Latin Artists Who’ve Scored Major Movie & TV Roles Since 2020 (Updating)

Musicians launching a career in acting isn’t anything new.

In fact, it’s more common than ever, and Latin artists are no exception as they make their way to the big screen or score a role in a popular television series. Over the past four years, a handful of Latin artists — from Karol G to Bad Bunny, Maluma and Residente — have made their acting debuts.

In January, Karol G showed her acting chops for the first time on Netflix’s Griselda opposite Sofia Vergara, and Bad Bunny booked back-to-back film projects — Bullet Train and Cassandro — after making his acting debut on Netflix’s Narcos: México in 2021.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rican hitmaker Residente made his acting debut in the indie film In the Summers, which premiered earlier this year at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The project, directed by Alessandra Lacorazza, won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.

As for Maluma, he starred alongside Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson in Marry Me, which was released in 2022. “As a Latino from Colombia, Medellin, who was going to think that my first movie was going to be a Hollywood movie with Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez? We’re making history right now as a Latin community, and I feel very proud of being part of this big, big movement that we’re having right now,” he previously told Billboard.

A few other Latin acts, like Becky G, Leslie Grace and Lucero, who had already been part of a series or film before 2020, returned with new projects. Becky, who made her acting debut in 2017 as the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers, had a few projects under her belt, including Good Mourning in 2022 and Blue Beetle in 2023.

Below, here are a handful of Latin artists who’ve scored major onscreen roles since 2020 (in alphabetical order):