While 2017 had a record 14 Academy award nominations for Australians, this year’s list is a lot shorterFrom Nicole Kidman’s prosthetic nose to acting royalty Cate Blanchett, nothing swells Australian pride like a national icon sweeping the Academy Awards.Geoffrey Rush was the first (living) Australian to win an Oscar in the best actor category.
Russell Crowe followed suit four years later in 2001 with Gladiator, his Kiwi-ness swiftly forgotten in a flurry of popcorn parochialism.
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