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Helena Zengel while waiting for the announcement of the Golden Globes winners
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The twelve-year-old German
Helena Zengel
went away empty-handed at the Golden Globes awards ceremony.
Jodie Foster
won the category "Best Supporting Actress"
for her supporting role in the political thriller
"The Mauritanian"
.
The Association of the Foreign Press in Hollywood announced on Monday night.
The road movie
"Nomadland"
by director
Chloé Zhao
won the Golden Globe for best film drama.
Zhao also won the directing trophy, only as the second woman in the history of the Golden Globes.
The young German hope Zengel had followed the awarding of the award in a live broadcast from Berlin.
Because of the corona pandemic, the show ran largely in online format instead of the usual crowded ballroom in Beverly Hills.
Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the ceremony from separate stages in California and New York.
The winners were connected by video
In the western "Neues aus der Welt" (News from the World), the schoolgirl played an orphaned girl who was raised by an indigenous people at the side of Oscar winner Tom Hanks.
Zengel made her English-language debut, directed by Paul Greengrass.
The role earned her a lot of attention in Hollywood.
The young star had his first big success two years ago with the German film »Systemsprenger«.
There was
also no Golden Globe at the award ceremony
for the German series
"Unorthodox"
.
In the category of best mini-series or television film
, the series directed
by
Maria Schrader was
defeated by
the chess drama
"The Ladies' Gambit"
.
Shira Haas
, who plays an ultra-Orthodox Jew in "Unorthodox", also lost to
Anya Taylor-Joy
from "The Lady's Gambit"
as best leading actress in a miniseries or a television film
.
»Nomadland« is the best film drama
In the comedy category, the
vicious
satire
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" won
with the British comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen
, who also received the Globe for best leading actor in a comedy.
As in 2006, the Briton had traveled through the USA, got into conversation with people and involved them in sometimes funny or revealing situations.
His first "Borat" appearance had also brought him the trophy.
US actress and singer
Andra Day
, who
embodies jazz singer Billie Holiday
in
"The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
, was named best drama actress.
In the men's ranks,
Chadwick Boseman was
posthumously recognized for his final role in the jazz drama
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
.
Boseman died of cancer last August at the age of 43.
In the “Best Non-English Language Film” category, the family drama “Minari” by US director Lee Isaac Chung won, bringing in his own experience as a child of Korean immigrants in the rural US state of Arkansas.
With »Minari«, shot mainly in Korean, films from Italy, France and Denmark were in the running.
Daniel Kaluuya named best actor
The Golden Globe for Best Supporting Male Role went to
Daniel Kaluuya
.
The British actor Kaluuya was honored for his role in the film
"Judas and The Black Messiah"
and thus prevailed against film greats such as
Bill Murray
and
Sacha Baron Cohen,
among others
.
At the virtual acceptance of the award, Kaluuya paid tribute to the US civil rights activist and Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, whom he embodies in the film.
"I hope later generations can see how brilliantly he fought, how brilliantly he spoke, and how brilliantly he loved," he said.
Rosamund Pike
received the Golden Globe for her portrayal of a cheater in the thriller satire
"I Care a Lot"
.
In the Comedy / Musical category,
Maria Bakalova was
nominated for her role in
"Borat Anschluss Moviefilm"
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
for her role in
"French Exit"
and
Kate Hudson
for her role in
"Music"
.
The Golden Globes are the most important prizes for film and television, alongside the Oscars and the Emmys.
In addition to 14 film trophies, eleven prizes are awarded in television categories.
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