Day-Lewis won his first Academy Award in 1990 for My Left Foot, his second in
2008 for There Will Be Blood and has now made it three for Lincoln.
That tally is bettered only by the inimitable Katharine Hepburn, who secured
four best actress Oscars.
Having starred in just six films over the past 15 years, Day-Lewis is famous
for being choosy with his roles and for the huge amount of preparation he puts
into his characters.
He told the
BBC last month that his immersive acting method made "complete sense" to
him. "All you're trying to do is lay the groundwork, which might allow the
imagination to free itself," he said
"When the imagination frees itself, you have no goddamn idea what's going to
happen. So it's not a constrictive or restrictive way of working - quite the
opposite."
He added that he found it far easier to stay in character during the filming
process, saying: "What would drain me much more, in my case, is jumping in and
out of that world that we've gone to such an inordinate length to create for
ourselves."
The actor's sister, Tamasin, told the BBC her brother had been "amazingly
lucky in his career... and he's made incredible choices."
So is it the combination of his acting method and canny role choice that have
led to him bagging so many Oscars?
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