12 Non-Latino Celebs Who Have Played Latino Characters!

By Latina Staff | 11/29/2012 - 16:59 | 11 Comments

A new picture of Ariel Winter of Modern Family shows the 14-year-old actress reprising her parody role of Dora in Dora the Explorer for CollegeHumor.com. And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Italian actress Caterina Murino has been tapped to star in the English-language film In Search of Ingrid, a biopic about former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. (We have to admit we're a little bummed that a Latina wasn't cast to portray the former Colombian senator and anti-corruption activist.) Still, these aren't the only instances of a non-Latino celebrity portraying Latinos on the big screen. Here are 12 non-Latino actors who have played nuestra gente.

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Ariel Winter in Dora the Explorer: The Search for the Infinity Orb (College Humor)

While the live-action version of the Nickelodeon show Dora the Explorer is just a spoof, we couldn't help but notice that the young actress chosen for the animated Latina character was none other than Ariel Winter. Ariel also voices the animated character Sofia The First, which had it's own (controversial) Latina legacy. 

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