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Ethnicity distribution of acting winners at the Academy Awards 1928-2015

Distribution of acting category winners at the Academy Awards from 1928 to 2015, by ethnicity

The data describes distribution of winners from the best acting categories at the Academy Awards from 1928 to 2015, by ethnicity. It was found 98.9% of all "Best Actress" winners have been white, the 1% of all winners from other ethnicities is represented by Halle Berry who won the "Best Actress" award in 2002.

Best Actress 98.9 1.1
Best Actor 93.2 6.8