32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards

The 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 11 March 2024 at the Circo Price in Madrid.^[1]^[2] It was hosted by Arantxa Aranguren [es], Stephanie Gil [es], and Juan Messeguer [es].^[3]

In addition to the competitive awards, "the actresses who changed the language of cinema in Spain" were recognised with the 'Mujeres en Unión' award, whilst Gemma Cuervo was bestowed the 'Toda una vida' life achievement career award and SAG-AFTRA^{[n. 1]} received the special award "for its work in defending the rights of the artistic community, its negotiating skills and its resilience at a key moment for all audiovisual professionals".^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[7]^[8]^[9]

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role David Verdaguer — Jokes & Cigarettes Alberto Ammann — Upon Entry Manolo Solo — Close Your Eyes	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Malena Alterio — Something Is About to Happen Carolina Yuste — Jokes & Cigarettes Laia Costa — Un amor
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Àlex Brendemühl — Creatura Hugo Silva — Un amor José Coronado — Close Your Eyes	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Ane Gabarain — 20,000 Species of Bees Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Something Is About to Happen Alexandra Jiménez — The Tenderness
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Víctor Clavijo — Someone Who Takes Care of Me Álex García — Not Such an Easy Life Luis Bermejo — Un amor	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Yeju Ji — Chinas, a Second Generation Story Ingrid García-Jonsson — Un amor Greta Fernández — Teresa

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Quim Gutiérrez — Burning Body José Pastor [es] — Bosé [es] Yon González — Memento mori [es]	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Lola Dueñas — La mesías Ana Rujas — La mesías Úrsula Corberó — Burning Body
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Cristóbal Suárez [es] — Untameable Andrés Gertrúdix — The Purple Network Pablo Gómez-Pando — The Invisible Girl	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Pilar Gómez — Poquita fe Ana Gracia [es] — 4 estrellas [es] Begoña Maestre — Entre tierras [es]
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Jorge Basanta — Poquita fe Dani Muriel — Untameable Luis Rallo [es] — Mía es la venganza [es]	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Gracia Olayo — La mesías Alba Flores — Romancero Vicenta Ndongo — La mesías

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Alfredo Noval — Life Is a Dream Carlos Hipólito — El proceso Juanjo Artero — El milagro de la tierra	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Vicky Luengo — Prima Facie Ana Fernández — El sueño de la razón Blanca Portillo — La madre de Frankenstein
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Ernesto Arias — Life Is a Dream Miki Esparbé — Los pálidos Víctor Palmero — El monstruo de White Roses	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Belén Ponce de León — La madre de Frankenstein Inma Cuevas — Chicago. El musical Laura Galán — Animales de compañía
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Alberto Velasco — Los nadadores diurnos Antonio Albella — Don Juan de Alcalá Lucas Miramón — Grease. El musical	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Montse Peidro — El sueño de la razón Beatriz Grimaldos — La celestina María José Garrido — El aguafiestas

Newcomers

Best New Actor

Julio Hu Chen — Chinas, a Second Generation Story
- La Dani [es] — Love & Revolution
- Omar Banana [es] — Love & Revolution

Best New Actress

Xinyi Ye — Chinas, a Second Generation Story
- Cristina Rueda — La mesías
- Irene Balmes — La mesías

International productions

Best Male Performance in an International Production

Javier Godino — Sound of Freedom
- Miguel Ángel Silvestre — Los enviados [es]
- Carlos Bardem — The Chosen One

Best Female Performance in an International Production

Maribel Verdú — The Flash
- Paz Vega — Kaleidoscope
- Natalia Millán — Bailo bailo. El musical

Notes

^ Duncan Crabtree-Ireland was responsible for collecting the award.^[4]

References

^ "Lola Herrera, Premio a Toda una Vida de la Unión de Actores y Actrices". Cadena SER. 5 February 2024.
^ "Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA". Europa Press. 12 March 2024.
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^ Neira, Fernando (12 March 2024). "La diversidad y la camaradería alientan los 32º Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices". Aisge.
^ "'Chinas', Alterio y Verdaguer triunfan en la gala de la Unión de Actores y Actrices". Infobae. 11 March 2024.
^ "La Unión de Actores y Actrices clama contra la censura y los abusos en su gran noche de premios". El País. 12 March 2024.
^ "Los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices dan a conocer los nominados de su 32ª edición". Audiovisual451. 5 February 2024.
^ "Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España". Escribiendo Cine. 4 February 2024.
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