List of French Academy Award winners and nominees
Leading

List of French Academy Award winners and nominees

Section Title: Leading
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Year	Winner	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes

1934	Claudette Colbert	It Happened One Night	Won	French-born American actress. First French actress to win Best Actress and to be nominated.

1935	Private Worlds	Nominated	First French actress to receive more than one Academy Award nomination.

1944	Since You Went Away	Nominated	Most Academy Award nominations - 3 nominations for Best Actress.

1953	Leslie Caron	Lili	Nominated

1959	Simone Signoret	Room at the Top	Won	Second French actress to win Best Actress.

1963	Leslie Caron	The L-Shaped Room	Nominated	Second French actress to receive more than one nomination - 2 nominations for Best Actress.

1965	Simone Signoret	Ship of Fools	Nominated

1966	Anouk Aimée	A Man and a Woman	Nominated	First actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role.

1975	Isabelle Adjani	The Story of Adele H.	Nominated	Second actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role.

1976	Marie-Christine Barrault	Cousin, cousine	Nominated

1989	Isabelle Adjani	Camille Claudel	Nominated	Third French actress to receive more than one nomination - 2 nominations for Best Actress. The first to be nominated for two French-speaking roles.

1992	Catherine Deneuve	Indochine	Nominated

2000	Juliette Binoche	Chocolat	Nominated	First and only French actress to be nominated for both Leading and Supporting categories. Third French actress to receive more than one nomination.

2007	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en Rose	Won	First actress to win for a French-speaking role. Third French actress to win Best Actress.

2012	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour	Nominated	Oldest Best Actress nominee in the history.

2014	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night	Nominated	Fifth French actress to receive more than one nomination, the second to be nominated for two French-speaking roles and the first to be nominated for a Belgian film.

2016	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Nominated

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In 1959, Simone Signoret became the second French person to win an Academy Award, for Room at the Top.

final_sentence: In 1959, Simone Signoret became the second French person to win an Academy Award, for Room at the Top.