2021 Golden Globes winners: The complete list

By Jevon PhillipsMultiplatform Editor

Feb. 28, 2021 Updated 8:27 PM PT

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. members who vote on the Golden Globes may be under scrutiny, but the 2021 ceremony went full steam ahead with a field of nominees that featured many female directors, buzzy TV shows and notable shortcomings in its honors for Black storytelling. Still, meaningful snubs and questions about the Globes’ relevance aside, the awards continued to matter to many in the industry.

Chloe Zhao and her film “Nomadland” and Sacha Baron Cohen and his film “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” each won top movie honors, while “Soul” also took home multiple prizes at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. Chadwick Boseman, Jodie Foster, “Minari,” Andra Day and Daniel Kaluuya also received honors. In television, favorites “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Crown” and “Schitt’s Creek” won the night’s top TV awards while roles in “Small Axe” and “Ted Lasso” were also honored.

The Globes ceremony was again hosted by Tina Fey (from the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center in New York) and Amy Poehler (from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles). This year’s special honors were conferred upon film icon Jane Fonda and television pioneer Norman Lear. Read our full coverage of the Golden Globes here.

The 78th Golden Globe Awards winners are below.

Best motion picture — drama

WINNER | “Nomadland”
“The Father”
“Mank”
“Promising Young Woman”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Actress in a motion picture — drama

WINNER |Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”

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 motion picture — musical or comedy

WINNER | “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
“Hamilton”
“Music”
“Palm Springs”
“The Prom”

Director — motion picture

WINNER | Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Regina King, “One Night in Miami”
Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Actor in a motion picture — drama

WINNER |Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian”

Limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

WINNER | “The Queen’s Gambit”
“Normal People”
“Small Axe”
“The Undoing”
“Unorthodox

Actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

WINNER | Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Normal People”
Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”

Supporting actress — television

WINNER | Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Cynthia Nixon, “Ratched”

Supporting actress in a motion picture

WINNER | Jodie Foster, “The Mauritanian”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Helena Zengel, “News of the World”

Television series — drama

WINNER | “The Crown”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Ozark”
“Ratched”

Motion picture — foreign language

WINNER | “Minari” (United States)
“Another Round” (Denmark)
“La Llorona” (Guatemala/France)
“The Life Ahead” (Italy)
“Two of Us” (France)

Actor in a television series, drama

WINNER | Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Al Pacino, “Hunters”
Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

Actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy

WINNER | Rosamund Pike, “I Care a Lot”
Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Kate Hudson, “Music”
Michelle Pfeiffer, “French Exit”
Anya Taylor-Joy, “Emma.”

Television series — musical or comedy

WINNER | “Schitt’s Creek”
“Emily in Paris”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Ted Lasso”

Actor in a television series — musical or comedy

WINNER | Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”

Original song — motion picture

WINNER | “Io Si (Seen)” (“The Life Ahead”)
“Speak Now” (“One Night in Miami”)
“Fight for You” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
“Hear My Voice” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
“Tigress & Tweed” (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”)

Original score — motion picture

WINNER | “Soul” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
“The Midnight Sky” — Alexandre Desplat
“Mank” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“News of the World” — James Newton Howard
“Tenet” — Ludwig Göransson

Actress in a television series — drama

WINNER | Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Sarah Paulson, “Ratched”

Screenplay — motion picture

WINNER | Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, “The Father”
Jack Fincher, “Mank”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

WINNER | Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”
Bryan Cranston, “Your Honor”
Jeff Daniels, “The Comey Rule”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”

Motion picture — animated

WINNER | “Soul”
“The Croods: A New Age”
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“Wolfwalkers”

Actress in a television series — musical or comedy

WINNER | Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
Lily Collins, “Emily in Paris”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Jane Levy, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”

Supporting actor — television

WINNER | John Boyega, “Small Axe”
Brendan Gleeson, “The Comey Rule”
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Jim Parsons, “Hollywood”
Donald Sutherland, “The Undoing”

Supporting actor in a motion picture

WINNER | Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Jared Leto, “The Little Things”
Bill Murray, “On the Rocks”
Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”