Will Smith And Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Win Career First Golden Globes

January 10, 2022

In lieu of a lavish red carpet and A-List presenters, the 2022 Golden Globe Awards went unseen. On Sunday (Jan. 9), the 79th annual event did not include a public ceremony, as no awards were live-streamed or broadcasted for fans anxious to know if their favorite Hollywood stars earned a trophy. Instead, as the private event occurred, winners were announced on social media from the official Golden Globe platforms.

According to a press release, the event highlighted long-established philanthropy work and showcased a range of grantees during the program. Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, presented the “Reimagine Coalition,” a joint five-year initiative to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion across the global entertainment industry.

Big winners of the night include Will Smith who won a Golden Globe for the first time in his decades-long career. The veteran actor beat out Denzel Washington, Mahershala Ali, and Javier Bardem in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his performance in King Richard.

Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead of the same name, won in the category of Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.  Available on Prime Video, the series chronicles the main character Cora Randall’s (Thuso Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.

The ten-episode limited series additionally stars Chase W. Dillon and Joel Edgerton. Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Sheila Atim, Amber Gray, Peter De Jersey, Chukwudi Iwuji, Damon Herriman, Lily Rabe, Irone Singleton, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Marcus “MJ” Gladney, Jr., Will Poulter and Peter Mullan round out the cast.

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama) for her portrayal of “Blanca” in Pose’s final season. As a transgender actress, the 31-year-old made history with her victory. Rodriguez celebrated her groundbreaking trophy on Instagram with a heartfelt caption.

“OMG OMGGG!!!!” the paragraph began.

“Wow! You talking about sickening birthday present! Thank you! This is the door that is going to Open the door for many more young talented individuals. They will see that it is more than possible. They will see that a young Black Latina girl from Newark New Jersey who had a dream, to change the minds others would WITH LOVE. LOVE WINS. To my young LGBTQAI babies WE ARE HERE the door is now open now reach the stars!!!!!”

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View a complete winners list from the 79th annual Golden Globes below.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy

Nicholas Hoult (The Great)

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

WINNER: Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy

Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

Elle Fanning (The Great)

Issa Rae (Insecure)

Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

WINNER: Jean Smart (Hacks)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series—Drama

Brian Cox (Succession)

Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)

Billy Porter (Pose)

WINNER: Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Omar Sy (Lupin)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series—Drama

Uzo Aduba (In Treatment)

Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)

Christine Baranski (The Good Fight)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

WINNER: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Pose)

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Paul Bettany (WandaVision)

Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)

WINNER: Michael Keaton (Dopesick)

Ewan McGregor (Halston)

Tahar Rahim (The Serpent)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jessica Chastain (Scenes From a Marriage)

Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha)

Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision)

Margaret Qualley (Maid)

WINNER: Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)

Best Television Series, Drama

Lupin (Netflix)

The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Pose (FX)

Squid Game (Netflix)

WINNER: Succession (HBO)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Dopesick (Hulu)

Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)

Maid (Netflix)

Mare of Easttown (HBO)

WINNER: The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jennifer Coolidge (White Lotus)

Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)

Andie MacDowell (Maid)

WINNER: Sarah Snook (Succession)

Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)

Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

WINNER: O Yeong-su (Squid Game)

Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy

The Great (Hulu)

WINNER: Hacks (HBO Max)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy

Cyrano (MGM)

Don’t Look Up (Netflix)

Licorice Pizza (MGM)

Tick, Tick … Boom! (Netflix)

WINNER: West Side Story (20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Motion Picture—Drama

Belfast (Focus Features)

CODA (Apple)

Dune (Warner Bros.)

King Richard (Warner Bros.)

WINNER: The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Motion Picture—Foreign Language

Compartment No. 6 (Sony Pictures Classics)—Finland, Russia, Germany

WINNER: Drive My Car (Janus Films)—Japan

The Hand of God (Netflix)—Italy

A Hero (Amazon Studios)—France, Iran

Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)—Spain

Best Screenplay—Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson—Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

WINNER: Kenneth Branagh—Belfast (Focus Features)

Jane Campion—The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Adam McKay—Don’t Look Up (Netflix)

Aaron Sorkin—Being the Ricardos

Best Original Song—Motion Picture

“Be Alive” from King Richard (Warner Bros.)—Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson

“Dos Orugitas” from Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)—Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Down to Joy” from Belfast (Focus Features)—Van Morrison

“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect (MGM/United Artists Releasing)—Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King

WINNER: “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (MGM/United Artists Releasing)—Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

WINNER: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)

WINNER: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the DoO g)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy

Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)

Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)

WINNER: Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…Boom!)

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)

Anthony Ramos (In the Heights)

Best Motion Picture—Animated

WINNER: Encanto (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Flee (Neon)

Luca (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

My Sunny Maad (Totem Films)

Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture—Drama

Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)

Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

WINNER: Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture—Drama

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

WINNER: Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)

Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy

Marion Cotillard (Annette)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Jennifer Lawrence (Don’t Look Up)

Emma Stone (Cruella)

WINNER: Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Director—Motion Picture

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

WINNER: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Best Original Score

The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)—Alexandre Desplat

Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)—Germaine Franco

The Power of the Dog (Netflix)—Jonny Greenwood

Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classic)—Alberto Iglesias

WINNER: Dune (Warner Bros.)—Hans Zimmer

 

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