José Ferrer
Born in Puerto Rico
Nominations:Three
Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
Wins? Yes, 1950

First Puerto-Rican and Latino actor to be nominated for an Academy Award, first and only Latino to win Best Actor, and the only Latino to be nominated twice for Best Actor.

Katy Jurado
Born in Mexico
Nominations: One, 1954
Best Supporting Actress
Win? No

First Mexican actress and Latina to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Anthony Quinn
Born in Mexico
Nominations: Four
Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor
Wins? Yes, 1952, 1956

First and only Latino actor to win twice in the same category (Best Supporting Actor) and the first and only Latino to be nominated four times.

Susan Kohner
Born in Los Angeles, Mexican and Jewish
Nominations: One, 1959
Best Supporting Actress
Win? No

First U.S.-born Latina to be nominated for an Academy Award. Kohner was 18.

Rita Moreno
Born in Puerto Rico
Nominations: One, 1961
Best Supporting Actress
Win? Yes

First Puerto-Rican actress to be nominated for an award and the first Latina to win.

Norma Aleandro
Born in Argentina
Nominations: One, 1987
Best Supporting Actress
Win? No

First and only Argentine to be nominated.

Edward James Olmos
Born in Los Angeles, Mexican
Nominations: One, 1988
Best Actor
Win? No

First and only U.S.-born Latino to be nominated for Best Actor.

Andy Garcia
Born in Cuba
Nominations: One, 1990
Best Supporting Actor
Win? No

First and only Cuban-American actor to be nominated for an award.

Mercedes Ruehl
Born in New York, Cuban and Irish
Nominations: One, 1991
Best Supporting Actress
Win? Yes

First and only Cuban-American to be nominated for and win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Rosie Perez
Born in New York, Puerto Rican
Nominations: One, 1993
Best Supporting Actress
Win? No

Benicio del Toro
Born in Puerto Rico
Nominations: Two, 2000, 2003
Best Supporting Actor
Wins? Yes

First and only Latino actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role.

Salma Hayek
Born in Mexico
Nominations: One, 2002
Best Actress
Win? No

First Latina to be nominated for Best Actress, and the only Mexican actress ever nominated.

Catalina Sandino Moreno
Born in Colombia
Nominations: One, 2004
Best Actress
Win? No


First and only Colombian to be nominated for Best Actress and the first to be nominated for a Spanish-speaking role.

Adriana Barraza
Born in Mexico
Nominations: One, 2006
Best Supporting Actress
Win? No