Is one of 19 actresses to have received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance where they acted out a labor and/or birth; hers being for Johnny Belinda (1948). The others in chronological order are Luise Rainer for La buona terra (1937), Eleanor Parker for Prima colpa (1950), Elizabeth Taylor for L'albero della vita (1957), Leslie Caron for La stanza a forma di L (1962), Shirley MacLaine for Irma la dolce (1963), Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anna dei mille giorni (1969), Marsha Mason for Un grande amore da 50 dollari (1973), Ann-Margret for Tommy (1975), Ellen Burstyn for Lo stesso giorno il prossimo anno (1978), Jessica Lange for Sweet Dreams (1985), Meryl Streep for Un grido nella notte (1988), Samantha Morton for In America - Il sogno che non c'era (2002), Elliot Page for Juno (2007), Gabourey Sidibe for Precious (2009), Ruth Negga for Loving - L'amore deve nascere libero (2016), Yalitza Aparicio for Roma (2018) and Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman (2020).
