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)
  • Katy Jurado won as supporting actress for “High Noon” (1951) and was nominated as newcomer of the year.
  • Desi Arnaz won for an award titled simply Television Achievement (1955)

  • 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).

  • 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)