Actress for Sayonara (1957)First Nordic to win for acting Ingrid Bergman (from Sweden) won Best Actress for Gaslight (1944)First Nordic to be nominated for acting Greta Garbo (from Sweden) was nominated for Best Actress for Anna Christie (1930)First Nordic actor to be nominated for acting Max von Sydow (from Sweden) was nominated for Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988)First Southeast European to be nominated for acting Maria Bakalova (from Bulgaria) was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)First Australian to win Best Actor Peter Finch for Network (1976)First Australian to win Best Actress Nicole Kidman (born in U.S.) for The Hours (2002)First Canadian to win Best Actress Mary Pickford in the Best Actress category for Coquette (1928/29)First Canadian actor to win in an acting category Harold Russell won Best Supporting Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)First French to win Best Actor Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)First French to win Best Actress Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934)First French to win for performing in the French language Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for La Vie en rose (2007). She is the only actress to date to have won it.First French to be nominated for performing in the French language Anouk Aimée was nominated for Best Actress for A Man and a Woman (1966)First Italian to win Best Actor Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful (1997)First Italian to win Best Actress Anna Magnani for The Rose Tattoo (1955)First German to win Best Actor Emil Jannings (born in Switzerland) for The Way of All Flesh (1927) and The Last Command (1928)First German to win Best Actress Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1937)First Latin American to win Best Actor José Ferrer (from Puerto Rico) won for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)First Latin American actress to win in any category Rita Moreno (from Puerto Rico) won Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1961)First South Korean to win in an acting categoryYoun Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress for Minari (2020)First Spanish actor to win in an acting category Javier Bardem won Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men (2007)First Spanish actress to win in an acting category Penélope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)First actor of Russian descent to win in an acting categoryYul Brynner won Best Actor for The King and I (1956)First actress of Russian descent to