# 79th Golden Globe Awards

The 79th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2021, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The ceremony took place privately on January 9, 2022. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2021, by rapper Snoop Dogg and HFPA president Helen Hoehne.
For the first time since 2008, there was no traditional, televised ceremony. In support of boycotts of the HFPA by various media companies, actors, and other creatives over its lack of action to increase the membership diversity of the organization, the Golden Globes' regular broadcaster NBC declined to televise the 79th Golden Globe Awards. The HFPA ultimately chose to hold the presentation privately, with attendance limited to the organization's beneficiaries, and results announced via press release and highlighted on the Golden Globes' social media pages.
Films Belfast and The Power of the Dog tied wirh the most nominations, 7 each. The latter tied with Steven Spielberg's West Side Story and HBO's Succession with the most of the night, with 3 each. These included the Best Drama Film, Best Musical or Comedy Film and Best Drama Series, respectively. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez made history as the first transgender person to win an acting award at the ceremony, winning Best Actress – TV Series Drama for her role as Blanca Evangelista in Pose. Rachel Zegler also made history as the first actress of Colombian descent and first Latina to win Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for West Side Story, as well as being the youngest winner in that category at 20-years-old; while also one of the first people born in the 21st century to win a Golden Globe, with Billie Eilish (20-years-old at the time) who won Best Original Song for "No Time to Die", theme song to the film of the same name. For his role as Oh Il-nam in Netflix's Squid Game, O Yeong-su became the first South Korean actor to win an acting award, with Best Supporting Actor – TV.

## Ceremony information

On May 10, 2021, NBC announced that it would not televise the ceremony, in support of a boycott of the HFPA by multiple media companies over what it criticized as insufficient efforts to increase the membership diversity of the organization. NBC added that it would be open to televising the ceremony in 2023 if the HFPA were successful in its efforts to reform its organization. Following these events, the HFPA released a timeline for its reforms, which would see the process completed by the week of August 2, 2021. On October 1, 2021, the HFPA released a list of 21 new members that it had recruited under these reforms.
The HFPA then announced on October 15 that it still planned to hold the 79th Golden Globe Awards on January 9, 2022, with or without a telecast. It was then reported that the HFPA would not require its normal submission process and screening requirements for the year. NBC ultimately aired Sunday Night Football as usual on the night of the ceremony, with the 2021 NFL season having extended the regular season to 17 game, 18-week season for the first time.
Details of the ceremony remained unclear when the HFPA announced the nominations on December 13, including whether the nominees would continue to boycott the ceremony. Following the announcement of nominations, The New York Times wrote that the HFPA's choices represented improvement on its goal to diversify itself, but it along with many other publications doubted its effectiveness. In support of the boycott, many studios chose not to acknowledge Golden Globes nominations in their "For Your Consideration" marketing.
On January 6, the HFPA announced that the ceremony would be held privately, with the winners announced via its social media platforms and press releases. It marked the first time since the 36th Golden Globe Awards in 1979 that there was no telecast and the 65th Golden Globe Awards in 2008 that there was no traditional ceremony. The HFPA stated that the 90-minute event would primarily highlight the organization's philanthropic efforts and be interspersed with the award presentations. After reportedly being unable to secure celebrities to serve as presenters, attendance was limited to those associated with the HFPA's beneficiaries, and no nominees, guests, or credentialed media were in attendance. The private ceremony was held under strict COVID-19 protocol due to the Omicron variant's widespread surge in Los Angeles.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| The Power of the Dog Belfast CODA Dune King Richard | West Side Story Cyrano Don't Look Up Licorice Pizza tick, tick... BOOM! |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams Mahershala Ali – Swan Song as Cameron / Jack Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth | Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana Spencer |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Leonardo DiCaprio – Don't Look Up as Dr. Randall Mindy Peter Dinklage – Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza as Gary Valentine Anthony Ramos – In the Heights as Usnavi de la Vega | Rachel Zegler – West Side Story as María Marion Cotillard – Annette as Ann Defrasnoux Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Jennifer Lawrence – Don't Look Up as Kate Dibiasky Emma Stone – Cruella as Estella / Cruella de Vil |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar as Charlie Maguire Jamie Dornan – Belfast as Pa Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi | Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Denis Villeneuve – Dune | Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Adam McKay – Don't Look Up Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Hans Zimmer – Dune Alexandre Desplat – The French Dispatch Germaine Franco – Encanto Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Alberto Iglesias – Parallel Mothers | "No Time to Die" (Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell) – No Time to Die "Be Alive" (Beyoncé and DIXSON) – King Richard "Dos Oruguitas" (Lin-Manuel Miranda) – Encanto "Down to Joy" (Van Morrison) – Belfast "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" (Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, and Carole King) – Respect |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Non-English Language Film |
| Encanto Flee Luca My Sunny Maad Raya and the Last Dragon | Drive My Car (Japan) Compartment No. 6 (Finland) The Hand of God (Italy) A Hero (Iran) Parallel Mothers (Spain) |

### Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
| 7 | Belfast |
| 7 | The Power of the Dog |
| 4 | Don't Look Up |
| 4 | King Richard |
| 4 | Licorice Pizza |
| 4 | West Side Story |
| 3 | Being the Ricardos |
| 3 | Dune |
| 3 | Encanto |
| 2 | CODA |
| 2 | Cyrano |
| 2 | The Lost Daughter |
| 2 | Parallel Mothers |
| 2 | tick, tick... BOOM! |

### Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Films |
| 3 | The Power of the Dog |
| 3 | West Side Story |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Succession (HBO) Lupin (Netflix) The Morning Show (Apple TV+) Pose (FX) Squid Game (Netflix) | Hacks (HBO Max) The Great (Hulu) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Dopesick (Hulu) Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX) Maid (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) ||
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO) as Kendall Roy Brian Cox – Succession (HBO) as Logan Roy Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix) as Seong Gi-hun Billy Porter – Pose (FX) as Prayerful "Pray" Tell Omar Sy – Lupin (Netflix) as Assane Diop | Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – Pose (FX) as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista Uzo Aduba – In Treatment (HBO) as Dr. Brooke Taylor Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show (Apple TV+) as Alex Levy Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+) as Diane Lockhart Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) as June Osborne / Offred |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Ted Lasso Anthony Anderson – Black-ish (ABC) as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu) as Peter III of Russia / Pugachev Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) as Charles-Haden Savage Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) as Oliver Putnam | Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) as Deborah Vance Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max) as Ava Daniels Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu) as Catherine the Great Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO) as Issa Dee Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish (ABC) as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson |
| Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu) as Dr. Samuel Finnix Paul Bettany – WandaVision (Disney+) as Vision Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage (HBO) as Jonathan Levy Ewan McGregor – Halston (Netflix) as Halston Tahar Rahim – The Serpent (Netflix) as Charles Sobhraj | Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (HBO) as Marianne "Mare" Sheehan Jessica Chastain – Scenes from a Marriage (HBO) as Mira Phillips Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic) as Aretha Franklin Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (Disney+) as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix) as Alexandra "Alex" Russell |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| O Yeong-su – Squid Game (Netflix) as Oh Il-nam Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+) as Cory Ellison Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO) as Roman Roy Mark Duplass – The Morning Show (Apple TV+) as Charlie "Chip" Black Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Roy Kent | Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO) as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO) as Tanya McQuoid Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu) as Betsy Mallum Andie MacDowell – Maid (Netflix) as Paula Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Rebecca Welton |

### Series with multiple nominations

The following television series received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Series |
| 5 | Succession |
| 4 | The Morning Show |
| 4 | Ted Lasso |
| 3 | Dopesick |
| 3 | The Great |
| 3 | Hacks |
| 3 | Maid |
| 3 | Only Murders in the Building |
| 3 | Pose |
| 3 | Squid Game |
| 2 | Black-ish |
| 2 | Lupin |
| 2 | Mare of Easttown |
| 2 | Scenes from a Marriage |
| 2 | WandaVision |

### Series with multiple wins

The following series received multiple wins:
| Wins | Series |
| 3 | Succession |
| 2 | Hacks |