List of Hispanic-American (U.S.) Academy Award winners and nominees

The following are the Hispanic-Americans (born in the continental United States) that have been nominated or have won an Academy Award:

Best Actor – Leading Role

Actor
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1988	Edward James Olmos		Stand and Deliver	Nominated	First and only Hispanic-American to be nominated for Best Actor

Best Actress – Leading Role

Actress
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1999	Hilary Swank		Boys Don't Cry	Won	First and only Hispanic-American to win Best Actress (Swank's maternal grandmother was of Mexican Mestizo [Spanish and Indigenous] descent).
2004			Million Dollar Baby	Won	First and only Hispanic-American to win Best Actress twice.

Best Actor – Supporting Role

Supporting Actor
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1947	Thomas Gomez		Ride the Pink Horse	Nominated	First Hispanic-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
2000	Benicio Del Toro		Traffic	Won	First Hispanic-American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. First and only actor to win for a Spanish speaking role.
2003			21 Grams	Nominated	First Hispanic-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice.

Best Actress – Supporting Role

Supporting Actress
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1959	Susan Kohner		Imitation of Life	Nominated	First Hispanic-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress
1961	Rita Moreno		West Side Story	Won	First Hispanic-American to win an Academy Award
1991	Mercedes Ruehl		The Fisher King	Won	The first Cuban-American actress to win an Academy Award (her maternal grandfather was Cuban)
1993	Rosie Perez		Fearless	Nominated

Best Animated Feature Film

Animated Feature
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
2015	Jonas Rivera		Inside Out	Won	Shared with Pete Docter

Best Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1983	Gregory Nava		El Norte	Nominated

Best Original Song

Song
Year	Name	Country	Film	Song	Status	Milestone/Notes
1983	Irene Cara	/	Flashdance	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Won	First Hispanic/Latino American songwriter to win Best Original Song. Cara is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Shared with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.
1988	Carly Simon		Working Girl	"Let the River Run"	Won
2002	Luis Resto		8 Mile	"Lose Yourself"	Won	Shared with Eminem and Jeff Bass.

Best Music- Score

Score
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1944	Carmen Dragon		Cover Girl	Won	Dragon was of Spanish descent. The category was Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Shared with Morris Stoloff.
1970	Bill Melendez		A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Nominated	The category was Best Music, Original Song Score. Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi.