Most Oscars won – lifetime (female)

The greatest number of Academy Awards won in a lifetime by a woman is eight, by Edith Head (USA). All were for Costume Design. Her first win came in 1950, for The Heiress (USA, 1949); she shared the award with Gile Steele. Her last was for The Sting (USA, 1973) in 1974. The full list of movies for which Edith Head was awarded an Oscar for Costume Design is as follows:

The Heiress (USA, 1949); Samson and Delilah (USA, 1949); All about Eve (USA, 1950); A Place in the Sun (USA, 1951); Roman Holiday (USA, 1953); Sabrina (USA, 1954); The Facts of Life (USA, 1960); The Sting (USA, 1973).

Edith Head also ties with Cedric Gibbons (USA) for the Most Oscars won – individual creative achievement. Gibbons's Oscars were for Art Direction.