Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega, Chadwick Boseman, Andra Day, 2021 Golden Globe Winners
The 78th Golden Globe Awards went virtual this year and were filmed from Los Angeles and New York City. Nominees joined in remotely, and the limited audience consisted of front-line and essential workers. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the event and delivered funny yet honest monologues that called out the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Out of 87 members, there are no black journalists.
Controversy aside, last night’s award show was a HUGE win for Black actors. Four Black actors took home Golden Globes, with three awarded in the film category for the first time in 14 years!
Daniel Kaluuya received the first win of the night for supporting film actor in “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
John Boyega won for supporting TV actor in “Small Axe”.
The late Chadwick Boseman was awarded best actor in a drama for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, becoming the first posthumous winner in the category’s history. His wife Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman gave an emotional acceptance speech on his behalf.
Andra Day became the second Black woman to win the Golden Globe award for lead actress in a drama film for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”. (The first Black woman to win the award was Whoopi Goldberg in 1986.)
‘Soul’ co-director Kemp Powers took home the win for best animated feature making him the first debut Black filmmaker to win a Golden Globe in that category. He is also the second Black director to win in this category following Peter Ramsey, for 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
In addition to taking home the win for “Best Motion Picture – Animated”, Disney/Pixar’s Soul score—composed by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and John Batiste—won in the “Best Original Score” category. The score for Soul has both a dramatic score and a jazz score. The dramatic section was written by Reznor and Ross and the jazz score was written by Batiste.
For a complete list of winners in each category won by a black actor or filmmaker, please see below.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya — “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Sacha Baron Cohen — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Jared Leto — “The Little Things”
Bill Murray — “On the Rocks”
Leslie Odom Jr. — “One Night in Miami”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: John Boyega — “Small Axe”
Brendan Gleeson — “The Comey Rule”
Daniel Levy — “Schitt’s Creek”
Jim Parsons — “Hollywood”
Donald Sutherland — “The Undoing”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
WINNER: Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Riz Ahmed — “Sound of Metal”
Anthony Hopkins — “The Father”
Gary Oldman — “Mank”
Tahar Rahim — “The Mauritanian”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
WINNER: Andra Day — “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Viola Davis — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Vanessa Kirby — “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand — “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Motion Picture — Animated
WINNER: “Soul”
“The Croods 2”
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“Wolfwalkers”
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
WINNER: “Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste
“The Midnight Sky” – Alexandre Desplat
“Tenet” – Ludwig Göransson
“News of the World” – James Newton Howard
“Mank” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
To see the full list of winners, visit https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees
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Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega, Chadwick Boseman, Andra Day, 2021 Golden Globe Winners
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