Which actress won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2014 for "Blue Jasmine"?

Which actress won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2014 for Blue Jasmine? Cate Blanchett. She won for portraying Jasmine Francis, a wealthy New York socialite whose life collapses after her husband's financial crimes are exposed.

Blue Jasmine was written and directed by Woody Allen and loosely draws on themes from Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanchett's performance follows Jasmine as she moves to San Francisco to live with her working-class sister Ginger, struggling to maintain the appearance of her former status while dealing with anxiety and emotional instability.

At the 86th Academy Awards, held in 2014, Blanchett won Best Actress. The film also received nominations for Sally Hawkins in Supporting Actress and Woody Allen for Original Screenplay, but Blanchett was its only Oscar winner. She also won major honors from the Golden Globes, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild.

The date can cause confusion: Blue Jasmine was released in 2013, while the Oscars honoring that film took place in 2014. The award was for Blanchett's performance, not for the film itself, and Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julianne Moore were not the winner of that category that year.