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Golden Globes 2021: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ win top awards

Golden Globes 2021: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ win top awards

By Semi Turaga
01/03/2021
[Photo: Getty Image]

The biggest winners of the 78th Golden Globes were “Nomadland” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

The two films earned awards for best picture; “Nomadland” for the drama category and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” for the comedy or musical division.

Chloe Zhao, the director behind “Nomadland,” became the first woman to win the best director award since 1984 when Barbara Streisand secured an award for “Yentl.”

For the television awards “Schitt’s Creek,” “Queen’s Gambit” and “The Crown” dominated across acting and best series categories.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best motion picture - drama

• The Father

• Mank

• WINNER: Nomadland

• Promising Young Woman

• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best actress in a motion picture - drama

• Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

• WINNER: Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

• Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

• Frances McDormand, Nomadland

• Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best actor in a motion picture - drama

• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

• WINNER: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

• Anthony Hopkins, The Father

• Gary Oldman, Mank

• Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best motion picture - musical or comedy

• WINNER: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

• Hamilton

• Music

• Palm Springs

• The Prom Best actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy

• Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

• Kate Hudson, Music

• Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

• WINNER: Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot

• Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

Best actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy

• WINNER: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

• James Corden, The Prom

• Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

• Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

• Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best supporting actress in any motion picture

• Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

• Olivia Colman, The Father

• WINNER: Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian

• Amanda Seyfried, Mank

• Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best supporting actor in any motion picture

• Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

• WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

• Jared Leto, The Little Things

• Bill Murray, On the Rocks

• Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami

Best director - motion picture

• David Fincher, Mank

• Regina King, One Night in Miami

• Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

• WINNER: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best screenplay - motion picture

• The Father

• Mank

• Nomadland

• Promising Young Woman

• WINNER: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best motion picture - animated

• The Croods: A New Age

• Onward

• Over the Moon

• WINNER: Soul

• Wolfwalkers

• Another Round (Denmark)

• La Llorona (Guatemala)

• The Life Ahead (Italy)

• WINNER: Minari (USA)

• Two of Us (France)

Best original score - motion picture

• Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

• The Midnight Sky - Alexandre Desplat

• News of the World - James Newton Howard

• WINNER: Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

• Tenet - Ludwig Göransson

Best original song - motion picture

• Fight for You - Judas and the Black Messiah

• Hear My Voice - The Trial of the Chicago 7

• WINNER: Io Si (Seen) - The Life Ahead

• Speak Now - One Night in Miami

• Tigress & Tweed - The US vs Billie Holiday

Best TV series - drama

• WINNER: The Crown

• Lovecraft Country

• The Mandalorian

• Ozark

• Ratched

Best actress in a drama series

• WINNER: Emma Corrin, The Crown

• Olivia Colman, The Crown

• Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

• Laura Linney, Ozark

• Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best actor in a drama series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark

• WINNER: Josh O'Connor, The Crown

• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

• Al Pacino, Hunters

• Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best TV series - musical or comedy

• Emily in Paris

• The Flight Attendant

• WINNER: Schitt's Creek

• The Great

• Ted Lasso Best actress in a TV series - musical or comedy

• Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

• Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

• Elle Fanning, The Great

• Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

• WINNER: Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek

• Best actor in a TV series - musical or comedy

• Don Cheadle, Black Monday

• Nicholas Hoult, The Great

• Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek

• WINNER: Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

• Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best limited series or TV movie

• Normal People

• WINNER: The Queen's Gambit

• Small Axe

• The Undoing

• Unorthodox Best actress in a limited series or TV movie

• Cate Blanchett, Mrs America

• Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People

• Shira Haas, Unorthodox

• Nicole Kidman, The Undoing

• WINNER: Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit

Best actor in a limited series or TV movie

• Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

• Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule

• Hugh Grant, The Undoing

• Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird

• WINNER: Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Best supporting actress in a series, limited series or TV movie

• WINNER: Gillian Anderson, The Crown

• Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

• Julia Garner, Ozark

• Cynthia Nixon, Ratched

• Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie

• WINNER: John Boyega, Small Axe

• Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule

• Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek

• Jim Parsons, Hollywood

• Donald Sutherland, The Undoing

Cecil B DeMille Award - Jane Fonda

Carol Burnett Award - Norman Lear

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