16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards

The 16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 12 February 2007 in Madrid's Palacio Municipal de Congresos.^[1] Directed by Mariano de Paco and written by Mariano de Paco, Ignacio García May and Ainhoa Amestoy, the gala was hosted by Jorge Bosso.^[1]

In addition to the competitive awards, the association 'Nuestras hijas de regreso a casa' received the 'Mujeres en Unión' award, Matilde Conesa the 'Una vida de doblaje' award, whereas Nuria Espert scooped the 'Toda una vida' career award.^[1]^[2] The Special Award went to the specialized bookshop Ocho y Medio.^[2]

Winners and nominees

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

Film

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Juan Diego — Go Away from Me Daniel Brühl — Salvador Sergi López — Pan's Labyrinth	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Penélope Cruz — Volver Marta Etura — Dark Blue Almost Black Maribel Verdú — Pan's Labyrinth
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Antonio de la Torre — Dark Blue Almost Black Juan Diego Botto — Go Away from Me Héctor Colomé [es] — Dark Blue Almost Black	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Blanca Portillo — Volver Lola Dueñas — Volver Carmen Maura — Volver
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Manuel Morón [es] — The Night of the Sunflowers Javier Cámara — Alatriste Roberto Enríquez — The Borgia	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Chus Lampreave — Volver Ingrid Rubio — Salvador Ana Wagener — Dark Blue Almost Black

Television

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role José Luis Gil — Aquí no hay quien viva Imanol Arias — Cuéntame Paco Tous — Los hombres de Paco	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Chiqui Fernández [es] — Mujeres Ruth Núñez — Yo soy Bea Ana Otero — Amar en tiempos revueltos
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Mariano Peña — Aída Roberto Cairo — Cuéntame Patxi Freytez [es] — El comisario	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Inma Cuevas — Mujeres Teresa Lozano [ca] — Mujeres Ana Goya — Agitación + IVA [es]
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Víctor Clavijo — Mujeres Joaquín Climent — El comisario Quique Hernández — Vientos de agua	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Gracia Olayo — Mujeres Isabel Brazales — Aída Lluvia Rojo — Cuéntame

Theatre

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role Carlos Hipólito — El método Grönholm [es] Rubén Ochandiano — Right You Are (if you think so) Vicente Colomar — El maestro de danzar	Best Female Performance in a Leading Role Cristina Marcos — El método Grönholm [es] Julieta Serrano — Right You Are (if you think so) Montserrat Carulla — Barcelona, mapa de sombras
Best Male Performance in a Secondary Role Jorge Calvo — Right You Are (if you think so) Manuel Aguilar — El mágico prodigioso Miguel del Arco [es] — The Producers	Best Female Performance in a Secondary Role Mélida Molina — Right You Are (if you think so) Berta Gómez — Sálvese quien pueda Maya Reyes— El maestro de danzar
Best Male Performance in a Minor Role Eleazar Ortiz — El método Grönholm [es] Aitor Tejada — The Good Person of Szechwan Rafael Ramos de Castro — El maestro de danzar	Best Female Performance in a Minor Role Arantxa Aranguren [es] — Right You Are (if you think so) Ione Irazabal [eu] — Don Gil de las calzas verdes Gemma Solé — El maestro de danzar

Newcomers

Best New Actor

Raúl Arévalo — Dark Blue Almost Black
- Quim Gutiérrez — Dark Blue Almost Black
- Javier Cifrián [es] — The Near East [es]

Best New Actress

Ivana Baquero — Pan's Labyrinth
- Verónica Echegui — My Name Is Juani
- Belén López — The Distance

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "'Volver', 'El método Grönholm' y la serie 'Mujeres', vencedores en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Europa Press. 13 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Juan Diego y 'Pe', premiados por la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 13 February 2007.
^ "Juan Diego, favorito para ganar el premio de la Unión de Actores". La Nueva España. 4 January 2007.
^ "'Volver' y 'Así es (si así os parece)', las favoritas a los premios Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 5 January 2007.
^ "La Unión de Actores premia `Volver´, `El método Grönholm´ y `Mujeres´". La Opinión de La Coruña. 13 February 2007.
^ Such, Marina (5 January 2007). "Los candidatos de la Unión de Actores". Espinof.