<page_title> Joan Fontaine </page_title> <section_title> Awards and nominations </section_title> <table> <cell> 1940 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Academy Award <col_header> Award </col_header> </cell> <cell> Best Actress <col_header> Category </col_header> </cell> <cell> Rebecca <col_header> Title of work </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nominated <col_header> Result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Academy Award <col_header> Award </col_header> </cell> <cell> Best Actress <col_header> Category </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1941 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Best Actress <col_header> Category </col_header> </cell> <cell> Suspicion <col_header> Title of work </col_header> </cell> <cell> Won <col_header> Result </col_header> </cell> <cell> Academy Award <col_header> Award </col_header> </cell> <cell> Best Actress <col_header> Category </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nominated <col_header> Result </col_header> </cell> </table>
Joan Fontaine starred in Rebecca (1940), for which she received the first of what would be three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress; the following year, she won for her role in Suspicion (1941).