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Winning an Academy Award is one of Hollywood's greatest honors, and it often takes a lifetime's worth of work for actors, directors, filmmakers, or writers to finally get one. However, there have been rare instances where actors manage to skip the queue and jump straight into awards and accolades at extraordinarily young ages. While in many non-acting categories, it’s common for artists to work in Hollywood for decades before even gaining a nomination, it’s astonishing just how young some of the recipients have been.

Even though some extraordinary actors have yet to win Oscars, occasionally, the recipient's work is so impressive that the Academy took notice straight from the get-go and gave Oscars to incredibly young people. Sometimes, these wins have been so unprecedented that the actor has held on to their title as the youngest in their category for decades. As the youngest Academy Award winners ever,...