Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell just made history at the Oscars.
With her original song she won for the existential ballad “What Was I Made For?” “Barbie,” Eilish, 22, and O'Connell, 26, became, respectively, the youngest and second-youngest person to win a second Oscar. The sibling pop duo, who took home the Grammy for song of the year for the melancholy hit “Barbie” last month, won their first Oscar two years ago for the James Bond theme “No Time to Die.”
Previously, the record for the youngest person to win two Oscars was held by actress Luise Rainer, who was 28 when she won her second award for leading actress in 1938 for her performance in the drama “The Good Earth” after winning the same award last year. the previous year for “The Great Ziegfeld.”
Accepting the award, Eilish said, “I had a nightmare about this last night,” and then burst into laughter. “I feel incredibly lucky and honored.” She also yelled at a former music teacher: “You don't like me, but you're good at your job.”
Eilish was already among the youngest Oscar winners in history. In the original song category, the album still belongs to Czech singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová, who was 19 when she shared the award with co-star Glen Hansard for the ballad “Falling Slowly” from the film “Once.”
Only a handful of people have managed to win two Oscars before the age of 30. Jodie Foster achieved the feat at age 29 with her second lead actress win for her performance in “The Silence of the Lambs,” while Hilary Swank was 30 when she earned her second win in the same category for “Million Dollar Baby.” .
In winning the original song award, Eilish and O'Connell beat out another “Barbie” nominee, “I'm Just Ken,” along with the songs “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the “Flower Moon.” ”, “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin' Hot” and “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”.
