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.[1]
As of 2023[update], 52 actors and actresses have been nominated for Academy Awards for non-English language performances.[2] Sixteen of these actors and actresses have received Academy Awards for their performances:
- Six actors have won for performances that were mostly or solely spoken in a language other than English: 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), Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (French), and Youn Yuh-jung for Minari (Korean).
- Four actors have won for multilingual performances mostly spoken in English: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (English and Spanish), Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (English, German, French and Italian), Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once (English and Mandarin; Yeoh also speaks Cantonese in the role).[3]
- Six actors have won for performances that were mostly or solely in sign language: Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (American Sign Language), Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker (American Sign Language), John Mills for Ryan's Daughter (British Sign Language), Marlee Matlin for Children of a Lesser God (American Sign Language), Holly Hunter for The Piano (British Sign Language), and Troy Kotsur for CODA (American Sign Language).
Seven actors have had multiple Academy Award nominations for non-English language performances: Marcello Mastroianni (three Best Actor nominations for Italian-language performances),[4] 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),[5] Liv Ullmann (two Best Actress nominations for Swedish-language performances),[6] Isabelle Adjani (two Best Actress nominations for French-language performances),[7] Javier Bardem (two Best Actor nominations for Spanish-language performances),[8] 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),[9] 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.[10] She is also the only actor to be nominated for a Belgian film (Two Days, One Night).[11]
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 |
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1948 (21st) | Jane Wyman | Best Actress | Johnny Belinda [A] | Johnny Belinda | American Sign Language | Won Academy Award |
1956 (28th) | Anna Magnani | Best Actress | The Rose Tattoo [A] | La rosa tatuata | English, Italian | Won Academy Award |
1960 (33rd) | Melina Mercouri | Best Actress | Never on Sunday [A] | 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 [A] | 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 [A] | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | American Sign Language | Nominee |
1970 (43rd) | John Mills | Best Supporting Actor | Ryan's Daughter [A] | 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 [A] | 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 [A] | 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 [A] | Gandhi | English, Hindi | Won Academy Award |
Meryl Streep | Best Actress | Sophie's Choice [A] | Sophie's Choice | English, German, Polish | Won Academy Award | |
1986 (59th) | Marlee Matlin | Best Actress | Children of a Lesser God [A] | 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 [A] | Dances with Wolves | Lakota | Nominee | |
1992 (65th) | Catherine Deneuve | Best Actress | Indochine | Indochine | French | Nominee |
1993 (66th) | Holly Hunter | Best Actress | The Piano [A] | 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 [A] | Sweet and Lowdown | American Sign Language | Nominee |
2000 (73rd) | Javier Bardem | Best Actor | Before Night Falls [A] | 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 |
Dev Patel | Best Supporting Actor | Lion [A] | Lion | English, Hindi, Bengali | Nominee | |
2017 (90th) | Timothée Chalamet | Best Actor | Call Me by Your Name [A] | Call Me by Your Name | English, French, Italian | Nominee |
Sally Hawkins | Best Actress | The Shape of Water [A] | 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 [A] | Sound of Metal | English, American Sign Language | Nominee |
Paul Raci | Best Supporting Actor | Nominee | ||||
Steven Yeun | Best Actor | Minari [A] | 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 [A] | CODA | American Sign Language | Won Academy Award | |
2022 (95th) | Michelle Yeoh | Best Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once [A] | 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 [A] | Killers of the Flower Moon | English, Osage | Nominee |
Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall [B] | Anatomie d'une chute | English, French | Nominee |
Notes
- A The film was produced in the United States and/or contains primarily English dialogue.
- B Sandra Hüller speaks mostly English in Anatomy of a Fall.[12][13][14] 59% of the film is spoken in French.[15]
Most nominated languages
- BA = Best Actor/Actress nominations.
- BSA = Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominations.
Rank | Language | BA | BSA | Total | Wins | Winning actor(s) |
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1 | French | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | Marion Cotillard (2007), Christoph Waltz (2009) |
2 | Italian | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | Anna Magnani (1956), Sophia Loren (1961), Robert De Niro (1974), Roberto Benigni (1998) |
3 | Spanish | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | Benicio del Toro (2000), Penélope Cruz (2008) |
4 | American Sign Language | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | Jane Wyman (1948), Patty Duke (1962), Marlee Matlin (1986), Troy Kotsur (2021) |
5 | Swedish | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
6 | German | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Meryl Streep (1982), Christoph Waltz (2008) |
7 | British Sign Language | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | John Mills (1970), Holly Hunter (1993) |
Hindi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ben Kingsley (1982) | |
Korean | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Youn Yuh-jung (2020) | |
Mandarin Chinese | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh (2022) | |
Yiddish | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | |
8 | Cantonese | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Michelle Yeoh (2022) |
See also
- List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- List of Academy Award records
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- General
- "Acting Foreign Language". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. March 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
- Specific
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- ^ "Acting Oscar Nominations for Foreign-Language Performances". scottfeinberg.com. January 21, 2015. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Curran, Brad (March 5, 2023). "Everything Everywhere All At Once's Dialect Switches Are Smarter Than You Think". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "Marcello Mastroianni - Awards". Moviefone. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ^ "Sophia Loren - Awards". Moviefone. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ^ "Liv Ullmann - Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ^ "Isabelle Adjani - Awards". Moviefone. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ^ "Javier Bardem - Awards". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Marion Cotillard - Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Lenker, Maureen Lee (October 17, 2022). "The biggest foreign film winners in Oscar history". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Oscars: 40 Foreign-Language Performances That Competed at the Academy Awards | Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night" (2014)". IndieWire. October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
Cotillard's nomination made her the first actor or actress in a Belgian film to compete for the Oscar.
- ^ Lane, Anthony (October 6, 2023). ""Anatomy of a Fall" Is a Magnificently Slippery Thriller". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
Speaking largely in English, the language in which—as a compromise, or in search of common ground—they raised Daniel, she is a mother with no use for her mother tongue
- ^ Dobson, Patricia (December 11, 2023). "How 'Anatomy Of A Fall' and 'The Zone Of Interest' affirm Sandra Hüller's elevation to the A-list". Screen International.
Hüller speaks French and English in the film, but no German.
- ^ Ebiri, Bilge (October 17, 2023). "We Don't Know Anything". Vulture. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
It will probably help that much of the movie, including most of its key scenes, are in English.
- ^ "'Anatomy of a Fall' and 'The Taste of Things' Put Neon and IFC Back in Oscar Hunt with French Twist". Variety. September 4, 2023. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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