It’s Latinx Heritage Month, and we can’t let the month go by without giving Afro-Latinx actors their flowers. Here are 27 of the top Afro-Latinx actors in Hollywood.
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1. Jharrel Jerome
Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles he’s most known for: Moonlight, When They See Us, Mr. Mercedes and Selah and the Spades.
Fun fact: The Emmy winner will be seen soon in Concrete Cowboys opposite Caleb McLaughlin and Idris Elba.
2. Tessa Thompson
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Latinx roots: Panamanian, Mexican
Roles she’s most known for: Thor: Ragnarok, Annihilation, Creed, Creed II, Selma
Fun fact: She portrays the first LGBTQ heroine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
3. Laz Alonso
Latinx roots: Cuban
Roles he’s most known for: Soul Food, Fast & Furious, Avatar, The Boys
Fun fact: He was an investment banker before changing industries.
4. Rome Flynn
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Latinx roots: Cuban
Roles he’s most known for: Drumline: A New Beat, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Haves and the Have Nots, How to Get Away with Murder
Fun fact: Flynn has released several singles, including “Brand New” and “Keep Me In Mind.”
5. Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles he’s most known for: Love, Simon, Bumblebee, Alita: Battle Angel, Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Fun fact: He and Angel Bismark Curiel, also on this list, star in the recently-released film, Critical Thinking. The project is John Leguizamo’s feature directorial debut.
6. Tatyana Ali
Latinx roots: Panamanian
Roles she’s most known for: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Love That Girl!, The Young and the Restless
Fun fact: She appeared on Star Search when she was younger. Will Smith helped launch her music career.
7. Yaya DaCosta
Latinx roots: Brazilian
Roles she’s most known for: Whitney, The Butler, Chicago Med
Fun fact: She first garnered mainstream attention for her standout turn on America’s Next Top Model.
8. Dascha Polanco
Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles she’s most known for: Orange Is the New Black, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Russian Doll, When They See Us
Fun fact: Her daughter played a younger version of her Orange Is the New Black character
9. Reagan Gomez-Preston
Latinx roots: Puerto Rican
Roles she’s most known for: The Parent ‘Hood, The Cleveland Show, Love, Inc.
Fun fact: Gomez-Preston has her own production company, RGP Productions.
10. Herizen F. Guardiola
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Latinx roots: Cuban
Roles she is most known for: The Get Down, Dare Me
Fun fact: This month, Guardiola release a song entitled “RangRover.’
11. Rosie Perez
Latinx roots: Puerto Rican
Roles she’s most known for: Do the Right Thing, White Men Can’t Jump, Fearless, In Living Color
Fun fact: She is a staunch activist, especially surrounding HIV/AIDS awareness.
12. Judy Reyes
Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles she is most known for: Scrubs, Devious Maids, Claws
Fun fact: Her twin sister, Joselin, played a paramedic on Law & Order: SVU
13. Gina Torres
Latinx roots: Cuban
Roles she is most known for: Xena: Warrior Princess, Alias, Firefly, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Suits
Fun fact: She is presumed to be the first Afro-Latinx actress to lead a primetime drama with Pearson.
14. Alfred Enoch
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Latinx roots: Brazillian
Roles he’s most known for: Harry Potter film franchise, How to Get Away with Murder
Fun fact: Enoch played football while at attending The Queen’s College, Oxford
15. Shar Jackson
Latinx roots: Puerto Rican, Mexican
Roles she is most known for: Moesha, Good Burger,
Fun fact: She was in the girl group Mpulz, which had a song on The Princess Diaries soundtrack
16. Chance Perdomo
Latinx roots: Guatemalan
Role he is most known for: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Fun fact: He was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role (Killed by My Debt).
17. Heather Hemmens
Latinx roots: Costa Rican
Roles she’s most known for: Hellcats, If Loving You Is Wrong, Roswell, New Mexico
Fun fact: The actress has a black belt in martial arts and weapons training
18. Mj Rodriguez
Latinx roots: Puerto Rican
Roles she’s most known for: Saturday Church, Pose
Fun fact: She won the Clive Barnes Award in 2011 for an Off-Broadway production of Rent.
19. Indya Moore
Latinx roots: Puerto Rican, Dominican
Roles they are most known for: Saturday Church, Pose
Fun fact: Moore also stars in the upcoming Netflix film, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
20. Julissa Calderon
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Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles she’s most known for: Gentefied
Fun fact: Calderon is a former popular personality for Buzzfeed’s Pero Like vertical.
21. Selenis Levya
Latinx roots: Cuban, Dominican
Roles she’s most known for: Orange Is the New Black, Diary of a Future President
Fun fact: Levya played Titi Rosa on the iconic Nickelodeon sitcom, Taina.
22. Angel Bismark Curiel
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Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles he’s most known for: Monsters and Men, Pose, Night Comes On
Fun fact: He and Jorge Lendeborg Jr., also on this list, star in the recently-released film, Critical Thinking. The project is John Leguizamo’s feature directorial debut.
23. Melissa De Souza
Latinx roots: Panamanian
Roles she’s most known for: The Best Man, The Best Man Holiday, Reed Between the Lines, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Fun fact: She was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her work in The Best Man.
24. Tristan Wilds
Latinx roots: Dominican
Roles he’s most known for: The Wire, Red Tails, 90210
Fun fact: He is also a musician under the name Mack Wilds.
25. Christina Milian
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Latinx roots: Cuban
Roles she’s most known for: Love Don’t Cost a Thing, East Los High, Grandfathered, Be Cool
Fun fact: Milian has released three albums as a musical artist.
26. La La Anthony
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Latinx roots: Puerto Rican
Roles she’s most known for: Think Like a Man, Think Like a Man Too, Power, Chi-Raq, The New Edition Story, The Chi
Fun fact: Anthony first garnered attention as an MTV VJ on TRL and a host on VH1 reality specials before she expanded to acting.
27. Marquis Rodriguez
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Latinx roots: Puerto Rican
Roles he’s most known for; Saturday Church, When They See Us
Fun fact: He starts in an upcoming Hulu anthology series, Monsterland, with Nicole Beharie.
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