Actors and actresses have been nominated for two 
Academy Awards in the same year.
 Jessica LangeJessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress who  works in films, theatre and television and has received six 
Academy Award nominations and won twice. She got nominated in two categories in the same year for 
Best Actress in 
Frances and 
Best Supporting Actress in 
Tootsie in 1982, the latter of which she won. She worked as a waitress briefly  to support herself before being discovered by fashion illustrator  Antonio Lopez. She became a fashion model for 
Wilhelmina Models agency during which she was offered to join 
Hollywood by the producer Dino De Laurentiis. She has done television work  extensively as well as did theatre. She is also currently serving as a 
Goodwill Ambassador for the 
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and is known for her charitable causes. She is also expressive  about her political views, especially being a harsh critic of the  former U.S. President George W. Bush and as a supporter of the Buddhist  monks in Nepal.
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Alexandra Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress who has three 
Oscar nominations so far to her name. In 1988, she was nominated by the 
Academy for two 
Oscars, one as 
Best Actress in 
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and the other for 
Best Supporting Actress in 
Working Girl. She did not win for any of these. But after making 
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, she got involved in working for 
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and now is its honorary chairperson. She is an environmental  enthusiast. She changed her name to Sigourney Weaver since 1963 inspired  by a minor fictional character 
Sigourney Howard from the novel 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Both of her parents are from the show business,  father being a television producer and mother an actress, so she has  grown up having genes to do what she does
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American television and film actress who has been nominated four times for an 
Oscar and twice in the year 1993. She won the 
Best Actress Oscar for 
The Piano and was nominated in the same year for 
The Firm for 
Best Supporting Actress Oscar.  She is deaf from one ear and this sometimes causes problems while  filming which at times lead to altering of scripts and scenes to fit her  need. She holds a degree in drama from 
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and there she was a class fellow of Frances McDormand.  She had no deliberate idea about joining films, but a chance encounter  with the playwright Beth Henley led to her performing on stage.