31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards

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

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

Film

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
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

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
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

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
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

Best New Actor

Diego Anido [gl] — 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

International productions

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

References

^ "'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.
^ Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas.
^ Aller, María (31 January 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: conoce a los nominados de la XXXI edición". Fotogramas.
^ "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.