What are the 4 acting awards given every year at the Oscars?

The number of awards and the names of the award given out each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS) changes a bit from year to year. The special awards and honorary awards are almost always different, but the awards of merit are almost always the same.

Academy Awards of Merti

1. Best Picture
2. Best Director
3. Best Actor
4. Best Actress
5. Best Supporting Actor
6. Best Supporting Actress
7. Best Original Screenplay
8. Best Adapted Screenplay
9. Best Animated Feature
10. Best Foreign Language Film
11. Best Documentary Feature
12. Best Documentary Short
13. Best Live Action Short
14. Best Animated Short
15. Best Original Score
16. Best Original Song
17. Best Sound Editing
18. Best Sound Mixing
19. Best Art Direction
20. Best Cinematography
21. Best Makeup
22. Best Costume Design
23. Best Film Editing
24. Best Visual Effects

Special Awards

1. Academy Honorary Award
2. Special Achievement Academy Award
3. Academy Scientific and Technical Award
4. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
5. Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
6. Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Retired Awards

1. Best Assistant Director
2. Best Dance Direction
3. Best Director of a Comedy Picture
4. Best Engineering Effects
5. Best Short Subject, Two-reel
6. Best Short Subject, Color
7. Best Short Subject, Novelty
8. Best Original Story
9. Best Title Writing
10. Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
11. Academy Juvenile Award