List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for foreign language performances - wikipedia 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. 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. 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 ), 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 ) 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 ). 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. Contents 1 Nominees 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Nominees Year ( Ceremony ) Actor / Actress Category Film title used in nomination Original title Language Result 1960 ( 33rd ) Mercouri, Melina Melina Mercouri Best Actress Never on Sunday Pote tin Kyriaki Greek Nominee 1961 ( 34th ) Loren, Sophia Sophia Loren Best Actress Two Women La ciociara Italian Academy Award ! Won Academy Award 1962 ( 35th ) Mastroianni, Marcello Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor Divorce Italian Style Divorzio all'italiana Italian Nominee 1964 ( 37th ) Loren, Sophia Sophia Loren Best Actress Marriage Italian - Style Matrimonio all'Italiana Italian Nominee 1966 ( 39th ) Aimée, Anouk Anouk Aimée Best Actress A Man and a Woman Un homme et une femme French Nominee Kaminska, Ida Ida Kaminska Best Actress The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze Slovak Nominee 1972 ( 45th ) Ullmann, Liv Liv Ullmann Best Actress The Emigrants Utvandrarna Swedish Nominee ( 47th ) Cortese, Valentina Valentina Cortese Best Supporting Actress Day for Night La Nuit américaine French Nominee De Niro, Robert Robert De Niro Best Supporting Actor The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II Italian Academy Award ! Won Academy Award ( 48th ) Kane, Carol Carol Kane Best Actress Hester Street Hester Street Yiddish Nominee Adjani, Isabelle Isabelle Adjani Best Actress The Story of Adele H. L'Histoire d'Adèle H. French Nominee 1976 ( 49th ) Barrault, Marie - Christine Marie - Christine Barrault Best Actress Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine French Nominee Giannini, Giancarlo Giancarlo Giannini Best Actor Seven Beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze Italian Nominee Ullmann, Liv Liv Ullmann Best Actress Face to Face Ansikte mot ansikte Swedish Nominee 1977 ( 50th ) Mastroianni, Marcello Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor A Special Day Una giornata particolare Italian Nominee 1978 ( 51st ) Bergman, Ingrid Ingrid Bergman Best Actress Autumn Sonata Höstsonaten Swedish Nominee ( 60th ) Mastroianni, Marcello Marcello Mastroianni Best Actor Dark Eyes Oci ciornie Italian Nominee ( 61st ) von Sydow, Max Max von Sydow Best Actor Pelle the Conqueror Pelle Erobreren Swedish Nominee ( 62nd ) Adjani, Isabelle Isabelle Adjani Best Actress Camille Claudel Camille Claudel French Nominee ( 63rd ) Depardieu, Gerard 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 ( 65th ) Deneuve, Catherine Catherine Deneuve Best Actress Indochine Indochine French Nominee 1995 ( 68th ) Troisi, Massimo Massimo Troisi Best Actor The Postman ( Il Postino ) Il Postino Italian Nominee 1998 ( 71st ) Benigni, Roberto Roberto Benigni Best Actor Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Italian Academy Award ! Won Academy Award Montenegro, Fernanda Fernanda Montenegro Best Actress Central Station Central do Brasil Brazilian Portuguese Nominee 2000 ( 73rd ) Bardem, Javier Javier Bardem Best Actor Before Night Falls Before Night Falls Spanish Nominee del Toro, Benicio Benicio del Toro Best Supporting Actor Traffic Traffic Spanish Academy Award ! Won Academy Award ( 77th ) Moreno, Catalina Sandino Catalina Sandino Moreno Best Actress Maria Full of Grace María llena eres de gracia Spanish Nominee 2006 ( 79th ) Cruz, Penélope Penélope Cruz Best Actress Volver Volver Spanish Nominee Barraza, Adriana Adriana Barraza Best Supporting Actress Babel Babel English, Spanish Nominee Kikuchi, Rinko Rinko Kikuchi Best Supporting Actress Japanese Sign Language Nominee 2007 ( 80th ) Cotillard, Marion Marion Cotillard Best Actress La Vie en Rose La Môme French Academy Award ! Won Academy Award 2008 ( 81st ) Cruz, Penélope Penélope Cruz Best Supporting Actress Vicky Cristina Barcelona Vicky Cristina Barcelona English, Spanish Academy Award ! Won Academy Award 2009 ( 82nd ) Waltz, Christoph Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds English, German, French Academy Award ! Won Academy Award ( 83rd ) Bardem, Javier Javier Bardem Best Actor Biutiful Biutiful Spanish Nominee 2011 ( 84th ) Bichir, Demián Demián Bichir Best Actor A Better Life A Better Life English, Spanish Nominee 2012 ( 85th ) Riva, Emmanuelle Emmanuelle Riva Best Actress Amour Amour French Nominee 2013 ( 86th ) Abdi, Barkhad Barkhad Abdi Best Supporting Actor Captain Phillips Captain Phillips English, Somali Nominee 2014 ( 87th ) Cotillard, Marion Marion Cotillard Best Actress Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit French Nominee 2016 ( 89th ) Huppert, Isabelle Isabelle Huppert Best Actress Elle Elle French Nominee 2017 ( 90th ) Chalamet, Timothée Timothée Chalamet Best Actor Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name English, French, Italian Nominee See also Film portal 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 Notes 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 Jump up ^ `` 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. Jump up ^ `` Acting Oscar Nominations for Foreign - Language Performances ''. scottfeinberg.com. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015. Jump up ^ `` Marcello Mastroianni - Awards ''. Moviefone. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Sophia Loren - Awards ''. Moviefone. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Liv Ullmann - Awards ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Isabelle Adjani - Awards ''. Moviefone. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Javier Bardem - Awards ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2015 - 01 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Marion Cotillard - Awards ''. The New York Times. 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Question: first actor or actress to win an acting oscar for a non-english speaking role
Answer: Sophia Loren