10 Hollywood power couples who both won Oscars — Pitt & Jolie to Bardem & Cruz
MovieWeb senior writer Philip Etemesi published a list on Jan. 28, 2026, highlighting 10 Hollywood power couples in which both partners have won Academy Awards. Among the pairs featured are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who met on Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Jolie won Best Actress for Girl, Interrupted, while Pitt later earned a Best Picture statuette as a producer on 12 Years a Slave and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, who met on Vicky Cristina Barcelona, are also included — Bardem won Best Actor for No Country for Old Men and Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The list also spotlights director pairings such as James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, who were married from 1989 to 1991 and both won Best Director: Cameron for Titanic and Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.
Etemesi notes the 82nd Academy Awards as a notable moment when Bigelow defeated Cameron’s Avatar in what the article calls a "Battle of the Exes," and that Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director. Longstanding collaborators and spouses appear as well. Frances McDormand and Joel Coen, married since 1984, are both multiple-Oscar winners — McDormand has four Oscars and is the first person to win as both an actor and a producer for the same film (Nomadland), while Coen has four Oscars from 13 nominations.
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