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Harriet Tubman. Nominated. First Black British actress to be nominated. Second Black woman to receive multiple Oscar nominations in the same year. Third person nominated for an acting award and a music award (Best Original Song) in the same year. First Nigerian to receive an Academy Award nomination.
First Mexican and Latin American to win the Oscars three times. First Mexican Jews to be nominated and to win an Academy Award in any category. 2016: Rodrigo Prieto: Silence: Nominated: 2018: Alfonso Cuarón: Roma: Won: First Mexican director to be nominated for Best Cinematography while serving as both director and cinematographer.
Jan 23, 2024 · January 23, 2024 11:14 AM EST. Lily Gladstone made history as the first Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her starring role in Martin Scorsese ’s Killers of ...
1956. Yul Brynner. The King and I. King Mongkut. Won. Buryat (Mongol) descent as well. First Asian (and first Asian-American, overall) to be nominated for Best Actor, First Asian (and first Asian-American) to win Best Actor. Brynner became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943.
Jan 29, 2018 · Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmuller was the first woman to receive a Best Director nomination for 1976’s “Seven Beauties.”. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to win, for 2009’s “The Hurt ...
Jan 1, 2024 · The Oscars have made progress in honoring female directors, with Jane Campion becoming the third woman to win Best Director in 2022. The 96th Oscars are approaching, and over the course of the award show's 96-year history, seven females have been recognized for their directorial work, and only three of them have won.
First Black gay actor nominated in an acting category. In relationship with architect Charles Gillan Jr., until his 2002 death. Also, he was the first openly gay actor to be nominated for Best Actor and the first openly gay actor nominated in any category to have been out on their own terms. 1973: Marlon Brando: Last Tango in Paris: Paul Nominated
