# List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees by category. It details the performances of Puerto Rican-born filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been nominated for or have won an Academy Award.
This list is current as of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 2, 2025.

## Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor :
| Year | Nominee | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1950 (23rd) | José Ferrer | Cyrano de Bergerac | Won | First Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated for and win a leading acting category. Only Latino male actor to win a leading acting category. | |
| 1952 (25th) | José Ferrer | Moulin Rouge | Nominated | First Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated more than once in an acting category. | |

## Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Nominee | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1948 (21st) | José Ferrer | Joan of Arc | Nominated | First Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated for an acting Academy Award. First Latino and Puerto Rican male or female actor to be nominated in a supporting acting category. First Puerto Rican to be nominated in any category. |
| 2000 (73rd) | Benicio del Toro | Traffic | Won | First and only male actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role. |
| 2003 (75th) | Benicio del Toro | 21 Grams | Nominated | |

## Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Nominee | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1961 (34th) | Rita Moreno | West Side Story | Won | First Latina and Puerto Rican female actor to win an acting Academy Award. | |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Screenwriter(s) | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 2004 (77th) | José Rivera | Diarios de Motocicleta | Nominated | First Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated in a screenplay category. | |

## Best Foreign Language Film

Puerto Rico has submitted films for the Foreign Film category since 1985, with only one film having been nominated. In 1990, Lo que le Pasó a Santiago (from Jacobo Morales) was nominated, losing to Italy's Cinema Paradiso.
In October 2011, awards coordinator Torene Svitil announced that as a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico would no longer be eligible for submissions in the Foreign Language Film category.
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film :
| Year | Director(s) | Film | Status | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1989 (62nd) | Jacobo Morales | Lo que le Pasó a Santiago | Nominated | First and only Puerto Rican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. | |
| 2011 (84th) | Sonia Fritz | America | Disqualified | In 2011, AMPAS announced they would no longer accept submissions from territories of the United States. | |

## All categories

| Decade | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Total |
| Wins | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Nominations | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Total nominations | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 8 |
Note: This list only includes individuals who were born in Puerto Rico. See List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees for individuals of Puerto Rican descent born in the United States who have either been nominated for or won an Academy Award.