List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for foreign language performances

Sophia Loren received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Two Women and a Best Actress nomination for Marriage Italian-Style.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for foreign language (non-English) performances in films, with the first award given in 1961. For an actor or actress to be eligible for any of the Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress for a foreign language performance in a film produced outside the United States, the film must have been commercially released in Los Angeles County and have English subtitles with the theatrical release.

In 1962, Sophia Loren became the first actor to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance.[1]

Marion Cotillard received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in La Vie en Rose and a Best Actress nomination for Two Days, One Night.

As of 2018, 33 actors and actresses have been nominated for Academy Awards for foreign language performances.[2] Seven of these actors and actresses have received Academy Awards for their performances. Five actors have won for a performance that was mostly or solely spoken in a foreign language: Sophia Loren for Two Women (Italian), Robert De Niro for The Godfather Part II (Italian), Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful (Italian), Benicio del Toro for Traffic (Spanish), and Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (French). Two actors have won for performances mostly spoken in English (Penélope Cruz for her English and Spanish-language performance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (English, German and French).

Six actors have had multiple Academy Award nominations for foreign-language performances: Marcello Mastroianni (three Best Actor nominations for Italian-language performances),[3] Sophia Loren (one Academy Award for Best Actress for Two Women and another Best Actress nomination for Marriage Italian-Style, both for Italian-language performances),[4] Liv Ullmann (two Best Actress nominations for Swedish-language performances),[5] Isabelle Adjani (two Best Actress nominations for French-language performances),[6] Javier Bardem (two Best Actor nominations for Spanish-language performances)[7] and Marion Cotillard (one Academy Award for Best Actress for La Vie en Rose and another Best Actress nomination for Two Days, One Night, both for French-language performances).[8]

Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard are the only actresses to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for foreign language performances, Italian and French, respectively. Cotillard is the only actor to receive two Oscar nominations for foreign films without having her films nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She is also the only actor to be nominated for a Belgian film ("Two Days, One Night").

Roberto Benigni is the only actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for a foreign language performance.

Nominees

Year
(Ceremony)		Actor/ActressCategoryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguageResult
1960
(33rd)		 Melina Mercouri Best Actress Never on Sunday[A] Pote tin Kyriaki Greek Nominee
1961
(34th)		 Sophia Loren Best Actress Two Women La ciociara Italian Won Academy Award
1962
(35th)		 Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor Divorce Italian Style Divorzio all'italiana Italian Nominee
1964
(37th)		 Sophia Loren Best Actress Marriage Italian-Style Matrimonio all'Italiana Italian Nominee
1966
(39th)		 Anouk Aimée Best Actress A Man and a Woman Un homme et une femme French Nominee
Ida Kaminska Best Actress The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze Slovak, Yiddish Nominee
1972
(45th)		 Liv Ullmann Best Actress The Emigrants Utvandrarna Swedish Nominee
1974
(47th)		 Valentina Cortese Best Supporting Actress Day for Night La Nuit américaine French Nominee
Robert De Niro Best Supporting Actor The Godfather Part II[A] The Godfather Part II Italian Won Academy Award
1975
(48th)		 Carol Kane Best Actress Hester Street[A] Hester Street Yiddish Nominee
Isabelle Adjani Best Actress The Story of Adele H. L'Histoire d'Adèle H. French Nominee
1976
(49th)		 Marie-Christine Barrault Best Actress Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine French Nominee
Giancarlo Giannini Best Actor Seven Beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze Italian Nominee
Liv Ullmann Best Actress Face to Face Ansikte mot ansikte Swedish Nominee
1977
(50th)		 Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor A Special Day Una giornata particolare Italian Nominee
1978
(51st)		 Ingrid Bergman Best Actress Autumn Sonata Höstsonaten Swedish Nominee
1987
(60th)		 Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor Dark Eyes Oci ciornie Italian Nominee
1988
(61st)		 Max von Sydow Best Actor Pelle the Conqueror Pelle Erobreren Swedish Nominee
1989
(62nd)		 Isabelle Adjani Best Actress Camille Claudel Camille Claudel French Nominee
1990
(63rd)		 Gerard Depardieu Best Actor Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac French Nominee
Graham Greene Best Supporting Actor Dances with Wolves[A] Dances with Wolves Lakota Nominee
1992
(65th)		 Catherine Deneuve Best Actress Indochine Indochine French Nominee
1995
(68th)		 Massimo Troisi Best Actor The Postman (Il Postino) Il Postino Italian Nominee
1998
(71st)		 Roberto Benigni Best Actor Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Italian Won Academy Award
Fernanda Montenegro Best Actress Central Station Central do Brasil Brazilian Portuguese Nominee
2000
(73rd)		 Javier Bardem Best Actor Before Night Falls Before Night Falls Spanish Nominee
Benicio del Toro Best Supporting Actor Traffic[A] Traffic Spanish Won Academy Award
2004
(77th)		 Catalina Sandino Moreno Best Actress Maria Full of Grace María llena eres de gracia Spanish Nominee
2006
(79th)		 Penélope Cruz Best Actress Volver Volver Spanish Nominee
Adriana Barraza Best Supporting Actress Babel[A] Babel English, Spanish Nominee
Rinko Kikuchi Best Supporting Actress Japanese Sign Language Nominee
2007
(80th)		 Marion Cotillard Best Actress La Vie en Rose La Môme French Won Academy Award
2008
(81st)		 Penélope Cruz Best Supporting Actress Vicky Cristina Barcelona[A] Vicky Cristina Barcelona English, Spanish Won Academy Award
2009
(82nd)		 Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor Inglourious Basterds[A] Inglourious Basterds English, German, French Won Academy Award
2010
(83rd)		 Javier Bardem Best Actor Biutiful Biutiful Spanish Nominee
2011
(84th)		 Demián Bichir Best Actor A Better Life[A] A Better Life English, Spanish Nominee
2012
(85th)		 Emmanuelle Riva Best Actress Amour Amour French Nominee
2013
(86th)		 Barkhad Abdi Best Supporting Actor Captain Phillips[A] Captain Phillips English, Somali Nominee
2014
(87th)		 Marion Cotillard Best Actress Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit French Nominee
2016
(89th)		 Isabelle Huppert Best Actress Elle Elle French Nominee
2017
(90th)		 Timothée Chalamet Best Actor Call Me by Your Name[A] Call Me by Your Name English, French, Italian Nominee

See also

Notes

  • A The film was produced in the United States and/or contains primarily English dialogue.

References

General

  • "Acting Foreign Language". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-03-08. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Acting Oscar Nominations for Foreign-Language Performances". scottfeinberg.com. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Marcello Mastroianni - Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Sophia Loren - Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Liv Ullmann - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  6. ↑ "Isabelle Adjani - Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Javier Bardem - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  8. ↑ "Marion Cotillard - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

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