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PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Say what you will about Kristen Stewart, but she's just become the first American actress in 30 years to be nominated for a César Award in France.
Stewart was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in independent film Clouds of Sils Maria, which also stars Juliette Binoche. Binoche was also nominated for her role in the film.
The César Awards are the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The last American to be nominated for the French award in acting was Adrien Brody for his role in 2003's The Pianist. He won. The last American actress to earn a nomination was Julia Migenes in 1985 for her role in Carmen. She didn't win.
This is a big feather in the cap of Stewart, who in 2013 won a Golden Raspberry Award for worst actress for her role as Bella in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2. She's won a total of five Razzies.
Even the Razzies are recognizing Stewart's doing some better work these days. She was nominated this year for the Redeemer award for her role in Camp X-Ray.
Other César Award nominees this year include:
Best film
Les Combattants, directed by Thomas Cailley
Eastern Boys, directed by Robin Campillo
La Famille Bélier, directed by Eric Lartigau
Saint Laurent, directed by Bertrand Bonello
Hippocrate, directed by Thomas Lilti
Sils Maria, directed by Olivier Assayas
Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Best director
Céline Sciamma, Bande De Filles
Thomas Cailley, Les Combattants
Robin Campillo, Eastern Boys
Thomas Lilti, Hippocrate
Bertrand Bonello, Saint Laurent
Olivier Assayas, Sils Maria
Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu
Best actress
Juliette Binoche, Sils Maria
Catherine Deneuve, Dans La Cour
Marion Cotillard, Deux Jours, Une Nuit
Emilie Dequenne, Pas Son Genre
Adèle Haenel, Les Combattants
Sandrine Kiberlain, Elle L'Adore
Karin Viard, La Famille Bélier
Best actor
Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent
Romain Duris, Une Nouvelle Amie
Gaspard Ulliel, Saint Laurent
Guillaume Canet, La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur
Niels Arestrup, Diplomatie
François Damiens, La Famille Bélier
Vincent Lacoste, Hippocrate
Best supporting actress
Marianne Denicourt, Hippocrate
Claude Gensac, Lulu Femme Nue
Izïa Higelin, Samba
Charlotte Le Bon, Yves Saint Laurent
Kristen Stewart, Sils Maria
Best supporting actor
Eric Elmosnino, La Famille Bélier
Jérémie Renier, Saint Laurent
Guillaume Gallienne, Yves Saint Laurent
Louis Garrel, Saint Laurent
Reda Kateb, Hippocrate
Best foreign film
Winter Sleep, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater
12 Years A Slave, directed by Steve McQueen
Deux Jours, Une Nuit, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan
Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson