At the 1929/30 Academy Awards held on the 5 November 1930, of the five actresses nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, two were nominated twice: Greta Garbo (Sweden) for Anna Christie (USA 1930) and Romance (USA 1930) and Norma Shearer (Canada) for Their Own Desire (USA 1929) and The Divorcee (USA 1930), for which she took the award for her role as Jerry.