for both Best Supporting Actor and Worst Supporting Actor for Only When I Laugh (1981)First actress to be nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Raspberry Award for the same performance in the filmAmy Irving was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress and Worst Supporting Actress for Yentl (1983)First person to be nominated for supporting acting and songwriting in the same year Mary J. Blige, nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song ("Mighty River") for Mudbound (2017)First person to be nominated for lead acting and songwriting in the same year Lady Gaga, nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Song ("Shallow") for A Star Is Born (2018)First posthumous win for acting Peter Finch won Best Actor for Network (1976)First posthumous nomination for acting Jeanne Eagels, nominated for Best Actress for The Letter (1929)First posthumous nomination for an actor James Dean, nominated for Best Actor for East of Eden (1955)First posthumous nomination for a Black actor Chadwick Boseman, nominated for Best Actor for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)First actor or actress to win and be nominated for performing in a sign language Jane Wyman won Best Actress for Johnny Belinda (1948), performing in American Sign LanguageFirst actor or actress to win for performing in a language other than English Sophia Loren won Best Actress for Two Women (1961), performing in ItalianFirst actor or actress to be nominated for performing in a language other than English Melina Mercouri was nominated for Best Actress for Never on Sunday (1960), performing in GreekFirst actor to win for performing in a language other than English Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II (1974), performing in ItalianFirst actor to be nominated for performing in a language other than English Marcello Mastroianni was nominated for Best Actor for Divorce Italian Style (1961), performing in ItalianFirst actor or actress to be nominated for a performance in a 3-D film Sandra Bullock was nominated for Best Actress for Gravity (2013)First actor to be nominated for a performance in a 3-D film Matt Damon was nominated for Best Actor for The Martian (2015)First African to win for acting Charlize Theron (from South Africa), won Best Actress for Monster (2003)First African to be nominated for acting Basil Rathbone (from South Africa), nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Romeo and Juliet (1936)First Asian to win for acting Miyoshi Umeki (from Japan), won Best Supporting