Golden Globes 2021 – Who are the winners?

1 March, 2021

This year’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony, one of the most prestigious film festivities in the world, took place on Sunday, February 28. The event was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler from their respective cities (Fey on the East Coast and Poehler on the West Coast), being for the first time in the history of the Golden Globes when the ceremony was streamed live online.

The big winner is Nomadland (r. Chloé Zhao), and the television series that went home with the most awards is The Crown (creat de Peter Morgan).

The actress honored this year with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award is Jane Fonda, seven-time Golden Globe winner.

Here is the full list of winners of the 78th Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture – Drama: Nomadland (dir. Chloé Zhao)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama: Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy: Rosamund Pike, (I Care A Lot)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Best Motion Picture – Animated: Soul (dir. Pete Docter, Kemp Powers)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language: Minari (dir. Lee Isaac Chung)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture: Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Best Director – Motion Picture: Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste (Soul)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture: Laura Pausini Io Sì (Seen) (The Life Ahead)

Best Television Series – Drama: The Crown (created by Peter Morgan)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Drama: Emma Corrin (The Crown)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Drama: Josh O’Connor (The Crown)

Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy: Schitt’s Creek (created by Dan Levy, Eugene Levy)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy: Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy: Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television: The Queen’s Gambit (created by Scott Frank,  Allan Scott)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Limited Series, Anthology Series Or A Motion Picture Made Television: Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television: Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Supporting Role: Gillian Anderson (The Crown)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Supporting Role: John Boyega (Small Axe)

Cecil B. deMille Award: Jane Fonda

Carol Burnett Award: Norman Lear

 

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