Oscar Winners / Nominees You've Met in Real Life

Jane Alexander - Met her at the airport years ago. She has a home nearby.
Best Actress nominee for The Great White Hope (1970) and Testament (1983)
Best Supporting Actress nominee for All the President's Men (1976) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)



Red Buttons - Met him on a cruise years ago.
Best Supporting Actor winner for Sayonara (1957)





Melissa Etheridge - Saw her perform a show right after her cancer treatment.
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song winner for An Inconvenient Truth, I Need To Wake Up



Julie Harris - Stumbled upon the filming of a TV movie in downtown Vancouver, she was in her trailer with the door open, putting on gloves for her scene.
Best Actress nominee for The Member of the Wedding (1952)



Ethan Hawke - Met him at the airport, he has a home nearby. Very laidback guy.
Best Supporting Actor nominee for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014)
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay nominee for Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2014)



Martin Landau - Watched a scene from EdTV (1999) being filmed in L.A.
Best Supporting Actor winner for Ed Wood (1994)
Best Supporting Actor nominee for Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)



Queen Latifah - Sat in the front row on her original talk show in 2000. It was last minute, weird and surreal. She was lovely and so sweet.
Best Supporting Actress nominee for Chicago (2002)