Oscars 2023: Ruth Carter becomes first Black woman to win two Oscars

Los Angeles, March 13 : Ruth E.Carter is the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

In 2019, she became the first Black person to win the Oscar for costume design for her work on Marvels Black Panther.

At the 95th Academy Awards, she was once again recognised for the films sequel, Wakanda Forever, reports Variety.Carter, according to Variety, beat out Catherine Martin, who won the BAFTA and Costume Designers Guild awards for her work on Baz Luhrmanns Elvis.

She also beat Mary Zophres for Babylon, Jenny Beaven for Mrs Harris Goes to Paris and Shirley Kurata for Everything Everywhere All at Once, which was the surprise winner of the Sci-Fi Fantasy award at the CDGA.Denzel Washington made history in 2002 when he won his second Oscar for Training Day.He first won in 1990 for Glory.

Mahershala Ali is the only other Black actor with two Oscars, for 2016s Moonlight and 2018s Green Book.Newly minted EGOT Viola Davis has four Oscar nominations, but she has only won once, for 2016s Fences, adds Variety.

Carter has a total of four nominations, including for 1992s Malcolm X and 1997s Amistad.Her credits also include Selma and the Tina Turner biopic Whats Love Got to Do With It, for which Carter recreated Tina Turners most iconic looks from the 70s and 80s, including the famous gold metallic fringe dress and high-waisted miniskirts, notes Variety.

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