10 actors who have won awards posthumously
Chadwick Boseman has made history in 2021 by winning multiple posthumous acting awards.
See the list of every actor who has won an Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe, or SAG award after they died.
James Dean won a special achievement award at the Golden Globes the year after his death in 1955.
Dean died in a car accident on September 30, 1955. He was 24 years old.
The special Golden Globe award was posthumously given to Dean for his performance in 1955's "East of Eden."
Alice Pearce posthumously won her first Emmy in 1966, just months after her death.
Pearce died from ovarian cancer in March 1966 at age 48.
Pearce costarred in the sitcom "Bewitched," and her performance earned her the Emmy for best supporting actress at the 1966 awards.
Marion Lorne also won a posthumous Emmy for her performance on "Bewitched" in 1968.
Lorne died of a heart attack on May 9, 1968. She was 84 years old.
Like Pearce, Lorne won the Emmy for best supporting actress the year after her death.
Peter Finch posthumously won a Golden Globe in 1977 for his performance in "Network."
Finch died of a heart attack on January 14, 1977. He was 60 years old.
He won for best actor in a motion picture drama at that year's Golden Globes, and was the first-ever actor to win that award posthumously. The ceremony was held on January 29, two weeks after his death.
Peter Finch also won the Oscar for best actor in 1977.
Finch's performance in the dark comedy "Network" also earned him a posthumous award at the 49th annual Academy Awards held in March 1977.
Diana Hyland won an Emmy in 1977 for her role in "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble."
Hyland died on March 27, 1977 at age 41. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer earlier that year.
She was awarded the Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy or drama special at the September 1977 ceremony.
Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy in 1982 for best lead actress in a miniseries and movie.
Bergman died of breast cancer on August 29, 1982. She was 67 years old.
A month after her death, Bergman won the Emmy for her performance in the TV miniseries "A Woman Called Golda."
Audrey Hepburn won an Emmy award for her documentary series "Gardens of the World" in 1994.
Hepburn died of a rare form of abdominal cancer on January 20, 1993. She was 63 years old.
The next year, she posthumously won the Emmy for outstanding individual achievement in informational programming for her 1993 documentary series.
Raúl Juliá won a posthumous Emmy award for best actor in a miniseries or movie in 1995.
Juliá died after he had a stroke on October 24, 1994. He was 54 years old.
His Emmy award was given posthumously for his performance in the TV movie "The Burning Season."
Juliá also won a Golden Globe and the SAG award for the same performance.
His performance was honored at every major awards show for TV programming that year.
Heath Ledger won the Oscar for best supporting actor in 2009, almost one year after his death.
Ledger died after taking a lethal combination of drugs on January 22, 2008. He was 28 years old.
Ledger's performance as the Joker in 2008's "The Dark Knight" earned him the posthumous Academy Award at the 81st annual Oscars.
Ledger also won posthumous Golden Globe and SAG awards in 2009 for "The Dark Knight."
Director Christopher Nolan accepted the award on his behalf at the Golden Globes, while his "Dark Knight" costar Gary Oldman accepted on the late actor's behalf at the SAG ceremony.
Chadwick Boseman won a Golden Globe this year for his role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
Boseman died of colon cancer on August 28, 2020. He was 43 years old.
His last movie performance was in Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a role which earned him the posthumous Golden Globe for best actor at the February 2021 ceremony.
Boseman also posthumously won the SAG award for best actor at this year's awards.
His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf.
Boseman has also been nominated for best actor at the 2021 Academy Awards. He's the seventh actor in history to get an Oscar nomination posthumously.
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