Golden Globe Awards 2021: Nomadland and Borat Win Top Awards

Golden Globe Awards were held virtually as Nomadland’s Chloé Zhao bag best director while Sacha Baron Cohen was named best comedy actor.

Nomadland and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm sealed a massive victory at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

The night’s top prize – best drama film – went to Nomadland, which stars Frances McDormand.

Chloé Zhao was declared the best director, becoming the second female winner of the category in Globes history, after Barbra Streisand in 1983.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the sequel to 2006’s hugely successful Borat, was named best musical or comedy film.

Cohen nudged further exciting acts at the awards body as he was called the best actor in a comedy or musical for the same film.

Borat and Nomadland were among several films to pick up two awards each. Of the night’s 14 acting winners, half were British, including Cohen; Rosamund Pike named the best actress in a musical or comedy film for I Care A Lot; and Daniel Kaluuya, who won best-supporting actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.

Daniel Kaluuya, with his award for best supporting actor

British winners

• Emma Corrin, The Crown ( Best actress in a drama series )

• Josh O’Connor, The Crown ( Best actor in a drama series )

• Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah ( Best supporting actor in any motion picture )

• John Boyega, Small Axe ( Best supporting actor in a series, limited series, or TV movie )

• Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot ( Best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy )

• Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit ( Best actress in a limited series or TV movie )*

• Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ( Best actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy)

• *Taylor-Joy holds triple British, American, and Argentine citizenship and has lived in the UK since the age of six.

John Boyega was named best supporting actor in a limited series for his portrayal of pioneering black British police officer Leroy Logan in an installment of Small Axe, Steve McQueen’s landmark series of BBC films.

The Crown was the big winner in the television categories, winning four prizes, including the best drama series.

Emma Corrin won for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown.

Gillian Anderson was named the best-supporting actress for her portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the series.

The Queen’s Gambit won the best-limited series, while its star Anya Taylor-Joy, who has lived in the UK since she was six, was named best actress in a limited series.

Schitt’s Creek was named best comedy series, and one of its stars, Catherine O’Hara, was named best TV comedy actress.

Catherine O’Hara was named best comedy actress for Schitt’s Creek.

Elsewhere, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously named best actor in a drama film for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom performance.

In one of the ceremony’s surprises, The United States vs. Billie Holiday star Andra Day was named best actress in a drama film for her portrayal of the jazz singer.

Aaron Sorkin paid tribute to the three women who were nominated for best director as he accepted the best screenplay for The Trial of the Chicago 7.