The Latinx population buys a quarter of U.S. movie tickets but represents 3 percent of leading actors

The cast of "Dora and the Lost City of Gold".
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A study released Monday by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reports on the dismal state of Latinx representation in a survey of the top grossing films of the last decade.

Out of the 1,200 films surveyed from 2007 to 2018, only 3 percent of leading roles went to Latinx characters. Only 17 of those roles were for women, and actress Cameron Diaz (who has Cuban roots) accounted for 5 of 17.

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