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The 2025 Imagen Awards recently celebrated Latino talent in the entertainment industry, honoring performers, directors, and artisans in film and television. This marks the organization’s 40th annual awards show.

Notable winners among the 27 categories included acting legend Danny Trejo for his variety/reality series Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo, and reigning Emmy winner and current nominee Liza Colón-Zayas for The Bear. More recognizable champions were John Leguizamo and Barbie Ferreira for Bob Trevino Likes It, Benjamin Bratt for Millers in Marriage, Gabriel Luna for The Last of Us, and Brian Jordan Alvarez for English Teacher.

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The Last of Us, currently nominated for 16 Emmy Awards, won the Best Drama Series prize at the Imagen Awards. There was a tie for Best Comedy Series, with Land of Women and Y Llegaron de Noche both claiming victory.

Bob Trevino Likes It won Best Feature Film, while the directing trophies went to Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus) for film, and Alonso Ruizpalacios (Andor) for TV.

Two special honors were awarded to Gustavo Dudamel and Dailyn Rodriguez. Dudamel, an internationally renowned composer, received the Imagen President’s Award for his musical contributions and work with the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA). Rodriguez, a writer-producer-showrunner known for Ugly Betty, Queen of the South, and The Lincoln Lawyer, received the Norman Lear Writer’s Award.

These awards were created in 1985 by the Imagen Foundation to encourage positive portrayals of Latinos in the media. The 40th annual ceremony is scheduled to air Oct. 1. on PBS during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Here is the full winners list for the 2025 Imagen Awards in all 27 categories:

Best Feature Film
Bob Trevino Likes It

Best Director — Film
Fede Álvarez, Alien: Romulus

Best Actor
John Leguizamo, Bob Trevino Likes It

Best Actress
Barbie Ferreira, Bob Trevino Likes It

Best Supporting Actor
Benjamin Bratt, Millers in Marriage

Best Supporting Actress
Sasha Calle, On Swift Horses

Best Music Composition for Film or Television
Gustavo Santaolalla, The Last of Us

Best Music Supervision for Film or Television
Javier Nuño & Joe Rodríguez, Acapulco

Best Drama Series
The Last of Us

Best Comedy Series — TIE
Land of Women
Y Llegaron de Noche

Best Special or Television Movie
Voces: American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos

Best Director — Television
Alonso Ruizpalacios, Andor

Best Actor — Drama
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, The Lincoln Lawyer

Best Actress — Drama
Sofia Carson, The Life List

Best Supporting Actor — Drama
Gabriel Luna, The Last of Us

Best Supporting Actress — Drama
London Garcia, NCIS: Origins

Best Actor — Comedy
Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher

Best Actress — Comedy
Camila Perez, Acapulco

Best Supporting Actor — Comedy
Rafael Cebrián, Acapulco

Best Supporting Actress — Comedy
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Best Young Actor
Brice Gonzalez, Lopez vs Lopez

Best Voice-Over Actor
Natalia del Riego, Remember Us

Best Variety or Reality Show
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo

Best Youth Programming
Dora

Best Documentary
Las Amazonas de Yaxunah

Best Informational Program
ABC News Studios

Best Short Film
Remember Us

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