Tatum O'Neil
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O'Neal in November 2014
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| Born |
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal November 5, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, author |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Spouse(s) | John McEnroe (m. 1986; div. 1994) |
| Children | Kevin John McEnroe (b. 1986) Sean Timothy McEnroe (b. 1987) Emily Katherine McEnroe (b. 1991) |
| Parent(s) |
Ryan O'Neal Joanna Moore (1934–1997) |
| Relatives |
Griffin O'Neal (brother) Patrick O'Neal (half-brother) Redmond O'Neal (half-brother) |
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress and author. She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, which she won in 1974 at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. She also starred in The Bad News Bears, in 1976, followed by Nickelodeon (1976), and Little Darlings (1980). She is also known for being Michael Jackson's first girlfriend.
In 1986, O'Neal married professional tennis player John McEnroe, with whom she had three children. The couple separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1994.
O'Neal was born in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California, to actors Ryan O'Neal (1941–) and Joanna Moore (1934–1997). Her brother, Griffin, was born in 1964. In 1967, her parents divorced and her father quickly remarried. Her father's marriage to actress Leigh Taylor-Young produced Tatum's half-brother, Patrick, but the union ended in divorce in 1973. Tatum has another half-brother, Redmond, from Ryan O'Neal's relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett. O'Neal's mother died of lung cancer in 1997 at age 63, after a career in which she appeared in such movies as Walk on the Wild Side and Follow That Dream. Her paternal ancestry is Irish, English and Ashkenazi Jewish.
On April 2, 1974, at age 10, Tatum O'Neal won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress for her performance in Paper Moon, released in May 1973. The youngest ever to win a competitive Academy Award, she turned 9 years old during filming in autumn 1972. O'Neal played the role of Addie Loggins, a child con artist being tutored by a Depression-era grifter played by her father, Ryan. In her 2010 appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race, O'Neal stated that her father had not attended the Academy Awards ceremony with her due to his busy schedule.
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