2012 Imagen Awards for Latino entertainment – winners

The 27th Annual Imagen Awards ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel International Ballroom last night. The awards are given to recognize Latinos and their positive representations in the entertainment industry.

Patricia Riggen's Girl in Progress emerged with the most wins with three trophies from its leading five nominations. It won for Best Feature Film, Director, and Supporting Actress (Cierra Ramirez).

Filly Brown by Youssef Delara and Michael Olmos was next with two wins. It won both Lead Acting categories with Lou Diamond Phillips winning Best Actor and Gina Rodriguez winning Best Actress. Casa De Mi Padre actor Diego Luna won for Best Supporting Actor.

On the television side, The Pregnancy Project was the only multi-winner. It won twice, taking est Primetime Program: Special or Movie-of-the-Week and Best Actress – Television (Alexa Vega).

The 27th Annual Imagen Awards will air September 30th at 5pm on PBS SoCal.

Nominations for the 27th Annual Imagen Awards


Complete list of winners for the 27th Annual Imagen Awards

Best Feature Film
Girl in Progress (Pantelion Films)

Best Director/Feature Film
Patricia Riggen, Girl in Progress (Pantelion Films)

Best Actor/Feature Film
Lou Diamond Phillips, Filly Brown (Cima Productions/Olmos Productions/Silent Giant Entertainment)

Best Actress/Feature Film
Gina Rodriguez, Filly Brown (Cima Productions/Olmos Productions/Silent Giant Entertainment)

Best Supporting Actor/Feature Film
Diego Luna, Casa De Mi Padre (NALA Films/Gary Sanchez Productions/Pantelion Films)

Best Supporting Actress/Feature Film
Cierra Ramirez, Girl in Progress (Pantelion Films)

Best Theatrical Short or Student Film
Ingles (Ruben Avitia)

Best Documentary for Film or Television
Habla Texas (HBO Latino)

Best Primetime Program
Switched at Birth (Prodco, Inc. in association with ABC Family)

Best Primetime Program: Special or Movie-of-the-Week
The Pregnancy Project (Barbara Lieberman Productions)

Best Actor/Television
James Roday, Psych (USA Network)

Best Actress/Television
Alexa Vega, The Pregnancy Project (Lifetime Television)

Best Young Actress/Television
Bella Thorne, Shake It Up! (Disney Channel)

Best Supporting Actor/Television
Carlos Gómez, The Glades (A&E)

Best Supporting Actress/Television
Eva La Rue, CSI: Miami (CBS)

Best Children’s Programming
El Perro y El Gato (HBO Latino)

Best National Informational Program
Lost in Detention (Frontline/WGBH)

Best Local Informational Program
Vista L.A. (ABC7/Los Angeles, California)

Best On-Air Advertising
Community Champion Rueben Martinez (PBS SoCal)

Best Variety or Reality Show
Great Performances: Il Postino from LA Opera (LA Opera/WNET)

Best Web Series: Drama
Los Americans (One Economy/V Studio LA)

Best Web Series: Comedy
Noah Comprende (WNET)

Best Web Series: Reality or Information
Black and Latino (mun2/mun2.tv)