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:
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.