20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards

The 20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 31 October 2011 at the Teatro Circo Price in Madrid.^[1][2] The gala was hosted by Pepín Tre [es].^[3]

20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
Date	31 October 2011 (2011-10-31)
Site	Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Pepín Tre
Organized by	Actors and Actresses Union
Highlights
Honorary career award	Asunción Balaguer
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In addition to the competitive awards the Argentine association 'Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo' received the 'Mujeres en Unión' award, Asunción Balaguer the 'Toda una vida' career award and the Special Award went to the Teatro Circo Prince (the recurring venue of the awards).^[4]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[5][6]

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Javier Bardem — Biutiful Lluís Homar — Paper Birds Unax Ugalde — Bon appétit	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Sonsoles Benedicto [es] — La vida empieza hoy [es] Maricel Álvarez— Biutiful Elena Anaya — Room in Rome
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Víctor Clavijo — 18 Meals Eduard Fernández — Biutiful Emilio Gutiérrez Caba — Vidas pequeñas [ca]	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Ana Wagener — Biutiful Alicia Borrachero — Vidas pequeñas [ca] Fanny de Castro — Amador
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Antonio de la Torre — The Outlaw Juan Diego — The Outlaw Sancho Gracia — Entrelobos	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Pilar López de Ayala — The Outlaw Goizalde Núñez [es] — To Hell with the Ugly Carmen Ruiz — To Hell with the Ugly

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Javier Albalá [es] — Pelotas Imanol Arias — Cuéntame cómo pasó José Mota — La hora de José Mota	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Adriana Ozores — La duquesa [es] Belén López — Pelotas Alexandra Jiménez — La pecera de Eva
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Aitor Luna — Gran Reserva Juan Echanove — Cuéntame cómo pasó Francis Lorenzo [es] — Águila Roja	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Ana Polvorosa — Aída Blanca Apilánez [es] — Pelotas Ana Goya — Amar en tiempos revueltos
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Secun de la Rosa — Aída Juan Codina — Tierra de lobos Mario Pardo — Tierra de lobos	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Ana Labordeta [es] — Acusados Beatriz Bergamín — Amar en tiempos revueltos Lluvia Rojo — Cuéntame cómo pasó

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Carlos Hipólito — All My Sons Pedro Casablanc — El arte de la comedia José María Flotats — Beaumarchais	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Gloria Muñoz — All My Sons Nuria Espert — La violación de Lucrecia Concha Velasco — La vida por delante
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Ginés García Millán — Glengary Glen Ross Raúl Arévalo — Beaumarchais Aitor Merino [es] — El mal de la juventud	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role María Morales — Urtain Carmen Conesa [es] — Beaumarchais Lola Cordón — Final de partida
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Raúl Prieto — La función por hacer Alberto Iglesias [es] — Glengary Glen Ross Alberto Jiménez — Glengary Glen Ross	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Manuela Paso — La función por hacer María Isasi — All My Sons Ainhoa Santamaría — All My Sons

Newcomers

Best New Actor Manuel Camacho [es] — Entrelobos Mario Casas — Los hombres de Paco Junio Valverde [es] — Tierra de lobos

Best New Actress Bárbara Lennie — La función por hacer Aura Garrido — Plans for Tomorrow Esther Regina — Ispansi [es]

References

1. "Sonsoles Benedito y Javier Bardem, premiados por el sindicato de actores". El País. 31 October 2011.
2. "'Gran Reserva' y 'Pelotas', premiadas en la XX edición de los Premios de la Unión de Actores". RTVE. 1 November 2011.
3. "Bardem, Sonsoles Benedicto, Ozores y Carlos Hipólito, premios de la Unión de Actores". 20minutos.es. 31 October 2011.
4. "El premio Unión de Actores vuelve a reconocer el trabajo de Víctor Clavijo". Europa Sur. 2 November 2011.
5. "La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre". ABC. 6 October 2011.
6. "Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores". Faro de Vigo. 1 November 2011.