Birth Countries of Every Oscar-Nominated Actor

Guess the modern-day countries of birth for every person nominated for an acting Oscar.
Remember: Countries where they were BORN, not necessarily where they grew up.
* = Includes overseas territories
One case is unconfirmed; I'll explain it in the comments.
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Country
657*
United States
161
United Kingdom
23
Canada
16
Australia
16*
France
15
Ireland
12
Italy
10
Austria
8
Japan
8
Mexico
8
Russia
7
Sweden
6
Germany
5
South Africa
4
Spain
4
Ukraine
3
Brazil
3
India
2
Argentina
2
Cuba
2
Greece
2
Israel
2
Norway
2
Romania
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belgium
1
Benin
1
Bulgaria
1
Cambodia
1
China
1
Colombia
1
Egypt
1
Eswatini
1
Ethiopia
1
Georgia
1
Hungary
1
Iran
1
Latvia
1
Lithuania
1
Malaysia
1
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1
Nigeria
1
North Korea
1
Poland
1
Slovakia
1
Somalia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Thailand
1
Vietnam
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Level 93
Apr 24, 2023
A couple things to point out:

Akim Tamiroff was born in 1899 in what was once the Russian Empire. It is unconfirmed as to which city he was born in. According to Wikipedia, he was either born in what is now Tbilisi (capital of Georgia) or Baku (capital of Azerbaijan). Because of this, I decided to have both countries automatically filled in, having one count each for the same person.

A few actors were born in overseas territories that belong to other countries. This includes Jocelyn LaGarde, born in Tahiti (which is an overseas collectivity of France), and four people who were born in Puerto Rico, which belongs to the United States. Those four actors are Benicio del Toro, Jose Ferrer, Rita Moreno, and Joaquin Phoenix.

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Level 93
Jan 24, 2026
Update 2026: Two new countries added! Nigeria: Wunmi Mosaku, and Norway: Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (although her Wikipedia page doesn't actually say where she was born so I made an educated guess, though I'll be happy to update it if it's wrong).
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Level 93
Apr 24, 2023
For anyone wondering how I made this, I manually checked the Wikipedia pages of every Oscar nominee to see where they were born, and then I wrote down all the data in a Word document. If anyone wants to check it out, I turned it into a Google Doc and made it available to the public. The link to the Google Doc is here. Let me know if there are any viewing issues and hopefully I'll be able to fix them.
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Level 66
Sep 19, 2025
What actor from North Korea was nominated? I can't find anyone.
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Level 93
Sep 19, 2025
Youn Yuh-jung, who won Best Supporting Actress for Minari, was born in Kaesong in 1947. Today Kaesong is part of North Korea. The quiz is asking for the modern-day country that these actors were born in.