The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced Actress and Latin Grammy Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Angélica María Hartman Ortiz, known as “Mexico’s Sweetheart,” will receive an Award at the 29th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards on September 22, 2016 , at the historic Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. The Awards recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Latino leaders in various fields, while celebrating cultural pride and the great promise to America. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Author Junot Díaz were announced earlier as Honorees. Other Awardees will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Awards were established in 1987 by The White House to commemorate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month in America. They are considered among the highest honors for Latinos by Latinos and the program will include top Latino performers and personalities paying tribute to the Honorees from the stage.
“The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is very proud to honor Angélica María with the Hispanic Heritage Award,” said José Antonio Tijerino, president and CEO of Hispanic Heritage Foundation. “She is truly ‘Mexico’s Sweetheart’ as she’s transitioned with great grace and relevancy from a child star to a teen idol to a true living legend. All our Honorees, including Angélica María, embody what it is to be real Americans and a source of inspiration for all Latinos. The Hispanic community has made significant contributions throughout history, and we are proud to recognize that impact in the present and the future as well.”
Angélica María began her film career at the age of five and since then has worked continuously having performed in over 60 films from musicals, comedy to drama and thrillers. She started in television when she was 6 years old mostly in musical and variety shows and eventually became one of the first actors to participate in primetime “telenovelas.” To this day, Angélica María has starred in over 25 telenovelas (soap operas).
She debuted live on stage at the age of 10 and has participated in 17 theatrical productions ranging from dramas, to comedies, to musicals. At 17 she recorded her first album and to this date she has recorded 63. In 1973, she launched “La balada ranchera” (Ranchera Balad), which topped the charts and made her the first Latin singer to sell two million copies in the US. To this date, she remains the only Mexican singer to sell out, on the same day, two back-to-back shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Angélica María has made thousands of national and international tours, television shows and personal appearances, and has received more than 200 awards worldwide. Just this past year, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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