15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards

15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
Date	29 May 2006 (2006-05-29)
Site	Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain
Organized by	Actors and Actresses Union
Highlights
Honorary career award	Asunción Sancho López
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The 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 29 May 2006 at Madrid's Palacio de Congresos. The gala was directed by Juan Margallo. ^[1]

In addition to the competitive awards, Asunción Sancho López  [ es ] obtained the 'Toda una vida' life achievement career award, whilst the Special Award went to Círculo de Bellas Artes. ^{[1] [2]} The platform Ahotsak won the 'Mujeres en Unión' award. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows: ^{[3] [4] [1]}

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Manuel Alexandre — Elsa & Fred Javier Cámara — Hard Times Óscar Jaenada — Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Candela Peña — Princesses Adriana Ozores — Heroine Nathalie Poza — Hard Times
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Eduard Fernández — The Method Carmelo Gómez — The Method Enrique Villén — Ninette	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Elvira Mínguez — Tapas Marta Etura — Something to Remember Me By Pilar López de Ayala — Obaba
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Luis Callejo — Princesses Javier Cámara — The Secret Life of Words Fernando Guillén — Other Days Will Come	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Adriana Ozores — The Method Mariana Cordero — Princesses Violeta Pérez — Princesses

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Paco León — Aída Imanol Arias — Cuéntame cómo pasó José Luis Gil — Aquí no hay quien viva	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Carmen Machi — Aída Belén Rueda — Los Serrano Rosa María Sardá — Abuela de verano  [ es ]
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Pepe Viyuela — Aída Pedro Casablanc — Motivos personales Héctor Colomé  [ es ] — Amar en tiempos revueltos	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Isabel Ordaz — Aquí no hay quien viva Pilar Barrera  [ es ] — Amar en tiempos revueltos María Pujalte — Siete vidas
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Daniel Albaladejo  [ es ] — Camera Café Joaquín Climent — El comisario Diego París  [ es ] — Maneras de sobrevivir	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Esperanza Pedreño  [ es ] — Camera Café Rocío García-Cano — Agitación + IVA  [ es ] Alexandra Jiménez — Los Serrano

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Daniel Freire — Bent Javier Godino — Hoy no me puedo levantar Nacho Guerreros — Bent	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Kiti Manver — The Retreat from Moscow Silvia Abascal — Historia de una vida Luisa Martín — Historia de una vida
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Luis Callejo — Bent Juan Codina — Cara de plata  [ es ] Antonio Vico  [ es ] — La curva de la felicidad	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Susi Sánchez — Cara de plata  [ es ] María Álvarez — Punishment without Revenge Eva Higueras — La soga
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Alex Amaral  [ es ] — Roberto Zucco José Luis Santar — The Odd Couple Álex Tormo  [ es ] — The Seagull	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Maite Brik  [ es ] — Cara de plata  [ es ] Savitri Ceballos  [ eu ] — Punishment without Revenge Lola Velacoracho — The Odd Couple

Newcomers

Best New Actor Pablo Echarri — The Method Jesús Carroza — 7 Virgins Álex González — Round Two

Best New Actress Micaela Nevárez — Princesses Isabel Ampudia  [ es ] — 15 Days With You  [ es ] Ruth Díaz — El Calentito

References

1. "Manuel Alexandre y Candela Peña, premiados por la Unión de Actores en la categoría de cine". El País . 30 May 2006.
2. "Manuel Alexandre y Candela Peña, premiados por la Unión de Actores". El Correo . 30 May 2006.
3. "La Unión de Actores anuncia sus candidatos correspondientes a 2005". Fanzine Digital. 4 April 2006.
4. "Belén Rueda, Imanol Arias y José Luis Gil optan a los Premios Unión de Actores". verTele!. 31 March 2006 – via eldiario.es.