List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees. It details the performances of Puerto Rican-born filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been nominated for or have won an Academy Award.

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This list is current as of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 2, 2025.

Best Actor

Jose Ferrer was the first Latino and Puerto Rican to be nominated for and win an Oscar for acting, receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Joan of Arc (1948) and winning Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950). Jose Ferrer in Crisis trailer.jpg
José Ferrer was the first Latino and Puerto Rican to be nominated for and win an Oscar for acting, receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Joan of Arc (1948) and winning Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).
Academy Award for Best Actor
YearNomineeFilmStatusNotesRef(s)
1950
(23rd)
José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac WonFirst Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated for and win a leading acting category.
Only Latino male actor to win a leading acting category.
[1]
1952
(25th)
Moulin Rouge NominatedFirst Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated more than once. [2]

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro won once from two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, winning for Traffic (2000) and becoming the first actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role. Benicio Del Toro - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg
Benicio del Toro won once from two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, winning for Traffic (2000) and becoming the first actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
YearNomineeFilmStatusNotesRef(s)
1948
(21st)
José Ferrer Joan of Arc NominatedFirst Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated for an acting Academy Award.
First Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated in a supporting acting category.
First Puerto Rican to be nominated in any category.
[3]
2000
(73rd)
Benicio del Toro Traffic WonFirst and only male actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role. [4]
2003
(75th)
21 Grams Nominated [5]

Best Supporting Actress

Rita Moreno was the first Latina and Puerto Rican to win an Oscar for acting, winning Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1961). Rita Moreno5.jpg
Rita Moreno was the first Latina and Puerto Rican to win an Oscar for acting, winning Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1961).
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
YearNomineeFilmStatusNotesRef(s)
1961
(34th)
Rita Moreno West Side Story WonFirst Latina and Puerto Rican female actor to win an acting Academy Award. [6]

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jose Rivera was the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar, receiving a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for Diarios de Motocicleta (2004). Jose Rivera playwright.jpg
José Rivera was the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar, receiving a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for Diarios de Motocicleta (2004).
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
YearScreenwriter(s)FilmStatusNotesRef(s)
2004
(77th)
José Rivera Diarios de Motocicleta NominatedFirst Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated in a screenplay category.

Best Foreign Language Film

Puerto Rico has submitted films for the Foreign Film category since 1985, with only one film having been nominated. In 1990, Lo que le Pasó a Santiago (from Jacobo Morales) was nominated, losing to Italy's Cinema Paradiso .

In October 2011, awards coordinator Torene Svitil announced that as a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico would no longer be eligible for submissions in the Foreign Language Film category. [7]

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
YearDirector(s)FilmStatusNotesRef(s)
1989
(62nd)
Jacobo Morales Lo que le Pasó a Santiago NominatedFirst and only Puerto Rican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
2011
(84th)
Sonia Fritz America Disqualified In 2011, AMPAS announced they would no longer accept submissions from territories of the United States.

All categories

Decade1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020sTotal
Wins--11---1--3
Nominations-11--1-2--5
Total nominations-121-1-3--8

Note: This list only includes individuals who were born in Puerto Rico. See List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees for individuals of Puerto Rican descent born in the United States who have either been nominated for or won an Academy Award.

References

  1. "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  3. "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  4. Hartl, John (2001-03-26). "Rare three-way Oscar scrap". Seattle Times . Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  5. "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  6. "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. "Puerto Rico queda excluido de la carrera por el Oscar". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). October 5, 2011.

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