# 52nd Golden Globe Awards

The 52nd ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1994, was held on January 21, 1995, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The nominations were announced on December 21, 1994.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Forrest Gump Legends of the Fall Nell Pulp Fiction Quiz Show | The Lion King The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Ed Wood Four Weddings and a Funeral Prêt-à-Porter |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis "Red" Redding Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool as Donald "Sully" Sullivan Brad Pitt – Legends of the Fall as Tristan Ludlow John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega | Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall Jennifer Jason Leigh – Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Dorothy Parker Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivien Haigh-Wood Eliot Meryl Streep – The River Wild as Gail Hartman |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Hugh Grant – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles Jim Carrey – The Mask as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask Johnny Depp – Ed Wood as Ed Wood Arnold Schwarzenegger – Junior as Dr. Alexander "Alex" Hesse Terence Stamp – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Bernadette Bassenger | Jamie Lee Curtis – True Lies as Helen Tasker Geena Davis – Speechless as Julia Mann Andie MacDowell – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Carrie Shirley MacLaine – Guarding Tess as Tess Carlisle Emma Thompson – Junior as Dr. Diana Reddin |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi Kevin Bacon – The River Wild as Wade Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnifield Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lieutenant Dan Taylor John Turturro – Quiz Show as Herb Stempel | Dianne Wiest – Bullets over Broadway as Helen Sinclair Kirsten Dunst – Interview with the Vampire as Claudia Sophia Loren – Prêt-à-Porter as Isabella de la Fontaine Robin Wright Penn – Forrest Gump as Jennifer "Jenny" Curran Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace |
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump Robert Redford – Quiz Show Oliver Stone – Natural Born Killers Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction Edward Zwick – Legends of the Fall | Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino Forrest Gump – Eric Roth Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Lion King – Hans Zimmer Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire – Elliot Goldenthal Legends of the Fall – James Horner Nell – Mark Isham | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John – The Lion King "Circle of Life" by Elton John – The Lion King "The Color of the Night" – Color of Night "Far Longer than Forever" – The Swan Princess "I'll Remember" by Madonna – With Honors "Look What Love Has Done" by Patty Smyth – Junior |
| Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Farinelli • Belgium Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) • Taiwan Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) • France Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) • Poland/Switzerland To Live (Huozhe) • Hong Kong | |
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 7 | Forrest Gump |
| 6 | Pulp Fiction |
| 4 | Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| 4 | Legends of the Fall |
| 4 | The Lion King |
| 4 | Quiz Show |
| 3 | Ed Wood |
| 3 | Junior |
| 3 | Nell |
| 2 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
| 2 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles |
| 2 | Pret-a-Porter |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Forrest Gump |
| 3 | The Lion King |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Best Series – Drama | Best Series – Comedy or Musical |
| The X-Files Chicago Hope ER NYPD Blue Picket Fences | Mad About You Frasier Grace Under Fire Home Improvement Seinfeld |
| Best Lead Actor in a Television Series ||
| Best Actor – Drama Series | Best Lead Actor – Comedy or Musical Series |
| Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue Mandy Patinkin – Chicago Hope Jason Priestley – Beverly Hills, 90210 Tom Skerritt – Picket Fences Sam Waterston – Law & Order | Tim Allen – Home Improvement Kelsey Grammer – Frasier Craig T. Nelson – Coach Paul Reiser – Mad About You Jerry Seinfeld – Seinfeld Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show |
| Best Lead Actress in a Television Series ||
| Best Actress – Drama Series | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series |
| Claire Danes – My So-Called Life Kathy Baker – Picket Fences Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote Heather Locklear – Melrose Place | Helen Hunt – Mad About You Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement |
| Best Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries or a Television Film ||
| Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| Edward James Olmos – The Burning Season Jason Alexander – Seinfeld Fyvush Finkel – Picket Fences David Hyde Pierce – Frasier John Malkovich – Heart of Darkness | Miranda Richardson – Fatherland Sônia Braga – The Burning Season Tyne Daly – Christy Laura Leighton – Melrose Place Jane Leeves – Frasier Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld Laurie Metcalf – Roseanne Leigh Taylor-Young – Picket Fences Liz Torres – The John Larroquette Show |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season Alan Alda – White Mile James Garner – Breathing Lessons Rutger Hauer – Fatherland Samuel L. Jackson – Against the Wall | Joanne Woodward – Breathing Lessons Kirstie Alley – David's Mother Irene Bedard – Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee Diane Keaton – Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight Diana Ross – Out of Darkness |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | |
| The Burning Season Fatherland The Return of the Native Roswell White Mile | |
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 5 | Picket Fences |
| 4 | The Burning Season |
| 4 | Frasier |
| 3 | Fatherland |
| 3 | Home Improvement |
| 3 | Mad About You |
| 3 | Seinfeld |
| 2 | Breathing Lessons |
| 2 | Chicago Hope |
| 2 | Grace Under Fire |
| 2 | Melrose Place |
| 2 | NYPD Blue |
| 2 | White Mile |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | The Burning Season |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* Robert Altman
* Rosanna Arquette
* Victor Borge
* Barry Bostwick
* Beau Bridges
* Margaret Cho
* Joan Collins
* Bruce Davison
* Richard Dreyfuss
* Valeria Golino
* Louis Gossett, Jr.
* Marilu Henner
* Charlton Heston
* Lauren Holly
* Sally Kellerman
* Joey Lawrence
* Michele Lee
* Dudley Moore
* Gregory Peck
* Rosie Perez
* Lou Diamond Phillips
* Aidan Quinn
* Anthony Quinn
* Emma Samms
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* William Shatner
* Cybill Shepherd
* Terence Stamp
* Sharon Stone
* Patrick Swayze
* Jonathan Taylor Thomas
* Jennifer Tilly
* Rip Torn
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Sela Ward
* Mykelti Williamson
* Mara Wilson
* Alfre Woodard

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment".
* Sophia Loren

### "In Memoriam" segment

* Burt Lancaster
* Raul Julia
* Harriet Nelson
* John Candy
* Cesar Romero
* Martha Raye
* Barry Sullivan
* George Peppard
* Joseph Cotten
* Dinah Shore
* Cab Calloway
* Telly Savalas
* Macdonald Carey
* Mildred Natwick
* Henry Mancini
* Claude Akins
* Cameron Mitchell
* William Conrad
* Melina Mercouri
* Jessica Tandy

## Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Network |
| 15 | CBS |
| 13 | NBC |
| 12 | ABC |
| 9 | HBO |
| 4 | Fox |
| 3 | TNT |
The following networks received multiple wins:
| Wins | Network |
| 2 | HBO |