31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards

Annual film 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
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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

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

### Film

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Best New Actor

* Diego Anido — 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

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### International productions

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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

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## References

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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.

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