The Critics Choice Association has announced the full slate of honorees for the sixth annual Celebración of Cinema & Television, which takes place Oct. 2 in Beverly Hills. The event recognizes onscreen and offscreen work from the Latino and Hispanic entertainment community.
The Odyssey‘s John Leguizamo will receive the Career Achievement Award, and Obsession star Inde Navarrette will take the Breakthrough Actress Award for film. Judy Reyes, Oscar Nuñez, Rodrigo Teixeira, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, James Ortiz, Aimee Carrero, Beth de Araújo, and Laysla De Oliveira round out the 2026 class.
Here is the full list of honorees:
Career Achievement Award — John Leguizamo
The Emmy winner, Special Tony Award recipient, and four-time Tony nominee is being recognized for more than four decades of work across film, television, comedy, and theater, including his recent performance in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The Universal Pictures release crossed $1 billion worldwide three weeks after it opened. Leguizamo’s credits also include Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, the Ice Age franchise, and Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It.
Trailblazer Award — Judy Reyes
Reyes currently stars in two ABC and Hulu series, High Potential and Scrubs. She plays Lt. Selena Soto on High Potential, which became ABC’s top-rated series in its debut season and the network’s most-watched new series in six years. She also returned to Scrubs for the revival, which comes back for a second season on ABC and Hulu this fall. Her other credits include Devious Maids, Claws, and Birth/Rebirth.
Vanguard Award — Oscar Nuñez
The Daytime Emmy and SAG Actor Award winner is being honored for his body of work, including Peacock’s The Paper, where he plays Oscar Martinez, the character he originated on The Office. Season 2 premieres Sept. 9.
Producer Award — Rodrigo Teixeira
The Oscar-nominated producer is recognized for Neon’s Paper Tiger. Through RT Features, Teixeira produced Call Me by Your Name, which earned four Oscar nominations, and I’m Still Here, the first Brazilian Portuguese-language film nominated for Best Picture and the winner of Best International Feature. Paper Tiger is his third film with director James Gray. It premiered at Cannes this year and will open the New York Film Festival.
Director Award — Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi
The pair known as “Los Javis” are honored for Netflix’s La Bola Negra, which won them the Best Director prize at Cannes. The multigenerational drama was inspired by an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca and stars Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Julio Torres, Penélope Cruz, and Glenn Close. Calvo and Ambrossi are also behind Paquita Salas, the Rose d’Or-winning La Mesías, and HBO’s Veneno.
Innovator Award — James Ortiz
The actor and puppeteer is recognized for Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary. Ortiz is the puppeteer and voice behind Rocky opposite Ryan Gosling, and is eligible for awards consideration in supporting actor. His Broadway puppet design work includes the Tony-nominated The Skin of Our Teeth.
Supporting Actress Award, Series — Aimee Carrero
Carrero is honored for Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors, whose ensemble helped the series land a Best Drama Series Emmy nomination in its second season. She voiced Elena, Disney’s first Latina princess, in Elena of Avalor, as well as She-Ra and Adora in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
Breakthrough Director Award — Beth de Araújo
The Brazilian and Chinese American filmmaker is recognized for Sumerian Pictures’ Josephine, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at Sundance this year. The film stars Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, and Mason Reeves.
Breakthrough Actress Award, Film — Inde Navarrette
Navarrette is honored for Focus Features’ Obsession, which grossed $495.5 million worldwide.
Breakthrough Actress Award, Series — Laysla De Oliveira
De Oliveira is recognized for Paramount+’s Lioness, where she appears across all three seasons of the Taylor Sheridan thriller alongside Zoe Saldaña and Morgan Freeman, rising from Marine recruit to Delta Force operator to CIA contractor. Her other credits include In the Tall Grass, Locke & Key, and Guest of Honour.
The Celebración of Cinema & Television is one of several CCA events recognizing historically underrepresented communities, alongside the Celebration of Black Cinema and Television, the Celebration of AAPI Cinema and Television, and the Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema and Television.
