Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2014 for "The Theory of Everything." If he wins again this year for "The Danish Girl," he will be only the sixth performer in Oscar history to take home back-to-back trophies.
Revisit all of Oscars' consecutive acting champs by clicking the right-facing arrow above.
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Tom Hanks is Oscar's most recent back-to-back acting champ, winning Best Actor for both "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994).
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Jason Robards is the only supporting performer — actor or actress — to win consecutive Oscars. He was awarded for both "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Julia" (1977).
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Katharine Hepburn is Oscar's all-time acting champ with four victories for Best Actress. Two of those were consecutive — "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) and "The Lion in Winter" (1968).
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Before Tom Hanks, there was Spencer Tracy. This Hollywood legend won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for both "Captains Courageous" (1937) and "Boys Town" (1938).
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Luise Rainer made Oscar history by becoming the first back-to-back acting champ. Her Best Actress wins came for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937).
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