Scientists from the University of Toronto and elsewhere found that actors and actresses who win an Academy Award live a few years longer than other actors who do not win such an award.
The research is published in PLOS ONE and was conducted by Donald A. Redelmeier et al.
Previous research found that Oscar-winning actors and actresses tend to live longer than actors who never won the award.
In this study, the team obtained data for 934 actors/actresses who had been nominated and/or won an Oscar from the years 1929 to 2020.
They also collected the same type of data for actors who had appeared in the same film as the Oscar-winning actor and who were similar in age and gender as a control group.
The team compared the lifespans of those who had won the Oscar to those who did not.
They found that the winners of the award lived on average 77.1 years; those who had been nominated but did not win lived on average 73.7 years, and those who had not been nominated lived for an average of 73.6 years.
The team then made predictions for each group of actors.
It showed winners living for approximately 81.3 years, nominees for 76.4, and non-nominated actors for 76.2.
The research did not give any clues as to why Oscar-winning actors might live longer, but the researchers suggest it could be due to eating better and living a healthier lifestyle to go along with their increased stature after winning such a prestigious award.
The team also suggests that after winning an Oscar, many actors may not face as much stress in their careers.
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