Let's Meet the Nominees - 2014 Oscars (Part 3)

Every year, multiple foreigners are honored with a nomination at the Oscars. Here's a look at this year's lot.

Cate Blanchett

Best Actress Nominee: "Blue Jasmine"

Nationality: Australian

Judi Dench

Best Actress Nominee: "Philomena"

Nationality: English

Chiwetel Ejoifor

Best Actor Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: English

Christian Bale

Best Actor Nominee: "American Hustle"

Nationality: Welsh

Lupita Nyong'o

Best Supporting Actress Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: Kenyan

Sally Hawkins

Best Supporting Actress Nominee: "Blue Jasmine"

Nationality: English

Barkhad Abdi

Best Supporting Actor Nominee: "Captain Phillips"

Nationality: Somalian

Michael Fassbender

Best Supporting Actor Nominee: "12 Years a Slave"

Nationality: Irish and German

Oscar Photos

Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Actress) 

Dame Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress)

James Coburn (Best Supporting Actor)

Roberto Benigni (Best Actor) 

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Fun Shoots

Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Stacey Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Panalope Cruz, and Sophia Loren enjoy a sit-down while on the set of "Nine", 2009

Fun Shoots

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Pedro Almodovar (as the Club Owner), Penelope Cruz (as the Songbird)

James McAvoy (as the Shutterbug), Jennifer Hudson (as the Thrush),

Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson (as the Pretty Boy),

Kerry Washington (as the Debutante), Adam Beach (as the Swell),

Amy Adams (as the Society Girl), Derek Luke (as the College Boy),

Evan Rachel Wood (as Betty)

Naomi Watts (as the Skirt), Peter O'Toole (as the Watchman)

Judi Dench (as the Maiden Aunt), Helen Mirren (as the Aristocrat)

22 Best Dance Scenes

Film: NINE

Director: Rob Marshall

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard,

Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Stacey Ferguson,

Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren

Year: 2009

The film sucked, but a few of the songs were fabulous... especially Kate Hudson's musical turn as 'Stephanie' the US reporter. Who knew she could sing and dance? I guess she inherited more than her good looks from Ms. Goldie Hawn.

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Brit of the Week

Romola Garai (Aug. 6, 1982) was born in Singapore to a journalist mother and banker father. She moved with her family back to England at the age of eight and went on to attend Queen Mary, University of London. She grabbed the role of a younger Judi Dench in "Last of the Blonde Bombshells" after an agent spotted her. Her first major role was as 'Kate Nickleby' in 2002's "Nicholas Nickleby". After roles in "Vanity Fair", "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights", Garai got the part of older 'Briony' in 2007's Oscar-nominated film "Atonement". Next up for her are "One Day" (with Anne Hathaway and Patricia Clarkson) and "Virtuoso" (with Armin Mueller-Stahl).