Three-Time Oscar Winner Na Si Sean Penn! Plus Amy Madigan Wins After 40-Year Wait
Hollywood legend Sean Penn just cemented his place in Oscar history — bagging his third Academy Award, this time for Best Supporting Actor in the political thriller 'One Battle After Another.'
Penn, 65, plays Colonel Steven Lockjaw, a white nationalist military officer caught in an impossible love affair with a Black revolutionary — hating everything she and her family stand for while being drawn to her. Critics praised how Penn 'flexes his muscles, grits his teeth, and growls his lines, but somehow threads the needle between truth and caricature.' He previously won Best Actor for 'Mystic River' (2004) and 'Milk' (2009).
Meanwhile, Amy Madigan took home Best Supporting Actress for playing the nightmarish Aunt Gladys in horror film 'Weapons' — a witch whose role in the disappearance of an entire classroom of kids only becomes clear at the film's end. This was Madigan's first win after a 40-year wait since her initial nomination for 'Twice in a Lifetime' in 1985.
When asked what was different about this nomination compared to her first one four decades ago, Madigan had the perfect answer: 'What's different is I got a gold guy.' The 75-year-old actress is married to fellow actor Ed Harris since 1983.
The Netflix hit 'KPop Demon Hunters' also took home the Best Animated Feature award earlier in the ceremony. Other nominees in Penn's category included Benicio Del Toro, Stellan Skarsgård, Delroy Lindo, and Jacob Elordi.
Source: GMA News / Reuters
