Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors

Previous and current HOLA members include Fortuna Calvo-Roth, Carlos Carrasco (at one time the Executive Director), Pablo Andrade (current Executive Director), Míriam Colón, Liza Colón-Zayas, Delilah Cotto, Raúl Dávila (at one time its President), Caridad de la Luz, Robin de Jesús, Idalis DeLeón, Emilio Delgado, Venuz Delmar, Moisés Kaufman, Malcolm March, Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, Jorge Merced, Olga Merediz, Antone Pagán, Ilka Tanya Payán, Antonia Rey, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jaime Sánchez, Roselyn Sánchez, Jimmy Smits, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Judy Torres and David Zayas.

The organization functions as a advocacy group in the entertainment industry for actors working on stage, on television and in film.

In one well-documented case in the 1990s, HOLA successfully collaborated with Actors’ Equity Association to shine a light on questionable casting practices being employed at the time on Broadway.

HOLA Awardees have included well known artists such as Antonio Banderas, Rubén Blades, Danny Burstein, Bobby Cannavale, Nilo Cruz, Alfonso Cuarón, Benicio del Toro, Héctor Elizondo, Lupita Ferrer, Marlene Forte, Andy Garcia, Moises Kaufman, John Leguizamo, Bianca Marroquín, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Montiel, Alfred Molina, John Ortiz, Pedro Pascal, Rosie Pérez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Mercedes Ruehl, Felix Solis, Lauren Velez, and David Zayas.

Other current and past programs that HOLA has held over its long history include professional training units of workshops and seminars (HOLAfábrica), in-house casting referral service (HOLAgram), and a series of special events including networking events and HOLA After the Curtain series).