31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards

31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards
Date	13 March 2023 (2023-03-13)
Site	Circo Price, Madrid, Spain
Organized by	Actors and Actresses Union
Highlights
Honorary career award	Lola Herrera
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The 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 13 March 2023 at the Circo Price in Madrid. ^[1]

In addition to the competitive awards, the Ministry of Equality received the 'Mujeres en Unión' award, whilst Lola Herrera was bestowed the 'A toda una vida' life achievement career award. ^[2]

Winners and nominees

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

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Denis Menochet — The Beasts as Antoine Javier Gutiérrez — Prison 77 as José Pino Miguel Herrán — Prison 77 as Manuel	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Laia Costa — Lullaby as Amaia Bárbara Lennie — God's Crooked Lines as Alice Gould Marina Foïs — The Beasts as Olga
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Luis Zahera — The Beasts as Xan Fernando Tejero — Prison 77 as Marbella Pedro Casablanc — Oliver's Universe as Gabriel	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Susi Sánchez — Lullaby as Begoña Ángela Cervantes — Motherhood as Penélope Carmen Machi — Piggy as Asun
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Ramón Barea — Lullaby as Koldo Manolo Solo — Wild Flowers as Roberto Unax Ugalde — The Man from Rome as Father Arregui	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Adelfa Calvo — On the Fringe as Teodora Emma Suárez — The Rite of Spring as Isabel Marie Colomb  [ fr ] — The Beasts as Marie

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Luis Callejo — Offworld as Ernesto Álex García — El Inmortal. Gangs of Madrid as José Antonio "El Inmortal" Javier Cámara — Rapa as Tomás Hernández	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Nathalie Poza — La unidad as Carla Ana Rujas — Cardo as María Mariona Terés  [ es ] — The Girls at the Back as Leo
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Manolo Caro — Wrong Side of the Tracks as Sanchís Carlos Cuevas — Stories to Stay Awake as Javier Ricardo Gómez — The Route as Sento	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Beatriz Carvajal — Laura y el misterio del asesino inesperado  [ es ] as Maribel del Bosque Carmen Ruiz — Amar es para siempre as Penélope Valdivia Mamen Camacho — Servir y proteger as Esperanza "Espe" Beltrán García
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Iñaki Miramón  [ es ] — Amar es para siempre as Justo Quintero Arturo Querejeta — ¡García! as Aquilino Luis Rallo  [ es ] — ¡García! as Verdú	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Yassmine Othman — La unidad as Naima Anna Moliner  [ es ] — Heirs to the Land as Margarida Puig Elisabeth Larena  [ es ] — Intimacy as Idoia

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Alberto Velasco — Sweet Dreams Álex Villazán  [ es ] — Equus Carlos Hipólito — Oceanía	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Blanca Portillo — Silencio Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Malvivir Marta Poveda — Malvivir
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Luis Bermejo — Los santos inocentes Agustín Jiménez  [ es ] — Un Oscar para Óscar Alberto Berzal — Los despiertos	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Zaira Montes — La casa de Bernarda Alba Lucía Fuengallego  [ es ] — Tito Andrónico Claudia Galán — Equus
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Rafa Castejón — El burlador de Sevilla Carlos Serrano-Clark  [ es ] — Muerte de un viajante Jorge Varandela — El burlador de Sevilla	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Verónica Ronda — Lo fingido verdadero Carmen Mayordomo— Robots universales Rossum Montse Peidro  [ es ] — La casa de Bernarda Alba

Newcomers

Best New Actor Diego Anido  [ gl ] — The Beasts as Lorenzo Christian Checa — On the Fringe as Raúl Mikel Bustamante  [ es ] — Lullaby as Javi

Best New Actress Laura Galán — Piggy as Sara África de la Cruz — The Gentiles as Ana Nakarey — El que sabem

International productions

Best Male Performance in an International Production Javier Bardem — Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz Abdelatif Hwidar  [ ca ] — The Crown as Ali-Ali Al-Fayed Hugo Silva — Top Boy as Emilio

Best Female Performance in an International Production Ana de Armas — Blonde as Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe Clara Lago — Limbo  [ es ] as Sofía "Sou" Castelló Penélope Cruz — L'immensità as Clara

References

1. "'As bestas', 'La Unidad' o 'El burlador de Sevilla', entre los favoritos a los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Sport . Prensa Ibérica. 31 January 2023.
2. Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas .
3. Aller, María (31 January 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: conoce a los nominados de la XXXI edición". Fotogramas .
4. "Las películas 'As Bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' triunfan con tres premios cada una en la gala de la Unión de Actores". RTVE (in Spanish). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.