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My Take
Tatum O'Neal's Oscar at age ten remains, to me, one of the most astonishing facts in Hollywood history, a record untouched for over fifty years. Watching Paper Moon, you see a child going toe-to-toe with her own father, Ryan O'Neal, and frequently winning the scene. But what really draws me to her story is everything after: the difficulty of building an adult life when your peak supposedly came before puberty. She has weathered public struggles with a candor I respect, and her survival feels like its own achievement. Child stardom is a gamble nobody chooses for themselves; she has carried its weight with more honesty than most.
Overview
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress. At age ten, she became the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon co-starring her father, Ryan O'Neal.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tatum O'Neal
- Name (Japanese)
- テータム・オニール
- Reading
- てーたむ・おにーる
- Born
- November 5, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1974 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 1973 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.