On March 12, the 95th edition of the Oscarsthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards (Academy Awards), which will return to the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, its most emblematic venue.

Now, looking back, since the millennium began, there have been women who have won awards in virtually every category. Probably, the names of actresses, screenwriters and directors are more familiar to you; but production designers and makeup artists have also won the most prestigious award in the film industry.

So that you can get to know them, we tell you what women have won an Oscar in the 21st century:

Production design: Brigitte Broch (Mouling Rouge! 2001); Francesca Lo Chivato (The Aviator2004; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007); Pilar Revuelta (The Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006); Karen O’Hara (Alice in Wonderland 2010); Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby, 2013); Anne Pinnock (The Grand Budapest 2014); Lisa Thompson (Mad Max, 2015); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (La la land, 2016); Shane Viau (The Shape of Water, 2017); Hannah BeachlerBlack Panther, 2018); Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 2019); Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Spidos (Dune2021).

adapted script: Diana Ossana (Brokaback Mountain2005), with Larry McMurtry.

Sound: Lora Hirschberg (inception2010).

Animated short (direction): Karen Ruper Toliver (Hair Love2019), with Matthew A. Cherry.

Fiction short (direction): Anna Udvardy (Mindenki, 2016) with Kristof Dreák; Serena Armitage (Stutterer, 2015); Andrea Arnold (Wasp2004).

Animated feature film (direction): Jennifer Lee (Frozen, 2013) with Chris Buck; Brenda Chapman (brave, 2012) with Mark Andrews; and Vicky Jenson (Shreck2001) with Andrew Adamson.

Original song (author): Billie Elish (No time to die, 2021); H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (Fight for you, 2020), Lady Gaga (Shallow, 2018) alongside Marke ROnson, Andrew Wyatt and Anthony Rossomando; Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Let it go, 2013); Adele (skyfall, 2012); and Markéta Irglová (Falling Slowly, 2007) with Glen Hansard.

Mounting: Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road2015) and Thelma Schoonmaker (The Departed, 2006, and The Aviator, 2004).

Short documentary (direction): Carol Dysinger (Learning the Skateboard in a Warzone (If you’re a Girl), 2019); Rayka Zehtabchi (Period. End of Sentence, 2018); Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, 2015); Ellen Goosenberg Kent (Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, 2014); Alice Wu (Saving Face, 2011); Megan Mylan (Smile Pinki, 2008); Ruby YankThe Blood of Yingzhou District, 2006); Tavy Seretean (big mom2000).

Documentary feature film (direction): Pippa Ehrlich (My Octopus Teacher, 2020) with James Reed; Julia Reicher (americanfactory, 2019) with Steven Bognar and Jef Reichert; Elisabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Shannon Dill (Free Solo, 2018) alongside Jimmy Chin Evan Hayes; Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow (OJ Made in America, 2016); Laura Poitras (Citizenfour, 2014); Audrey MarsInside Job, 2010) with Charles H. Ferguson; Zana Briski (Born into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids, 2004) opposite Ross Kauffman; and Deborah Oppenheimer (Into of Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport2000) with Mark Jonathan Harris.

Costume Design: Jenny Beaven (Cruella, 2021; Mad Max, 2015); Ann Roth (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020); Jacqueline Durran (Little Women, 2019; Anna Karenina, 2012); Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther, 2018); Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beatas and Where to Find Them, 2016; Alice in Wonderland2010; Memories of a Geisha2005; Chicago, 2002); Milena Canonero (The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014; Marie Antoinette, 2006); Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby, 2013); Sandy Powell (The Young Victoria, 2009; The Aviator, 2004); Alexandra Bryne (Elisabeth: The Golden Age, 2007); Ngila Dickson (Lord of the Rings, 2003); Catherine Martin (Moulin Rouge, 2001); Janty Yates (Gladiator2000).

International feature film (direction):Susan Bier (Hævnen, 2010) and Caroline Kink (Nirgendwo in Afrika, 2002).

sound editing: Karen Baker (The Bourne Ultimatum2007).

Makeup and hairdressing: Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020); Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker (bobshell, 2019); Patricia Dehaney and Kate Biscoe (Vice, 2018); Lucy Sibbick (Darkest Hour, 2017); Lesley Vyeerwalt and Elka Wardega (Mad Max, 2015); Frances Hannon (Grand Hotel Bodapest, 2014); Adriitha Lee (Dallas Buyer Club, 2013); Lisa Westcott and Julie Darnell (Les Misérables, 2012); Montse Ribe (The Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006).

We continue to present to the actresses, main and secondary, directors, producers and scriptwriters who have won an Oscar. Also to those professionals who have obtained a Honorary or humanitarian Oscar:

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