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)
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Desi Arnaz won for an award titled simply Television Achievement (1955)
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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).