International Presence
As the Academy Awards are based in the United States and are centered on the Hollywood film industry, the majority of Academy Award winners have been Americans. Nonetheless, there is significant international presence at the awards, as evidenced by the following list of winners for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Australia: Cate Blanchett
- Canada / New Zealand: Anna Paquin
- France: Juliette Binoche
- Greece: Katina Paxinou
- Republic of Ireland: Brenda Fricker
- Japan: Miyoshi Umeki
- Puerto Rico: Rita Moreno
- Russia: Lila Kedrova
- Spain: Penélope Cruz
- Sweden: Ingrid Bergman
- United Kingdom: Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench, Wendy Hiller, Vanessa Redgrave, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Weisz, Catherine Zeta-Jones
There have been two years in which all four of the top acting Academy Awards were presented to non-Americans (Europeans).
- At the 37th Academy Awards (1964), the winners were Rex Harrison (British), Julie Andrews (British), Peter Ustinov (British), and Lila Kedrova (Russian).
- At the 80th Academy Awards (2007), the winners were Daniel Day-Lewis (British and Irish), Marion Cotillard (French), Javier Bardem (Spanish), and Tilda Swinton (British).
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