Chadwick Boseman was posthumously honoured with a Golden Globe for his performance as the strong-willed trumpet player Levee who marches to his own beat in the musical period drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, the actor’s swansong.
Boseman, who died in August at the age of 43 following a four year-long private battle with colon cancer, won the award in the best performance by an actor in a motion picture category.
Boseman’s wife, Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf in a Zoom call.
“He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices,” an emotional Ledward said.
It’s the first Golden Globe win for Boseman, who achieved global stardom as King T’Challa of fictitious African country Wakanda aka superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Much before 2018’s “Black Panther”, the actor had made a name for himself by playing iconic black historical figures like baseball star Jackie Robinson in “42”, singer-songwriter James Brown in “Get on Up” and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in “Marshall”.
Gary Oldman for “Mank”, Riz Ahmed for “The Sound of Metal”, Anthony Hopkins for “The Father”, and Tahar Rahim for “The Mauritanian” were the other nominees in the category.
Complete list of Golden Globe Winner
The 78th Golden Globe Awards kickstarted on Sunday (March 1 for India). After being delayed for close to two months for the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Golden Globe this year is being held virtually. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have returned as the hosts of the Golden Globe Awards for the fourth time. The Crown, which had garnered the highest nominations for any television series this year, won in four categories.
Take a look at the winners announced so far:
BEST PICTURE – DRAMA
The Father
Mank
Nomadland – WINNER
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST PICTURE – MUSICAL/ COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – WINNER
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom
BEST ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday – WINNER
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
BEST ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
BEST ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/ COMEDY
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot – WINNER
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
BEST ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/ COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – WINNER
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian – WINNER
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 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 DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 – WINNER
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
BEST PICTURE – ANIMATED
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul – WINNER
Wolfwalkers
BEST PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Another Round, Denmark
La Llorona, France and Guatemala
The Life Ahead, Italy
Minari, US – WINNER
Two of Us, USA and France
BEST SCORE MOTION PICTURE
The Midnight Sky, Alexandre Desplat
Tenet, Ludwig Göransson
News of the World, James Newton Howard
Mank, Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor
Soul, Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor – WINNER
BEST SONG – MOTION PICTURE
Fight For You, Judas and the Black Messiah,
Hear My Voice, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Io Sì (Seen), The Life Ahead – WINNER
Speak Now, One Night in Miami
Tigress & Tweed, The United States vs. Billie Holliday
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Crown – WINNER
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched
BEST MUSICAL/ COMEDY SERIES
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Ted Lasso
BEST TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox
BEST ACTRESS – TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett, Mrs America
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
BEST ACTOR – TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True – WINNER
BEST TELEVISION ACTRESS – DRAMA SERIES
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown – WINNER
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched
BEST TELEVISION ACTOR – DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
BEST TELEVISION ACTRESS – MUSICAL/ COMEDY SERIES
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
BEST TELEVISION ACTOR – MUSICAL/ COMEDY SERIES
Don Cheadle. Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso – WINNER
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION
John Boyega, Small Axe – WINNER
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
