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)
- Katy Jurado won as supporting actress for “High Noon” (1951) and was nominated as newcomer of the year.
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Desi Arnaz won for an award titled simply Television Achievement (1955)
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Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) won Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956), won a special award five years later and was nominated again for “Pepe” (1960).
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Ramon Novarro won a special award in 1960
- Rita Moreno won Best Supporting Actress for “West Side Story” (1961).
- “The Important Man” from Mexico wins as foreign language film (1961)
- Desi Arnaz Jr. won as most promising newcomer for “Red Sky at Morning” (1971)
- Raquel Welch won Best Actress in a Comedy award for “The Three Musketeers” (1974).
- Raul Julia, four-time nominee and one-time winner, starting with “Tempest” (1982)
- Edward James Olmos, four time nominee, including his win as TV supporting actor, “Miami Vice” (1985)
- Luis Puenzo won Best Foreign Language Film for “La historia oficial” (1986).
- Anthony Quinn won the Cecil B. DeMille Award (1986) and earned five acting nominations.
- “The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story” (1994) won three Globes, including best miniseries.
- 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), one of eight nominations
- 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)
- “Ugly Betty” was named best comedy TV series (2006)
- 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) and earned four other nominations.
- Alfonso Cuarón won for Best Director twice: “Gravity” (2013) and “Roma” (2018)
- 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), with two other nominations.
- Guillermo del Toro won Best Director for “The Shape of Water” (2017).
- “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)
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won for best animated film (2022)
Other Globes nominees include:
- Gilbert Roland, supporting actor for “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1951), the first of two nominations
- Linda Cristal was a three-time contender and won the first of her two awards for “The Perfect Furlough” (1958)
- Cesar Romero was nominated as supporting actor for “If a Man Answers” (1962)
- Rita Hayworth, nominated as lead drama actress, “Circus World” (1964)
- Sonia Braga is a three-time nominee, starting with a bid as film supporting actress, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1985)
- Norma Aleandro, nominated film supporting actress, “Gaby: A True Story” (1987)
- Fernanda Monetengro was nominated for drama actress for “Central Station” (1998)
- Cameron Diaz was nominated for comedy actress for “There’s Something About Mary” (1998)
- Salma Hayek was nominated for film actress for “Frida” (2002)
- Adriana Barraza was nominated as supporting actress for “Babel” (2006)
- Sofia Vergara earned four consecutive noms as supporting actress for “Modern Family,” starting in 2010
- Edgar Ramirez earned the first of his two nominations with “Carlos” (2010)
- Berenice Bejo was nominated as supporting actress for “The Artist” (2011)
- Daniel Bruhl was nominated for “Rush” (2013), the first of two noms
- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were nominated three times, starting with the song from “Frozen” (2013)
- Wagner Moura was nominated for drama series lead, “Narcos” (2016)
- Alfred Molina was nominated as TV supporting actor for “Feud” (2017)
- Ana de Armas was nominated as Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for “Knives Out” (2019), the first of two nominations.
- Antonio Banderas, five-time nominee, most recently for “Pain and Glory” (2019)
- Penelope Cruz, four-time nominee, most recently for TV supporting actress in “American Crime Story” (2019).
- Jennifer Lopez, two-time nominee, most recently for “Hustlers” (2019).
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, four-time nominee, most recently as songwriter for “Encanto” (2021).
- Anthony Ramos nominated for “In the Heights” (2021)
- Diego Calva was nominated for comedy lead for “Babylon” (2022)
- Diego Luna, nominated as drama series actor for “Andor” (2022)
- Selena Gomez received two consecutive comedy series noms for “Only Murders in the Building” (2022)
- Jenny Ortega nominated as TV comedy series actress, “Wednesday” (2022)
- Aubrey Plaza was nominated as TV supporting actress for “The White Lotus” (2022)
- Pedro Pascal, nominee for drama series actor, “The Last of Us” (2023)