Banegas Earns International Emmy Award…

Cristina Banegas has picked up her first International Emmy

The 66-year-old Argentine actress won the Best Performance by an Actress award at the 40th International Emmy Awards from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Cristina Banegas

Banegas earned the award for her role as the mother a girl with Down Syndrome in the episode entitled “Sin Cobertura” of the Argentine series Televisión x la inclusión. Banegas’ character Paula is the mother of Fernanda, who is in urgent need of heart surgery. The health insurance company that covered the procedure has now merged with Argenlife, and the authorization for treatment has been denied. Paula fights to save her daughter’s life, aided only by her own perseverance.

Meanwhile, Darío Grandinetti picked up the Best Performance by an Actor award for his work in a different episode of the same series.

The 53-year-old Argentine actor won the International Emmy for his portray of a taxi driver to whom life has not been kind. He’s divorced and lives in a humble house. When he finds out that his new neighbors are from Peru, his hatred towards Peruvians triggers a war against the neighbors which doesn’t stop until they move out of their home.

Grandinetti Nominated for International Emmy Award…

Darío Grandinetti may soon pick up his first-ever Emmy award…

The 53-year-old Argentine actor has received an International Emmy nomination for his acting work on the Argentine series Televisión x la Inclusión, which is produced by ON TV Llorente and Villarruel Contenidos.

Darío Grandinetti

Grandinetti, who starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Academy Award-winning film Talk to Her, has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category for playing a nationalistic taxi driver in the chapter entitled “Suelo argentino.”

He’s up against Singapore’s Arthur Acuña, the United Kingdom’s Jason Isaacs, Norway’s Stein Winge and China’s Zhu Yawen for the International Emmy.

Meanwhile, Grandinetti’s Televisión x la Inclusión co-star Cristina Banegas has received a nod in the Best Performance by an Actress category.

The 66-year-old Argentine actress is being recognized for her work as the mother of a child with Down Syndrome in the chapter entitled “Sin cobertura.”

Winners will be announced at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala, on November 19, in New York City.

Here’s a look at all the Latin American nominees:

Arts Programming

All My Life – Cartola
TV Globo / Rede Globo
Brazil

Best Performance by an Actor

Darío Grandinetti in Televisión por la Inclusión
ON TV Contenidos
Argentina

Best Performance by an Actress

Cristina Banegas in Televisión x la Inclusión
ON TV Contenidos
Argentina

Comedy

The Invisible Woman
TV Globo / Rede Globo
Brazil

Documentary

Hitler’s Escape
Anima Films / The History Channel Latin America
Argentina

Drama Series

The Social Leader
Artear / Pol-ka
Argentina

Non-Scripted Entertainment

El Hormiguero
7yaccion / Antena 3
Spain

Planeta Extremo
TV Globo
Brazil

Telenovela

The Illusionist
TV Globo / Rede Globo
Brazil

TV Movie/Mini-Series

The Good Men
TV Globo / Rede Globo / Casa de Cinema de POA
Brazil