The 2021 Golden Globe winners were crowned on Sunday night, in a bizarre and bizarrely produced ceremony, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
There were strange Zoom moments in abundance. There were several uncomfortable, but necessary, mentions of the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees and within the notoriously corrupt organization that distributes the Golden Globe, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And in between, a variety of television shows and films won new trophies!
On the TV side, the Netflix drama The crown was the most winning program of the night, taking home four statuettes, including Best TV Series – Drama. He was included in the list of winners by his brother Netflix The Queen’s Gambit, which won Best TV Series Limited, as well as Best Actress in TV Drama for star Anya Taylor-Joy. And in the TV comedy categories, the beloved Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek culminated in last year’s Emmy with another victory lap in its final season, winning Best TV Series and Best Actress for Catherine O’Hara.
On the cinema side, several films won two Globes each. Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland won one for Best Film – Drama and one for director Chloé Zhao. Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won Best Picture – Comedy or Musical, and star Sacha Baron Cohen won Best Picture Actor – Comedy or Musical. And from Pixar Soul won Best Animated Film and Best Original Soundtrack. The rest of the film awards were widely distributed: Netflix’s Black Bottom by Ma Rainey, I care a lot, and The Chicago Trial 7 everyone took home awards, just like HBO Max Judas and the Black Messiah, STXfilms’ The Mauritanian, and A24’s Minari.
Despite recent controversies and its reputation as the entertainment industry’s stupidest awards show, the Golden Globe has long served as an important kick-off for the annual Hollywood awards season. This is still true in this atypical year. Although the 2021 edition of the Globes took place two months after normal thanks to the pandemic, they still took place just before the end of the Oscar vote and several weeks before the Oscar ceremony delayed by Covid-19, scheduled for April 25. Thus, Globes maintain their status not really, but sometimes from an Oscar indicator.
The full list of the 2,021 Golden Globe nominees and winners is below.
Best supporting actor – film
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Chicago Trial 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Jared Leto, The little things
Bill Murray, On the rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One night in miami
Best supporting actor – television
John Boyega, Small Ax – WINNER
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Sutherland, The Undo
Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The flight attendant
Elle Fanning, The big
Jane Levy, Zoey’s extraordinary playlist
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Best Film – Animated
The Croods: A New Age
Forward
Soul – WINNER
About the Moon
Wolfwalkers
Best actor in a limited series, anthology series or film made for television
Bryan Cranston, Your honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undo
Ethan Hawke, The good lord bird
Mark Ruffalo, I know this is true – WINNER
Best Screenplay – Film
Emerald Fennell, Promising young woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Chicago Trial 7 – WINNER
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The father
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Olivia Colman, The crown
Jodie Eating, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The crown – WINNER
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched
Best Original Song – Film
“Fight for you,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Listen to my voice,” The Chicago Trial 7
“Io Sì (view),” Life ahead – WINNER
“Speak Now,” One night in miami
“Tigress and Tweed,” United States x Billie Holiday
Best original soundtrack – film
Alexandre Desplat, Midnight sky
Ludwig Göransson, Principle
James Newton, World News
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, Soul – WINNER
Best Television Actor – Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The big
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso – WINNER
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Best television series – musical or comedy
Emily in Paris
The flight attendant
The big
Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Ted Lasso
Best Actress in a Film – Musical or Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Song
Michelle Pfeiffer, French exit
Rosamund Pike, I care a lot – WINNER
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The crown – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk, Better to call Saul
Al Pacino, hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Best Film – Foreign Language
Another round (Denmark)
La Llorona (Guatemala / France)
Life ahead (Italy)
Minari (USA) – WINNER
Two of us (France / USA)
Best Television Series – Drama
The crown – WINNER
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched
Best supporting actress – film
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian – WINNER
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, World News
Best Supporting Actress – Television
Gillian Anderson, The crown – WINNER
Helena Bonham Carter, The crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
Best actress in a limited series, anthology series or film made for television
Cate Blanchett, Lady america
Daisy Edgar Jones, Normal people
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undo
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Best limited series, anthology series or film made for television
Normal people
The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Small Ax
The Undo
Unorthodox
Best actor in a film – Drama
Riz Ahmed, Metal sound
Chadwick Boseman, Black Bottom by Ma Rainey – WINNER
Anthony Hopkins, The father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Best Director – Film
Emerald Fennell, Promising young woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One night in miami
Aaron Sorkin, The Chicago Trial 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – WINNER
Hamilton
Song
Palm Springs
The prom
Best Actor in a Movie – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – WINNER
James Corden, The prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, David Copperfield’s personal story
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
Best Actress in a Film – Drama
Viola Davis, Black Bottom by Ma Rainey
Andra Day, United States x Billie Holiday – WINNER
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of woman
Carey Mulligan, Promising young woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Film – Drama
The father
Mank
Nomadland – WINNER
Promising young woman
The Chicago Trial 7