Guillermo del Toro, winner as director, “The Shape of Water” Photo: Golden Globes

Golden Globes Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

The Golden Globes is proud to celebrate the U.S. Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). In fact, the Globes has been celebrating Hispanic heritage for nearly 75 years.

Hispanic/Latin workers in the industry have often been overlooked or taken for granted, but others (like the Globes) have recognized their excellence. The list of past winners includes a wide range of honorees. Latin/Hispanic contenders have become more plentiful in the 21st century, as Hollywood films and TV shows have become better at reflecting the fact that the world is multicultural.

Following is a roster of past Golden Globes winners:

  • José Ferrer won in the Best Actor category for “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1950)
  • Desi Arnaz won for an award titled simply Television Achievement (1955)

  • Mario Moreno (Cantinflas) won Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956).

  • Rita Moreno won Best Supporting Actress for “West Side Story” (1961).
  • Raquel Welch won Best Actress in a Comedy award for “The Three Musketeers” (1974).
  • Luis Puenzo won Best Foreign Language Film for “La historia oficial” (1986).
  • Anthony Quinn won the Cecil B. DeMille Award (1986)
  • Jimmy Smits won Best Actor in a Television Drama Series for “NYPD Blue” (1995).
  • “Central Station” won as non-English-language film (1998)
  • “All About My Mother” won as non-English-language film (1999)
  • Benicio del Toro won Best Supporting Actor for “Traffic” (2000).
  • Martin Sheen won best actor drama series, “The West Wing” (2000)
  • Pedro Almodóvar won Best Film in a Foreign Language for “All About my Mother” (1999) and “Talk to Her” (2002).
  • “Talk to Her” won as best non-English-language film (2002)
  • “The Sea Inside” won as best non-English-language film (2004)
  • América Ferrera won Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series for “Ugly Betty” (2006).
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu won for Best Director three times: “Babel” (2006), “Birdman” (2014) and “The Revenant” (2015).
  • Javier Bardem won Best Supporting Actor for “No Country for Old Men” (2007).
  • Alfonso Cuarón won for Best Director twice: “Gravity” (2013) and “Roma” (2018)
  • Guillermo del Toro won Best Director for “The Shape of Water” (2017).
  • Gina Rodríguez won Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Television Series for “Jane the Virgin” (2014).
  • Gael García Bernal won Best Comedy Actor in a television series for “Mozart in the Jungle”(2015).
  • Oscar Isaac won Best Actor in a Television Miniseries for “Show Me a Hero” (2015).
  • “Coco” won Best Animated Film (2017).
  • “Roma” won best non-English-language film (2018)
  • Rachel Zegler won Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for “West Side Story” (2021).
  • Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Musical for “West Side Story” (2021).
  • Michaela Jaé Rodríguez won Best Actress in a Drama Television Series for “Pose”  (2021).
  • “Encanto” won Best Animated Film in (2021).
  • “Argentina 1985” won for best film in non-English language (2022)

Other Globes nominees include:

  • Antonio Banderas, five-time nominee, most recently for “Pain and Glory” (2019)
  • Ana de Armas was nominated as Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for “Knives Out” (2019).
  • Penelope Cruz, four-time nominee, most recently for TV supporting actress in “American Crime Story” (2019).
  • Rita Hayworth, nominated as lead drama actress, “Circus World” (1964)
  • Jennifer Lopez, two-time nominee, most recently for “Hustlers” (2019).
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, four-time nominee, most recently as songwriter for “Encanto”  (2021).