The 11th ALMA Awards honored the accomplishments made by Hispanics in film, television, and music in 2008. The ceremony was held on September 17, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
The ceremony aired on ABC for the last time after 9 years, moving to NBC in 2011.
Winners and nominees
The following is a list of the nominees from film, television, and music; the winners are bolded.
Benjamin Bratt , The Cleaner Carlos Bernard , 24 Nestor Carbonell , Lost Cristian de la Fuente , In Plain Sight Jorge Garcia , Lost Benito Martinez , The Shield Esai Morales , Jericho Enrique Murciano , Without A Trace Amaury Nolasco , Prison Break Edward James Olmos , Battlestar Galactica Danny Pino , Cold Case Adam Rodriguez , CSI: Miami Miguel Sandoval , Medium Jimmy Smits , Dexter David Zayas , Dexter
Lauren Vélez , Dexter Laura Cerón , ER Alana De La Garza , Law & Order Cote de Pablo , NCIS Paula Garcés , The Shield Julie Gonzalo , Eli Stone Eva La Rue , CSI: Miami Justina Machado , ER Dania Ramirez , Heroes Francia Raisa , The Secret Life of the American Teenager Sara Ramirez , Grey's Anatomy Michelle Rodriguez , Lost Roselyn Sanchez , Without A Trace Paola Turbay , The Secret Life of the American Teenager ; The Closer
Oscar Nuñez , The Office Jake T. Austin , Wizards of Waverly Place Disney Channel )Demián Bichir , Weeds Showtime )Ricardo Antonio Chavira , Desperate Housewives ABC )Joshua Gomez , Chuck (NBC )Mark Indelicato , Ugly Betty George Lopez , Mr. Troop Mom Nickelodeon )Tony Plana , Ugly Betty (ABC)James Roday , Psych Horatio Sanz , In the Motherhood Charlie Sheen , Two and a Half Men CBS )
Selena Gomez , Wizards of Waverly Place Jessica Alba , The Office (NBC)Maria Canals-Barrera , Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)America Ferrera , Ugly Betty (ABC)Joanna Garcia , Privileged CW )Salma Hayek , 30 Rock Eva Longoria , Desperate Housewives (ABC)Lupe Ontiveros , Reaper Ana Ortiz , Ugly Betty (ABC)Judy Reyes , Scrubs Rosie Perez , Lipstick Jungle Jamie-Lynn Sigler , Entourage HBO )Nadine Velazquez , My Name Is Earl
Year in Music
John Leguizamo , Nothing Like the Holidays Javier Bardem , Vicky Cristina Barcelona Clifton Collins Jr. , Star Trek Crank: High Voltage Luis Guzmán , The Taking of Pelham 123 Cheech Marin , Race To Witch Mountain Alfred Molina , Pink Panther 2 Oscar Nuñez , The Proposal Joaquin Phoenix , Two Lovers Efren Ramirez , Crank: High Voltage Freddy Rodriguez , Nothing Like the Holidays Ramon Rodriguez , Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Year in Documentaries
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
Jeanne Van Phue - Twilight
Fashion Icon
Anthony Quinn Award for Industry Excellence
Special Achievement in Sports Television
The 2009 PepsiCo Adelante ALMA Award
