Golden Globes 2021: "The Crown" takes home four trophies

Golden Globes 2021
"The Crown" takes home four trophies

Emma Corrin (left) can be seen for the first time as Lady Diana in season four of "The Crown".

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The clear winner of the Golden Globes 2021 is not a single production, but the streaming service Netflix – also thanks to "The Crown".

Netflix productions were nominated 42 times for the Golden Globes this year. In the night from Sunday to Monday, the streaming service was able to triumph ten times. One of the big winners: "The Crown". The successful series around the British royal family won four categories, including "Best Series – Drama".

In addition to the Golden Globe in the most important series category, "The Crown" with the actor duo Josh O'Connor (30) and Emma Corrin (25) also won the "Best Series Lead Actor" and "Best Series Lead Actress" categories . The two Brits play Prince Charles (72) and Lady Diana (1961-1997) in the fourth season. In addition, Gillian Anderson (52) won the Globe in the category "Best Supporting Actress – Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie" for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).

Chloé Zhao wins as the second woman for "Best Director"

Another multiple winner is the Canadian comedy series "Schitt's Creek" ("Best Series – Comedy or Musical", "Best Series Leading Actress – Comedy or Musical"). The US film drama "Nomadland", which can currently be seen on the streaming service Hulu, dominated the "Best Film – Drama" category. It tells the story of a woman who travels through the American West and also won filmmaker Chloé Zhao (38) the award for "Best Director". After Barbra Streisand (78, "Yentl") in 1983, she is only the second woman to receive this honor at the Golden Globes.

The Netflix competitor Amazon did not go away empty-handed either. The in-house streaming service of the US group also won two awards with "Borat Anschluss Moviefilm" – for "Best Film – Comedy or Musical" and with actor Sacha Baron Cohen (49) in the category "Best Actor – Comedy or Musical". In the "Best TV Movie or Mini-Series" category, however, Netflix won again with the seven-part hit "The Ladies' Gambit". Its leading actress Anya Taylor-Joy (24) also received the Globe for "Best Lead Actress – Mini-Series or TV Movie".

Posthumous honor to Chadwick Boseman

In other categories, Andra Day (36, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") won for "Best Actress – Drama", the late Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom") as "Best Actor – Drama ", Rosamund Pike (42," I Care A Lot ") as" Best Actress – Musical or Comedy "and Daniel Kaluuya (32," Judas and the Black Messiah ") as" Best Supporting Actor – Film ".

"Avengers" star Mark Ruffalo (53) was able to assert himself with "I Know This Much Is True" as "Best Actor – TV Film", while his colleague Jason Sudeikis (45) won with "Ted Lasso" in the "Best" category Series Leading Actor – Comedy or Musical ". John Boyega (28) prevailed as "Best Supporting Actor – Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie", while author Aaron Sorkin (59) received the award for "Best Screenplay" with "The Trial of the Chicago 7". "Best Animated Film" was the children's film "Soul", which is currently available on Disney +.

Jane Fonda receives a special price, Helena Zengel receives nothing

Jane Fonda (83, "Grace and Frankie") received a special Golden Globe. The film icon received the Cecil B. deMille Award for her oeuvre. Among the stars who went empty-handed on Sunday night, however, was the German Hollywood hope Helena Zengel ("system sprinkler"). The twelve-year-old was nominated for her performance alongside Tom Hanks (64) in "News from the World" as "Best Supporting Actress – Film", but lost to film icon Jodie Foster (58), who won with "The Mauritanian".

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