appear in notable films such as The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), The Arrangement (1969), Little Big Man (1970), “Oklahoma Crude”, a western with George C Scott (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), Chinatown (1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Network (1976), and Eyes of Laura Mars (1978).

She earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role in Bonnie and Clyde.

Other films in which she appeared include Supergirl (1984), Barfly (1987), The Handmaid’s Tale (1990), Arizona Dream (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Twilight of the Golds (1997), Gia (1998) and The Rules of Attraction (2002).

Dunaway has received several awards and nominations including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.