Rainbow Award

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Evelina Fernandez is an award-winning actor, playwright and screenwriter. She is also a founding and board member of the Latino Theater Company, a poet and a motivational speaker, performing for and speaking to youth and adults in schools and community centers throughout California and the Southwest. 

In 2007 she was a finalist for the Humanitas Prize for her writing for the PBS animation series “Maya and Miguel. In 2003 her stage play, Dementia and won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles. 

Evelina has starred in film roles with Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez and Cheech Marin in A Million to Juan and in Luminarias with Scott Bakula, Robert Beltran & Cheech Marin.  She was nominated for a DESI AWARD and is the recipient of the prestigious Nosotros GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD for her critically acclaimed portrayal of “Julie” in American Me and the ALMA AWARD for Hollywood Confidential. 

Evelina has won several awards and recognitions nationally and internationally, including the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding writing for “LUMINARIAS;” International Film Festival in Bolivia (Best Screenplay – Luminarias), and many more.  She was inducted into the James.  She was a proud member of Honorable Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Transition Team in 2005 and is a Commissioner on the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission.