List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees

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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	Panama	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	Mexico	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	Guatemala	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	Mexico	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	Spain	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	Spain	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	Mexico	Imitation of Life	Nominated	Born in California to a Mexican mother.
1962 (39th)	Rita Moreno	Puerto Rico	West Side Story	Won	Born in Puerto Rico. Her paternal grandparents were from Trinidad and Spain.
1991 (64th)	Mercedes Ruehl	Cuba	The Fisher King	Won	Maternal grandfather was Cuban.
1993 (66th)	Rosie Perez	Puerto Rico	Fearless	Nominated	Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents.
2021 (94th)	Ariana DeBose	Puerto Rico	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	Honduras	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	Mexico	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	Mexico	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	Mexico	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	Mexico	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	Mexico	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	Puerto Rico  Cuba	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	Cuba	Working Girl	"Let the River Run"	Won	Maternal grandmother was Cuban.
2002 (75th)	Luis Resto	Puerto Rico	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	Mexico	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	Mexico	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.	Puerto Rico  Cuba	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] [7]
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]