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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Actors Nominated For Academy Awards For Non-English Performances
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for 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.

This list is current as of the 95th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 12, 2023.

In 1962, Sophia Loren became the first actor to win an Oscar for a non-English language performance.

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 2023, 52 actors and actresses have been nominated for Academy Awards for non-English language performances. Sixteen of these actors and actresses have received Academy Awards for their performances:

Seven actors have had multiple Academy Award nominations for non-English language performances: Marcello Mastroianni (three Best Actor nominations for Italian-language performances), 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), Liv Ullmann (two Best Actress nominations for Swedish-language performances), Isabelle Adjani (two Best Actress nominations for French-language performances), Javier Bardem (two Best Actor nominations for Spanish-language performances), 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), and Penélope Cruz (two Best Actress nominations for Spanish-language performances).

Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard are the only actresses to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for non-English 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 non-English language performance.

Twelve actors have been nominated for Sign Language performances: Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda; Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker; Alan Arkin for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; John Mills for Ryan's Daughter; Marlee Matlin for Children of a Lesser God; Holly Hunter for The Piano; Samantha Morton for Sweet and Lowdown; Rinko Kikuchi for Babel, Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water; Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci for Sound of Metal; Troy Kotsur for CODA. All used American Sign Language except for Mills and Hunter, who used British Sign Language, and Kikuchi, who used Japanese Sign Language.

Nominees

Year
(Ceremony)		 Actor/Actress Category Film title used in nomination Original title Language Result
1948
(21st) 		Jane Wyman Best Actress Johnny Belinda Johnny Belinda American Sign Language Won Academy Award
1956
(28th) 		Anna Magnani Best Actress The Rose Tattoo La rosa tatuata English, Italian Won Academy Award
1960
(33rd) 		Melina Mercouri Best Actress Never on Sunday Pote tin Kyriaki Greek, English 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
Patty Duke Best Supporting Actress The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker American Sign Language Won Academy Award
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 Kamińska Best Actress The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze Slovak, Yiddish Nominee
1968
(41st) 		Alan Arkin Best Actor The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart is a Lonely Hunter American Sign Language Nominee
1970
(43rd) 		John Mills Best Supporting Actor Ryan's Daughter Ryan's Daughter British Sign Language Won Academy Award
1972
(45th) 		Liv Ullmann Best Actress The Emigrants Utvandrarna Swedish Nominee
1974
(47th) 		Robert De Niro Best Supporting Actor The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II Italian Won Academy Award
Valentina Cortese Best Supporting Actress Day for Night La Nuit américaine French Nominee
1975
(48th) 		Isabelle Adjani Best Actress The Story of Adele H. L'Histoire d'Adèle H. French Nominee
Carol Kane Best Actress Hester Street Hester Street Yiddish Nominee
1976
(49th) 		Giancarlo Giannini Best Actor Seven Beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze Italian Nominee
Marie-Christine Barrault Best Actress Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine French 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
1982
(55th) 		Ben Kingsley Best Actor Gandhi Gandhi English, Hindi Won Academy Award
Meryl Streep Best Actress Sophie's Choice Sophie's Choice English, German, Polish Won Academy Award
1986
(59th) 		Marlee Matlin Best Actress Children of a Lesser God Children of a Lesser God American Sign Language Won Academy Award
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 Dances with Wolves Lakota Nominee
1992
(65th) 		Catherine Deneuve Best Actress Indochine Indochine French Nominee
1993
(66th) 		Holly Hunter Best Actress The Piano The Piano British Sign Language Won Academy Award
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 Portuguese Nominee
1999
(72nd) 		Samantha Morton Best Supporting Actress Sweet and Lowdown Sweet and Lowdown American Sign Language Nominee
2000
(73rd) 		Javier Bardem Best Actor Before Night Falls Before Night Falls Spanish Nominee
Benicio del Toro Best Supporting Actor Traffic 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 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 Vicky Cristina Barcelona English, Spanish Won Academy Award
2009
(82nd) 		Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor Inglourious Basterds 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 Better Life English, Spanish Nominee
2012
(85th) 		Emmanuelle Riva Best Actress Amour Amour French Nominee
2013
(86th) 		Barkhad Abdi Best Supporting Actor Captain Phillips 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
Dev Patel Best Supporting Actor Lion Lion English, Hindi, Bengali Nominee
2017
(90th) 		Timothée Chalamet Best Actor Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name English, French, Italian Nominee
Sally Hawkins Best Actress The Shape of Water The Shape of Water American Sign Language Nominee
2018
(91st) 		Yalitza Aparicio Best Actress Roma Roma Spanish, Mixtec Nominee
Marina de Tavira Best Supporting Actress Spanish Nominee
2019
(92nd) 		Antonio Banderas Best Actor Pain and Glory Dolor y Gloria Spanish Nominee
2020
(93rd) 		Riz Ahmed Best Actor Sound of Metal Sound of Metal English, American Sign Language Nominee
Paul Raci Best Supporting Actor Nominee
Steven Yeun Best Actor Minari 미나리 Korean, English Nominee
Youn Yuh-jung Best Supporting Actress Korean, English Won Academy Award
2021
(94th) 		Penélope Cruz Best Actress Parallel Mothers Madres paralelas Spanish Nominee
Troy Kotsur Best Supporting Actor CODA CODA American Sign Language Won Academy Award
2022
(95th) 		Michelle Yeoh Best Actress Everything Everywhere All at Once Everything Everywhere All at Once English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Won Academy Award
Ke Huy Quan Best Supporting Actor English, Mandarin Chinese Won Academy Award
2023
(96th) 		Lily Gladstone Best Actress Killers of the Flower Moon Killers of the Flower Moon English, Osage Nominee
Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute English, French Nominee