List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees
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The following are people of
Academy Award, along with the flag of the country of their Hispanic ancestry. All people listed were born in the United States
.
Best Picture
Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2021 (93rd) |
Shaka King | Judas and the Black Messiah | Nominated | First American producer of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Picture. Born in New York to a Panamanian father and a mother of Panamanian descent. Shared with Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King. |
Acting categories
Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1988 (61st) |
Edward James Olmos | Stand and Deliver | Nominated | First American actor of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Actor. Born in California to Mexican parents. |
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2023 (96th) |
Colman Domingo | Rustin | Nominated | Born in Pennsylvania to a Guatemalan father. First Afro-Latino nominated for Best Actor. First openly gay Hispanic and Latino to be nominated for Best Actor. |
Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1999 (72nd) |
Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Won | First American actress of Hispanic descent to have won twice. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Clough (née Dominguez), was born in El Centro, California, of Mexican descent.[1] | ||
2004 (77th) |
Million Dollar Baby | Won | ||||
2021 (94th) |
Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Won | Second American actress of Hispanic ancestry to win and first Spanish-American actress to win. Her father Michael Monasterio was of Spanish, Basque, and Greek descent. |
Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1947 (20th) |
Thomas Gomez | Ride the Pink Horse | Nominated | First and (to date) only American actor of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Born in New York to Spanish-born father. |
Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) | |
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1959 (32nd) |
Susan Kohner | Imitation of Life | Nominated | Born in California to a Mexican mother. | |||
1962 (39th) |
Rita Moreno | West Side Story | Won | Born in Puerto Rico. Her paternal grandparents were from Trinidad and Spain. | |||
1991 (64th) |
Mercedes Ruehl | The Fisher King | Won | Maternal grandfather was Cuban. | |||
1993 (66th) |
Rosie Perez | Fearless | Nominated | Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents. | |||
2021 (94th) |
Ariana DeBose | West Side Story | Won | Born in North Carolina to a Puerto Rican father. First Afro-Latina to be nominated for and win an acting Oscar. |
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2023 (96th) |
America Ferrera | Barbie | Nominated | Born in California to Honduran-born parents. |
Animated categories
Best Animated Feature
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2015 (88th) |
Jonas Rivera | Inside Out | Won | Born in California of Mexican descent. Shared with Pete Docter. |
[2] | |
2018
(91st) |
Phil Lord | Cuba | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Won | Born in Florida to a Cuban-born mother. Shared with Christopher Miller. |
[3] |
2019
(92nd) |
Jonas Rivera | Toy Story 4 | Won | Shared with Josh Cooley and Mark Nielsen. | ||
2021
(94th) |
Yvett Merino | Encanto | Won | Born in California to Mexican-born parents. Shared with Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Clark Spencer. |
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2023
(96th) |
Phil Lord | Cuba | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Miller. |
Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Cinematography | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1974 (47th) |
John A. Alonzo | Chinatown | Nominated | Born in Texas of Mexican descent. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
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1977 (50th) |
William A. Fraker | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Nominated | Born in California to a Mexico-born mother. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
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1978 (51st) |
Heaven Can Wait | Nominated | First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography more than once. | |||
1979 (52nd) |
1941 | Nominated | First American of Hispanic descent to earn three consecutive nominations for Best Cinematography. | |||
1983 (56th) |
WarGames | Nominated | ||||
1985 (58th) |
Murphy's Romance | Nominated | First and (to date) only American of Hispanic descent to be earn five Best Cinematography nominations. | [4] |
Documentary categories
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
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Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1977 (50th) |
Moctesuma Esparza | Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country | Nominated | Born in California to Mexican-born parents. |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | |||||
Year | Name | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
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2002 | Beatrice De Alba | Mexico | Frida | Won | First Hispanic and Latino makeup artist to be nominated for and win Best Makeup. Born in California to Mexican-born parents. Shared with John E. Jackson. |
Music categories
Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2021 (94th) |
Germaine Franco | Encanto | Nominated | Born in California to Mexican-born parents. First female Hispanic to be nominated for Best Original Score. |
Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song | |||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Song | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1983 (56th) |
Irene Cara | Flashdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Won | First Hispanic/Latino American songwriter to win Best Original Song. Born in New York to a Puerto Rican-born father and a mother of Cuban descent. Shared with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey. |
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1988 (61st) |
Carly Simon | Working Girl | "Let the River Run" | Won | Maternal grandmother was Cuban. | ||
2002 (75th) |
Luis Resto | 8 Mile | "Lose Yourself" | Won | Born in Michigan to Puerto Rican-born parents. Shared with Eminem and Jeff Bass. |
[5] | |
2016 (89th) |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Moana | "How Far I'll Go" | Nominated | Born in New York to Puerto Rican-born parents. First Hispanic songwriter to be nominated for Best Original Song more than once. |
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2021 (94th) |
Encanto | "Dos Oruguitas" | Nominated |
Best Visual Effects category
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1979 (52nd) |
William A. Fraker | 1941 | Nominated | Born in California to a Mexican-born mother. Shared with A. D. Flowers and Greg Jein. |
Screenplay categories
Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | ||||||
Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1983 (55th) |
Gregory Nava | El Norte | Nominated | Born in California to a father of Mexican descent. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Screenplay. Shared with Anna Thomas. |
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2014 (87th) |
Alexander Dinelaris Jr. | Birdman | Won | Born in New York to a mother of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. First American of Hispanic descent to win for Best Screenplay. Shared with Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Armando Bó. |
[6] | |
2020 (93rd) |
Shaka King | Panama | Judas and the Black Messiah | Nominated | Born in New York to a Panamanian father and a mother of Panamanian descent. Shared with Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, and Keith Lucas. |
See also
- List of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees
- Lists of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees by country
References
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