Only 5 directors have nominated international performances for an Oscar in more than one picture

They are...

Walter Salles: 2 nominations - 1998: Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station (BA) - 2025: Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here (BA)

Pedro Almodóvar: 3 nominations - 2006: Penélope Cruz - Volver (BA) - 2019: Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory (BA) - 2021: Penélope Cruz - Parallel Mother's (BA)

Ingmar Bergman: 2 nominations - 1976: Liv Ullman - Face to Face (BA) - 1979: Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata (BA)

François Truffaut: 2 nominations - 1975: Valentina Cortese - Day for Night (BSA) - 1976: Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. (BA)

Vittorio De Sica: 2 nominations, 1 win - 1961: Sophia Loren - Two Women (BA) - 1964: Sophia Loren - Marriage Italian Style (BA)

Alfonso Cuarón and Jacques Audiard have already had 2 international performances nominated, but for the same movie (Roma and Emilia Pérez)