For which film did Diane Keaton receive an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1977?

Diane Hall Keaton (born 1946) is an American actress recognized for her versatile acting style in comedies and dramas. She has received multiple accolades including an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1977 film ‘Annie Hall’. Other accolades in her acting career include a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards and the American Film Industry Life Achievement Award.

Her acting career started onstage appearing in the original 1968 Broadway production of the musical ‘Hair’. She rose to prominence with her first major film role as Kay Adams-Corleone in the Francis Ford Coppola’s series, ‘The Godfather (1972), a role reprised in its sequels, ‘The Godfather Part II’ (1974), and again in ‘The Godfather Part III’ (1990).

The film ‘Annie Hall’ was an American satirical romantic comedy-drama directed by Woody Allen (born 1935). Keaton plays the role of Annie Hall opposite Alvy Singer, played by Woody Allen.

Together the two experience a roller-coaster relationship as the film unfolds over 93 minutes. They live together for awhile, then they split up, reconcile, and finally enter therapy, where they learn there is an unspoken and unbridgeable divide.

‘Annie Hall’ was shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival on March 27, 1977 before its official release in the United States a month later. The film earned $163 million (in 2020 USD), making it the 11th highest-grossing film in 1977. It was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release.