Imagen Awards 2023 Complete Winners List: Eva Longoria & ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Take Top Honors In Film
The 38th annual Imagen Awards celebrated Latino excellence and it was a flamin’ night for Eva Longoria who took the trophy for her feature-length directorial debut.
Longoria directed Flamin’ Hot, the story about the creation of the spicy Frito-Lay snack. The film also took awards for Best Feature Film with Jesse García taking the accolade in the Best Actor – Feature Film category for his portrayal of Richard Montañez.
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Other winners of the night included Zoe Saldaña for her acting work on Avatar: The Way of Water and Antonio Banderas for his voice-over work in the animated film Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.
Winners in the television categories included Acapulco’s Enrique Arrizon as Best Actor in a Comedy, Jenna Ortega as Best Actress in a Comedy for Wednesday, Kate del Castillo as Best Actress in a Drama for Volver a Caer and Pedro Pascal as Best Actor in a Drama for The Last of Us.
The 38th an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latina and Latino community leaders determined Annual Imagen Awards winners.
Imagen Awards 2023 Winners List
Best Feature Film
Flamin’ Hot (Searchlight Pictures Presents A Franklin Entertainment Productions)
Best Director – Feature Film
Eva Longoria, Flamin’ Hot (Searchlight Pictures Presents A Franklin Entertainment Productions)
Best Actor – Feature Film
Jesse Garcia, Flamin’ Hot (Searchlight Pictures Presents A Franklin Entertainment Productions)
Best Actress – Feature Film
Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 20th Century Studios)
Best Animated Feature Film
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures)
Best Voice-Over Actor – Feature Film
Antonio Banderas, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures)
Best Music Composition for Film or Television
Gustavo Santaolalla, The Last of Us (HBO | Max; HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog)
Best Primetime Program – Drama – TIE
Belascoarán (Netflix; Perro Azul for Netflix)
National Treasure: Edge of History (Disney+; Disney Branded Television)
Best Primetime Program – Comedy
Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
Best Primetime Program – Special or Movie
Dear… Selena Gomez (Apple TV+; This Machine, Matador Content, a Boat Rocker Company, in association with Apple)
Best Director (Television)
Guillermo Navarro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix; Netflix / Double Dare You)
Best Actor – Drama (Television)
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO | Max; HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog)
Best Actress – Drama (Television)
Kate Del Castillo, Volver a caer (ViX; Cholawood Productions and Endemol Shine Boomdog)
Best Actor – Comedy (Television)
Enrique Arrizon, Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
Best Actress – Comedy (Television)
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday (Netflix; A Netflix Series / An MGM Television Production)
Best Supporting Actor – Drama (Television)
Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Chicago P.D. (NBC; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment)
Best Supporting Actress – Drama (Television)
Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus (HBO | Max; HBO in association with Rip Cord and The District)
Best Supporting Actor – Comedy (Television)
Benjamin Bratt, Poker Face (Peacock; T-Street, MRC Television, Animal Pictures)
Best Supporting Actress – Comedy (Television)
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear (FX; FX Productions)
Best Young Actor (Television)
Ava Louise Murchison, Jane (Apple TV+; Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with Apple TV+)
Best Voice-Over Actor (Television)
Ruben Garfias, The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon; Nickelodeon Animation Studio)
Best Variety or Reality Show
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy (Apple TV+; Twofour in association with Apple)
Best Youth Programming
Alma’s Way (PBS KIDS; Fred Rogers Productions, Pipeline Studios)
Best Documentary – TIE
After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics (Frontline/ PBS; Frontline (PBS) and Futuro Media Group in association with The Texas Tribune)
Halftime (Netflix; A 25/7 & MakeMake Production)
Best Informational Program
ABC News, Uvalde 365: The Struggle to Understand (ABC News Live; ABC News)
Best Short/Student Film
The Ballad of Tita and the Machines (Indeed, Hillman Grad, 271 Films)
Best Commercial Advertisement or Social Awareness Campaign
Mujeres Imparables 2023: Change The Game (“Cambia El Juego”) (NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises; Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo / Greenpowermedia)
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