As we countdown to Oscar we'll try and do daily trivia for you for curiousity, infotainment and merriment. Since today's magic number is 38 and no one has ever been nominated for exactly 38 Oscars, let's talk about actors who won when they were 38 years old. There are only 12 of them. Have any favourite performances from this list?
1930s
Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse (1st supporting actress winner ever and still the only 38 year old actress ever to win Best Supporting Actress)
Spencer Tracy, Boy's Town (2nd consecutive Oscar win)
1940s
Greer Garson, Mrs Miniver
Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men
Greer Garson accepted Vivien Leigh's second Oscar since she wasn't at the ceremony
1950s
Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire (2nd Oscar win)
From Here to Eternity (1953) is one of only 2 Best Picture winners to win both supporting statues. The other is West Side Story (1961)
Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity
1960s
Patricia Neal, Hud
1970s
Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1980s
Sally Field, Places in the Heart (2nd Oscar win)
1994 was one of those rare years when most of the acting winners had won previously
1990s
Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump (2nd consecutive Oscar win)
2000s
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
The only 38 year olds in the mix this awards season are extreme Best Actress longshot Sienna Miller (American Woman), and Best Supporting Actress longshot Cho Yeo-Jeong (Parasite) who you already know we're rooting hard for.
If you're 38 please do give yourself a shout-out in the comments!