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Actress & Singer

Best Known For: Rent(2005)| Josie and the Pussycats(2001)| Men in Black II(2002)| The Mandalorian(2019)| Shakespeare in the Park: Two Gentlemen of Verona

Dawson is of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican descent

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Actress

Best Known For: Avatar(2009)| Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)| Star Trek(2009)| Vivo(2021)|

Saldana started her career in theatre, first performing with the theatre troupe: Faces and then going on to perform in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with the New York Youth Theatre.

Saldana is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent

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Actress & Model

Best Known For: Sahara(2005)| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides(2011)| Volver(2006)| Nine(2009)| Vicky Christina Barcelona(2009)| Murder on the Orient Express(2017)

Cruz is a Hispanic Actress originating from Spain

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Actor, Comedian, Producer, Playwright & Screenwriter

Best Known For: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar(1995)| Moulin Rouge!(2001)| Romeo+Juliet(1996)| Chef(2014)| John Wick(2014)| Mambo Mouth(1993)| FREAK(1998)| Kiss my Aztec!| Latin History for Morons|

Leguizamo was born in Columbia and is of Puerto Rican descent

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Lyricist, Screenwriter, Animator & Director

Best Known For: Coco(2017)| The Good Dinosaur(2015)| Toy Story 4( 2019)| Ratatouille(2007)| Monsters University(2013)

Molina is of Mexican descent

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Playwright, Producer, Director & Actress

Best Known for: Fade(2017)| Mala Hierba(2014)| Generic Latina(2001)| The Maria Chronicles(2003)

Saracho co-founded Teatro Luna which is an all-Latina theatre group in Chicago.

Saracho is of Mexican descent

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Artistic Director & Producer

Best Known for: The Sol Project| Oedipus El Rey

Padron has founded several theatre companies with the intention to promote and bring visibility to Latino/a artists & theatre

Padron is of Mexican descent

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Chicano Playwright, Actor, Director

Best Known for: Zoot Suit(1978)| La Bamba(1987)| The Cisco Kid(1994)|

Valdez is known as "Father of Chicano Film & Theatre". He is also the creator of the famous chicano theatre troupe, El Teatro Campesino.

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Playwright, Poet & Theatre Director

Best Known for: Blood Wedding(1933)| Yerma(1934)| The House of Bernardo Alba(1936)

Lorca is Hispanic originating from Spain

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Playwright & Lyricist

Best Known for: In the Heights(2008)| Miss you like Hell(2016)| Vivo(2021)| Yemaya's Belly(2003)| Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue(2006)| Barrio Grrrl!(2009)

Hudes is of Puerto Rican descent

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Actor

Best Known for: Anna in the Tropics(2003)| God of Carnage(2009)| Much Ado About Nothing(2004)| Twelfth Night(2002)| The Cisco Kid(1994)| My Family(1995)| Star Wars Episodes I & II| In the Heights(2021)

Smits is of Puerto Rican descent

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Actress, Singer & Dancer

Best Known for: On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan(2015)| Chicago(2021)

Villafañe is considered one of Broadway's "Breakout Stars"

She is also of Cuban and Salvadoran descent

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Actress, Singer & Dancer

Best Known for: Singing in the Rain(1952)| The King and I(1956)| West Side Story(1961)| The Ritz(1975)| The Four Seasons(1981)

Moreno is one the few artists who have won all four major annual American entertainment awards; Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

She is also one of 24 people to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting" (received an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony)

Moreno is of Puerto Rican descent

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Actress & Producer

Best Known for: Desperado(1995)| From Dusk till Dawn(1996)| Wild Wild West(1999)| Dogma(1999)| Frida(2002)

Hayek was the first Mexican actress nominated for the Academy Award For Best Actress for her work in "Frida"

Hayek is of Mexican, Spanish & Lebanese descent

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Actor, Singer & Songwriter

Best Known for: 21 Chump Street: The Musical(2014)| Hamilton(2015)| A Star Is Born(2018)| In the Heights(2021)

Ramos is of Puerto Rican descent

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Actor, Director, Producer & Singer

Best Known for: Interview with a Vampire(1994)| Desperado(1995)| Evita(1996)| The Mask of Zorro(1998)| Nine(2003)| Pain & Glory(2019)

Banderas is of Spanish origin

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Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Producer & Playwright

Best Known for: In the Height(2008)| Hamilton(2015)| 21 Chump Street: The Musical(2014)| Bring It On: The Musical(2011)| Moana(2016)| Mary Poppins Returns(2018)| Vivo(2021)| Encanto(2021)| Tick..Tick..Boom(2021)

Miranda created and starred in two broadway musicals; In the Heights and Hamilton

Miranda is of Puerto Rican descent