List of Cuban Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Cuban Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Cuban filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

Acting

This list focuses on Cuban-born actors and actresses.

Andy García was the first Cuban-born actor to be nominated an Oscar, receiving a Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Godfather Part III (1990).
Mercedes Ruehl was the first Cuban American to win an acting Oscar, winning Best Supporting Actress for The Fisher King (1991).

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Nominee Film Status Notes Ref(s)
1990
(63rd)		 Andy García The Godfather Part III Nominated First Cuban-born American to be nominated for an acting Academy Award.

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Nominee Film Status Notes Ref(s)
1991
(64th)		 Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King Won Maternal grandfather was Cuban.
First Cuban American to win an acting Academy Award.
Second Latina and Hispanic to win Best Supporting Actress.

Foreign Language Film category

This list focuses on Cuban films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.

Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Year Director(s) Film Status Notes Ref(s)
1994
(67th)		 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío Fresa y Chocolate Nominated

Music categories

Best Music, Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year Writer(s) Song Film Result Notes Refs
1983
(56th)		 Irene Cara "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance Won First Latina and Hispanic American songwriter to win Best Original Song.
Cara is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.
Shared with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.

See also

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