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List of Filipino Emmy, Grammy, Academy, and Tony Award winners and nominees

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This is a collective list of Filipino Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony Award winners and nominees.

Emmy Awards[edit]

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Primetime)[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Role Status Notes
2010 Darren Criss United States The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Andrew Cunanan Won First Filipino American to win for any acting categories.[1]

Outstanding Actor In a Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series (Primetime)[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Role Status Notes
2016 Lou Diamond Phillips United States/Scotland/Republic of Ireland The Crossroads of History Chieftain Nominated Part-Filipino (his mother was Filipino).[1]

Outstanding Actress In a Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series (Primetime)[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Role Status Notes
2020 Rain Valdez United States Razor Tongue Belle Nominated First Filipino-American transgender woman to be nominated.[1]

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Children's and Family)[edit]

It was regularly hosted at Daytime Emmy Awards until 2022.

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Status Notes
1996 Ronnie del Carmen N/A Freakazoid! Won

Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program (Children's and Family)[edit]

Formerly known as Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program, regularly hosted at Daytime Emmy Awards until 2022.

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Role Status Notes
2016 Eric Bauza Canada The Adventures of Puss in Boots Puss in Boots and Sino Nominated (Seasons 1-2 only.)
2021 Looney Tunes Cartoons Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Nominated
2022 Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Won

Outstanding Voice Performance in a Preschool Program (Children's and Family)[edit]

It was regularly hosted at Daytime Emmy Awards until 2022.

Year Name Co-citizenship Television Role Status Notes
2019 Eric Bauza Canada Muppet Babies Fozzie, Mr. Statler, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Robin and Sam Nominated
2020 Nominated
2021 Nominated
2023 Bugs Bunny Builders Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Won

Best Actor (International)[edit]

Year Name Television Role Status Notes
2010 Sid Lucero Dahil May Isang Ikaw Alfred "Red" Ramirez Nominated
2017 Zanjoe Marudo Maalaala Mo Kaya Victor Nominated

Best Actress (International)[edit]

Year Name Television Role Status Notes
2008 Angel Locsin Lobo Lyka Raymundo Nominated
2015 Jodi Sta. Maria Pangako sa 'Yo Amor Powers Nominated

Grammy Awards[edit]

Song of the Year[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
2011 Bruno Mars United States/Spain/Puerto Rico/ Fuck You Nominated
2012 Grenade Nominated
2014 Locked Out of Heaven Nominated
2018 That's What I Like Won
2022 Leave the Door Open Won

Best Musical Theater Album[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2003 Lea Salonga N/A Flower Drum Song Nominated [2]
2005 Robert Lopez United States Avenue Q Nominated
2011 The Book of Mormon Won
2014 Jhett Tolentino N/A The Color Purple Won First naturalized Filipino to win.[3]
2019 Lea Salonga N/A Once on This Island Nominated
2020 Eva Noblezada United States Hadestown Won [4]

Best Pop Vocal Album[edit]

Formerly known as Best Contemporary Album in 1968.

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1968 Larry Ramos United States Insight Out Nominated [5]

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals[edit]

Formerly known as Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) in 1968.

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1968 Larry Ramos United States Windy Nominated [5]

Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance - Vocal or Instrumental[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1967 Larry Ramos United States Cherish Nominated [5]

Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1967 Larry Ramos United States Cherish Nominated [5]

Best Performance by a Chorus[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1963 Larry Ramos United States Presenting The New Christy Minstrels Won First Asian and first Filipino to win.[5]

Best Performance By A Vocal Group[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Work Status Notes
1967 Larry Ramos United States Cherish Nominated [5]
1968 Never My Love Nominated

Academy Awards (Oscar)[edit]

This main article is a list of Filipino Academy Award winners and nominees. Robert Lopez and Matthew Libatique are the only people who garnered more nominations than once in the same category.

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Role Status Notes
2010 Hailee Steinfeld United States True Grit Mattie Ross Nominated Part-Filipino (maternal grandfather was of half Filipino and half African-American).[6][7][8]
First Filipino and youngest Asian-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress (age 14).

Best Original Screenplay[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2015 Ronnie del Carmen N/A Inside Out Nominated First naturalized Filipino to be nominated for any screenplay category.

Best Cinematography[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2010 Matthew Libatique United States Black Swan Nominated First Filipino to be nominated for Best Cinematography.[9]
2018 A Star Is Born Nominated
2023 Maestro Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2021 Frederic Aspiras United States/Vietnam House of Gucci Nominated [10]

Best Production Design[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2017 Paul Denham Austerberry Canada/United Kingdom The Shape of Water Won First Filipino to be nominated and to win for Best Production Design.[11]

Best Original Song[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Song Status Notes
2013 Robert Lopez United States Frozen "Let It Go" Won Part-Filipino (paternal grandfather is Filipino, paternal grandmother is part-Filipino).[12]
2017 Coco "Remember Me" Won
2019 Frozen II "Into the Unknown" Nominated
2020 H.E.R. Judas and the Black Messiah "Fight for You" Won

Best Visual Effects[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
1993 Ariel Velasco Shaw United States The Nightmare Before Christmas Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Visual Effects.

Best Animated Short Film[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2018 Trevor Jimenez Canada Weekends Nominated [9]
Bobby Pontillas United States One Small Step Nominated [9]

Best Live Action Short Film[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Film Status Notes
2005 Pia Clemente United States Our Time is Up Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.[9]

Tony Awards[edit]

Best Musical[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2014 Jhett Tolentino N/A A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder Won First naturalized Filipino to win for Best Musical.[3]
2017 Raymond Poliquit United States Dear Evan Hansen Won [13]

Best Book of a Musical[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2011 Robert Lopez United States The Book of Mormon Won First naturalized Filipino to win for Best Book of a Musical.

Best Actress in a Musical[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Role Status Notes
1990 Lea Salonga N/A Miss Saigon Kim Won First naturalized Filipino to be nominated and to win for Best Actress in a Musical.
2017 Eva Noblezada United States Nominated
2019 Hadestown Eurydice Nominated

Best Costume Design in a Musical[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2016 Clint Ramos United States Once on This Island Nominated
2019 KPOP Nominated

Best Play[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2013 Jhett Tolentino N/A Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Won First naturalized Filipino to win for Best Play.
2015 Hand to God Nominated

Best Revival of a Play[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2014 Jhett Tolentino N/A A Raisin in the Sun Won First naturalized Filipino to win for Best Revival of a Play.
2015 This Is Our Youth Nominated

Best Costume Design in a Play[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2016 Clint Ramos United States Eclipsed Won First Filipino descent to win for Best Costume Design.[13]
2019 Torch Song Nominated
2020 The Rose Tattoo Nominated

Best Scenic Design of a Play[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2016 Clint Ramos United States Slave Play Nominated

Best Original Score[edit]

Year Name Co-citizenship Show Status Notes
2004 Robert Lopez United States Avenue Q Won First Asian to win for Best Original Score.
2011 The Book of Mormon Won
2018 Frozen Nominated

Milestones[edit]

Robert Lopez[edit]

Filipino-American singer-songwriter Robert Lopez.

Robert Lopez is one of only nineteen people, and the only Filipino, to have won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT). He is also the youngest person EGOT winner and achieved the accomplishment in shortest period of time of any EGOT winner: he won in all four categories in the span of ten years at the age of 39.[citation needed] He is also the only person to have won all four awards more than once, having won four Emmys, three Grannys, two Oscars and three Tonys.[14]

His second set of wins in all four categories began with 37th Daytime Emmy Awards and concluded with 90th Academy Awards, establishing a new fastest EGOT record of 7 years and 8 months.[15]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ a b "NOMINATIONS (JHETT TOLENTINO)". The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Eva Noblezada". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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  7. ^ "Hailee Steinfeld: Biography". IMDb. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ Isla, Micah Levin (April 9, 2016). "Hailee on what it means to have Pinoy roots". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d La O, Ana (August 22, 2006). "The Talented Miss Clemente". Asia Pacific Arts. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  10. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (February 8, 2022). "'House of Gucci' Hair and Makeup Oscar Nomination for Frederic Aspiras Is a Milestone for Asian American Representation". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Meet the Asian and Asian American Nominees for the 2018 Oscars!". Center for Asian American Media. March 1, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  12. ^ Nepales, Ruben V. (November 7, 2013). "Fun, music-filled morning with Fil-Am Tony, Grammy winner and wife". Inquirer Entertainment. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  13. ^ a b https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20170715/282660392466721. Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ Schwartz, Dana (March 5, 2018). "Oscars 2018: Robert Lopez becomes the first person in history to double EGOT". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  15. ^ "'Remember Me' Songwriter Robert Lopez Becomes First-Ever 'Double EGOT' Winner". Variety. 5 March 2018.