List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2020) |
The following are people of Hispanic descent born outside of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea, and Spain who have been nominated for or have won an Academy Award, along with the flag of the country of their Hispanic ancestry. All people listed were born in the United States.
Best Picture
[edit]Best Picture
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Best Actor
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Actor | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
||
| 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
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Actress | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 (32nd) |
Susan Kohner | Imitation of Life | Nominated | Born in California to a Mexican mother. | ||
| 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. |
||
| 2023 (96th) |
America Ferrera | Barbie | Nominated | Born in California to Honduran-born parents. | ||
Animated categories
[edit]Best Animated Feature
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
||
| 2023
(96th) |
Phil Lord | Cuba
|
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Miller. | |
Best Cinematography
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Cinematography | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 (47th) |
John A. Alonzo | Chinatown | Nominated | Born in Texas of Mexican descent. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
||
| 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. |
||
| 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
[edit]Best Documentary (Short Subject)
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 (50th) |
Moctesuma Esparza | Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country | Nominated | Born in California to Mexican-born parents. | ||
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | |||||
| Year | Name | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Best Original Score
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Original Score | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Original Song | |||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Song | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
||
| 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. |
||
| 2021 (94th) |
Encanto | "Dos Oruguitas" | Nominated | ||||
Best Visual Effects category
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Best Original Screenplay
[edit]| Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | ||||||
| Year | Nominee | Country/ territory |
Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
||
| 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
[edit]- List of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees
- Lists of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees by country
References
[edit]- ^ "Dowling Family Genealogy Frances Martha DOMINGUEZ". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ "The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "The 91st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ "The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ Dinelaris, Alexander [@alexdinelaris] (5 March 2015). "While I very much love the Greek people and culture I am not Greek. My father's side is Armenian, my Mother's is Cuban/Puerto Rican #Birdman" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Twitter.
Academy Awards lists | |
|---|---|
| Combined major Academy Awards | |
| Acting | |
| Directing | |
| Film |
|
| Countries of the nominees |
|
| Nominees demographics | |
| Other | |
| Combined major awards | |