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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

Best Picture

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

Best Actor

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

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

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

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

Best Animated Feature

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

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

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

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

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

Best Original Score