See where Academy Award winners keep their Oscars

Oscar winners: They're just like us. Except, well, they have Oscars. And most of them proudly display those badges of Hollywood honor in their homes as symbols of esteem or humble reminders that, in this business, raw talent reigns supreme. Or, as EW's exclusive collection of photos (below) proves, some like to dress their statuettes in drag, winter outerwear, or let them rest gently among friends (BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Emmys, you name it).

Ahead of Jimmy Kimmel returning to host the 2024 Oscars on Sunday — starting one hour earlier than usual at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT — read on to see where past Academy Award-winning artists like reigning Best Supporting Actress winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Black Panther costumer Ruth E. Carter, famed songwriter Diane Warren, The Fighter star Melissa Leo, Minari's Yuh-Jung Youn, as well as Adrien Brody, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sofia Coppola (and her dad, Francis Ford Coppola), Melissa Etheridge, Geena Davis, and more store their bald-headed, glistening-gold prizes.

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01 of 20

Ruth E. Carter

"My Oscar is in the room that means the most to me, my 'living' and sharing space. It's the room where I display my favorite African artifacts, my artwork, a coat from a '60s civil rights protest is mounted. I spend a lot of time creatively thinking here, the light is good, I paint, admire my favorite collections, and entertain my friends." — Ruth E. Carter, 2019 Best Costume Design winner for Black Panther.

02 of 20

Melissa Leo

"My Oscar sits in a cupboard in my bedroom with their pals Emmy and SAG Actor to keep the dust off them, and so they have company." — Melissa Leo, 2010 Best Supporting Actress winner for The Fighter.

03 of 20

Troy Kotsur

"Winning the Oscar motivated me to finally create a wall with a shelf in my office displaying all of my past productions and awards. It reminds me that all those years of hard work did pay off. The Oscar has also traveled with me a lot because I meant it when I said [in my acceptance speech] that I am sharing this with the deaf and disabled communities. To help inspire others, I have encouraged people to hold it, and so it usually has quite a lot of fingerprints on it." — Troy Kotsur, 2022 Best Supporting Actor winner for CODA.

04 of 20

Yuh-Jung Youn

Where Stars keep their Oscars — 'Minari' star Yuh-Jung Youn displays her Oscars statuette in front of a sculpture of a swimmer. Courtesy of Yuh-Jung Youn

"My Oscar sits in my dining room with the sculpture of this beautiful synchronized swimmer to keep him company. I don't usually display my awards, but since he moved into my house in Seoul, he gets more visitors than I do! My friends all want to see him, hold him and take photos with him. They say it's good luck for them to touch him! So I have to wipe him and sanitize him often. He even gets invited to parties!" — Yuh-Jung Youn, 2021 Best Supporting Actress for Minari.

05 of 20

Adrien Brody

"My Oscar stands next to Buddha and Lucy on the mantle." — Adrien Brody, 2003 Best Actor for The Pianist.

06 of 20

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Where Oscar winners keep their statues — Courtesy of Catherine Zeta-Jones

"My Oscar is on the mantelpiece in my office at home. My office is more than my general workspace, it's my sanctuary. Large cozy couch, my portraiture collection of women ranging from 17th century to Art Deco. It's right off my library, stacked with my favorite books and my bound scripts of everything I have ever worked on, and all my photo books. Oscar is here, because he likes the peace and quiet. He stands high up on the mantle, so as to be able to look down on me and humble me. Pretty much like everything else in this room, he reminds me of how grateful I am to be part of an artistic and creative community." — Catherine Zeta-Jones, 2003 Best Supporting Actress for Chicago.

07 of 20

F. Murray Abraham

"Oscar, called Cuz, overlooks our staircase, where I rub him for luck every once in a while as I pass him. He's appeared on stage in every play I've done since winning him, and the wardrobe people always make costumes for him, from a Hamster to a surf-bum to a ballet tutu, you name it." — F. Murray Abraham, 1985 Best Actor for Amadeus.

08 of 20

Geena Davis

"On the fireplace mantle is where we keep all awards: My Oscars (one is crooked!), Golden Globe, my favorite archery trophy — and an award my boys got when they were little for surfing. When they brought it home they went straight to the mantle and put it next to my Oscar!" — Geena Davis, 1989 Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist; 2020 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient.

09 of 20

Marlee Matlin

"My Academy Award is purposely set amongst pictures of my family and friends. First, my parents, who were there the night I won, and one of my grandmother holding the Oscar. Their encouragement to dream big despite the barriers got me to where I am today. There's also my husband and children, who inspire me every day. Then, there are my mentors, Bernard Bragg, who was the founding member of the National Theater of the Deaf, who told me when I was 9 years old, "Why not?" when I asked if I could be an actor, and Henry Winkler, who told me when I was 12 years old that I could be whatever I wanted to be and has been there for me ever since. And, lastly, there are three stones from my producing partner/interpreter, Jack Jason, who spoke my words while I signed my acceptance speech. The stones each have inscribed a word that makes up the motto that I live by: "Courage + Dreams = Success." — Marlee Matlin, 1987 Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God.

10 of 20

Mercedes Ruehl

"Oscar in winter, on the hearth. He is in snow gear, though his impressive hat was stolen by some mischievous child. He presides over the Christmas season and then returns (why, do I think, with some relief?) to a quiet lower shelf in my study. There, children have also discovered him — and some have entreated to bring him to school for show-and-tell; this allowed only under the watchful gaze of his bodyguard: my son, Jake." — Mercedes Ruehl, 1992 Best Supporting Actress for The Fisher King.

11 of 20

Melissa Etheridge

"I keep my Oscar in my office alongside many things, including my two Grammys, my wife's Golden Globe, my 1st place softball trophy, my Best Supporting Actress award from high school, and my harmonica from Tiffany's that Bruce Springsteen gave me for my birthday. It is a very special space." — Melissa Etheridge, 2007 Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth.

12 of 20

Sofia Coppola

"My Oscar is on a bookshelf in Paris. It's there because it felt more exotic to have an Oscar in Paris. I hate when people put them in the bathroom." —Sofia Coppola, 2004 Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation.

13 of 20

Francis Ford Coppola

"When I was younger, I used to keep all my awards in my home, but once I purchased the first winery, I ended up displaying them there, at Niebaum-Coppola, which is now known as Inglenook. Later on, someone made a remark to the effect that I had a 'temple of my awards' at that winery, which I was sensitive to. I removed everything from Inglenook and vowed to not display or sell anything that didn't originate from there. I also removed 'Coppola' from the name, calling it Rubicon Estate. Years later, all those products became successful, and the awards were so many that we decided to buy a separate property in Sonoma, and to display the movie history there, which is where the Oscars remain today, at Sonoma's Francis Coppola Winery." — Francis Ford Coppola, 1971 Best Original Screenplay for Patton; 1973 Best Adapted Screenplay for The Godfather; 1975 Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Godfather: Part II.

14 of 20

Alan Menken

"I keep my awards in a cabinet behind my mixing board in my studio. My personal studio is where 99 percent of my creative work happens. It seems appropriate that the awards for that work should reside there. My home, as opposed to my work space, is all about the life I share with my wife and our daughters. If I get an award for 'Best Dad' or 'Best Husband,' I'll keep it there. But, otherwise, my awarded self stops at our front door." — Alan Menken, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995 Best Song and Best Score for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas.

15 of 20

Kwak Sin-ae

"I've placed the Oscar with my BAFTA and Golden Globe trophies on a shelf in my office at Barunson E&A, covering them up with a small poster of Parasite. I've placed them here because it's easy to show these trophies to many of the visitors coming to my office who would like to see them. But, I've covered with the poster to not show them casually." — Kwak Sin-ae, 2020 Best Picture for Parasite.

16 of 20

Ellen Burstyn

"I keep him in my office with all his friends." — Ellen Burstyn, 1975 Best Actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

17 of 20

Giorgio Moroder

"I kept my first Oscar in Italy, but then decided to bring it back to Los Angeles where they are all at home now!" — Giorgio Moroder, 1979 Best Original Score for Midnight Express; 1984 Best Original song for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance; 1987 Best Original Song for "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun.

18 of 20

Gustavo Santaolalla

"My two Oscars have just finished their quarantine — just like us, but without the vaccination. As we happened to be moving, they have just arrived at their new house and are just finding their bearings. Because of their fraternal relationship, they kept their social distance together inside of this bag. They now have to decide where they prefer to showcase. Knowing them, it will be the highest, most precious and beautiful point in the new house!" — Gustavo Santaolalla, 2006 Best Original Score for Brokeback Mountain; 2007 Best Original Score for Babel.

19 of 20

Jamie Lee Curtis

"The Oscar sits in my office in my home. They have a googly eye attached and they sit in front of the poster by Rob Reynolds, which I gave all the members of my creative team on Everything Everywhere All at Once, as it really embodies the spirit of the movie. The blanket was a gift from the beautiful company Saranoni that I partner with with my charity My Hand In Yours! The little whale was from Stephanie Hsu, who went whale watching right after the first screening of the movie at SXSW and we both talk about what an incredible balance that was for her and for all of us, to connect back to nature and the ocean and all our beginnings." — Jamie Lee Curtis, who won Best Supporting Actress in 2023.

20 of 20

Diane Warren

"My Honorary Oscar has a special place on my piano. I look at him and I like to think he's looking back at me but I can't be sure since he has no eyes. He means a lot to me and I like to think I mean a lot to him, but again, I can't be sure because he doesn't talk. If he could talk I have a feeling he might say it took us a long time to find each other but it was worth the wait. Oh, and he might say he would like a little friend!” — Diane Warren, prolific songwriter with 15 competitive nominations who was presented with an Honorary Award in 2022.

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