29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards

The 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards were held on 9 March 2020 at the Circo Price, in Madrid. The gala was hosted by Ana Cerdeiriña and Jorge Bedoya.^[1]

29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
Date	9 March 2020
Site	Circo Price, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Ana Cerdeiriña & Jorge Bedoya
Organized by	Actors and Actresses Union
Highlights
Honorary career award	Carmen Maura
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In addition to the competitive awards, Pilar Bardem received the 'Mujeres en Unión' award, Carmen Maura the 'A toda una vida' career award and the writers' union ALMA the Special Award.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[3][4][5][6]

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Karra Elejalde — While at War Antonio Banderas — Pain and Glory Antonio de la Torre — The Endless Trench	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Belén Cuesta — The Endless Trench Marta Nieto — Mother Penélope Cruz — Pain and Glory
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Asier Etxeandia — Pain and Glory Nacho Sánchez — Seventeen Eduard Fernández — While at War	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Nathalie Poza — While at War Antonia San Juan — The Platform Inma Cuevas — While at War
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Leonardo Sbaraglia — Pain and Glory David Luque [es] — The Influence Emilio Palacios — The Endless Trench	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Julieta Serrano — Pain and Glory Mona Martínez — Bye Susi Sánchez — Pain and Glory

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Javier Cámara — Vota Juan Javier Gutiérrez — Estoy vivo Miguel Ángel Silvestre — En el corredor de la muerte	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Candela Peña — Hierro Alba Flores — Money Heist Toni Acosta — Señoras del (h)AMPA
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Alejo Sauras — Estoy vivo Alberto Velasco — Locked Up Enric Auquer — Perfect Life	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Carmen Ruiz — Matadero Aixa Villagrán [es] — Perfect Life Nuria Mencía — Vota Juan
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Fernando Cayo — Money Heist Jesús Castejón [es] — Estoy vivo Manolo Caro — Brigada Costa del Sol	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Goizalde Núñez [es] — Estoy vivo Candela Cruz — La peste Leonor Watling — Unauthorized Living

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Nacho Guerreros — Juguetes rotos Alberto Berzal [eu] — Divinas palabras Ernesto Alterio — Shock, el cóndor y el puma	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Verónica Forqué — Las cosas que sé que son verdad Adriana Ozores — Los hijos Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Juana
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Víctor Clavijo — Lehman trilogy Jorge Muriel — Las cosas que sé que son verdad Luis Rallo [es] — Divinas palabras	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Pilar Gómez — Las cosas que sé que son verdad Esperanza Elipe [es] — Hombres que escriben en habitaciones pequeñas Lucía Fuengallego [es] — Titus Andronicus
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Fran Cantos — Jauría David Tortosa — El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche Eduard Alejandre — Gross Indecency	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Consuelo Trujillo — La geometría del trigo Concha Velasco — Metamorfosis Natalie Pinot — Desatadas

Newcomers

Best New Actor Kike Guaza — Juguetes rotos César Vicente — Pain and Glory Enric Auquer — Eye for an Eye

Best New Actress Irene Arcos — El embarcadero Claudia Salas — La peste Greta Fernández — Elisa & Marcela

International productions

Best Male Performance in an International Production Óscar Jaenada — Hernán Paco León — The House of Flowers Jordi Mollà — Jack Ryan

Best Female Performance in an International Production Ana de Armas — Knives Out María León — The House of Flowers Paz Vega — The OA

References

1. Amenedo, Nano (10 March 2020). "Optimismo y reivindicación feminista para arropar el reconocimiento artístico en los premios de la Unión de Actores". AISGE.
2. García Herráez, Silvia (10 March 2020). [Pain and Glory and Estoy vivo triumph at the Union of Actors and Actresses Awards]. EFE (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. Silvestre, Juan (11 February 2020). "XXIX Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices: Lista completa de finalistas". Fotogramas.
4. "Los repartos de Dolor y gloria y Estoy vivo triunfan en los 29º Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices" [The casts of Pain and Glory and Estoy vivo triumph at the 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards]. Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
5. . Nominaciones a los 29 Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
6. Onieva, Álvaro (10 March 2020). "Este es el repartido palmarés televisivo de los Premios Unión de Actores 2020". Fuera de Series.