Here is a short list of TV and movie icons - while I would like to add a short biography of each person, there are just so many! I will list them and add their background, a few movies/programs to check out so you can see how amazing these individuals are! Some are pioneers from the early film/tv years; others are standing icons of Latin@s in film and television.
1. Rita Hayworth (Spanish/Irish) - Gilda; Cover Girl
2. Raquel Welch (Bolivian/Irish) - One Million Years B.C.; Tortilla Soup
3. Jose Ferrer (Puerto Rico) - Cyrano de Bergerac
4. Lynda Carter (Irish/Mexican/Spanish) - Wonder Woman TV Series
5. Cantiflas (Mexican) - Various Mexican movies; comedian
6. Desi Arnaz (Cuban) - I Love Lucy
7. Anthony Quinn (Mexican) - La Strada; Lawrence of Arabia
8. Lupe Velez (Mexican) - Mexican Spitfire; Hot Pepper
9. Ramon Novarro (Mexican) - The Cat and the Fiddle; The Big Steal
10. Ricardo Montalban (Mexican) - Border Incident; Fantasy Island
11. Cheech Marin (Chicano- CA) - Born in East L.A.; Cheech and Chong
12. John Leguizamo (Colombia/Puerto Rican) - Sexaholic; Carlito's Way
13. George Lopez (Chicano- CA) - Real Women Have Curves; The George Lopez Show
14. Paul Rodriguez (Mexico) - Born in East L.A.; Tortilla Soup; comedian
15. Jimmy Smits (Puerto Rican/Surinamese- NY) LA Law; NYPD Blue; Mi Familia
16. Edward James Olmos (Chicano - CA) - Mi Familia; American Me; Battlestar Galactica
17. Freddie Prinze Sr. (Puerto Rican/German- NY) - Chico and the Man
18. Robert Rodriguez (Chicano- TX) Director of Spy Kids; From Dusk til Dawn; Desperado
19. Gregory Nava (Chican0- CA) - Director of Selena; El Norte; Mi Familia
20. Carmen Miranda (Brazil) - Copacabana
21. Raul Julia (Puerto Rico) - Addams Family; Havana
22. Alfonso Arau (Mexico) - The Three Amigos; Bonanza
23. Rita Moreno (Puerto Rico) - West Side Story; Popi; Pinero
24. Salma Hayek (Mexico) - Dogma, Frida, Ugly Betty
25. Antonio Banderas (Spain) - Philadelphia; Shrek 2; Desperado
26. Andy Garcia (Cuba) - Godfather II; When a Man Loves a Woman
27. Iris Chacon (Puerto Rico) - Various variety shows
28. Rosie Perez (Nuyorican) - Do the Right Thing; White Men Can't Jump
29. Dolores Del Rio (Mexico) - The Bad One, Girl of the Rio
30. Esai Morales (Nuyorican) - Mi Familia; La Bamba
31. Martin Sheen (Irish/Spanish) - The West Wing; Apocalypse Now
32. Charlie Sheen (Irish/Spanish) - Platoon; Wall Street
33. Emilio Estevez (Irish/Spanish) - The Breakfast Club; Young Guns
34. Jennifer Lopez (Nuyorican) - The Wedding Planner; Enough; Selena
35. Cameron Diaz (English/German/Cuban) - Something About Mary; In Her Shoes
36. Eva Mendes (Cuban - FL) - Hitch; Training Day; Ghost Rider
37. Eva Longoria Parker (Chicana -TX) - Desperate Housewives
38. Rosario Dawson (Cuban/PR/Irish/Native American - NY) - Eagle Eye, He Got Game
39. Zoe Saldana (PR/DR - NJ) - Star Trek; Pirates of the Caribbean
40. America Ferrera (Honduran - CA) - Ugly Betty; Real Women Have Curves
41. Selena Gomez (Mexican/Italian) - Various Disney productions; Hannah Montana
42. Penelope Cruz (Spain) - Woman on Top; Vanilla Sky; Volver
43. Javier Bardem (Spain) - No Country for Old Men; Vicky Cristina Barcelona
44. Benecio Del Toro (Puerto Rico) - Traffic; Wolfman
**For a complete history of Latin@s in film please check out "The Bronze Screen," a documentary that explores the stereotypes Latin@ actors faced and were type-casted into as well as the emergence of Latin@ directors who changed the way Latin@s were to be viewed in film: http://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Screen-Years-Latino-Hollywood/dp/B00006LPDE
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