Golden Globe® Awards 2021: The Walt Disney Company Winners Include Soul, Nomadland and The United States vs. Billie Holiday!
The Walt Disney Company received a total of five Golden Globe® Awards at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Best Motion Picture – Drama winner Searchlight Pictures' Nomadland achieved an additional historical honor with the award for Best Director - Motion Picture: Chloé Zhao – the second woman to ever receive the win in the category. Garnering its first two Golden Globe Awards since launching in 2019, Disney+ took home honors for Disney Pixar's Soul, which was directed by Academy Award® winner Pete Docter; written by Kemp Powers & Mike Jones; starring voice talents of Phylicia Rashad, Questlove and Daveed Diggs; and featuring original jazz music by globally renowned musician Jon Batiste, and Oscar® winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Hulu also hit a record with its first win for a Hulu Original film with Andra Day's Best Actress performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. A complete list of all TWDC wins is below.
NOMADLAND (Searchlight Pictures) - 2 Wins
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director - Motion Picture - Chloé Zhao
Best Motion Picture - Animated
Best Original Score - Motion Picture – Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (Hulu) - 1 Win
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Andra Day
Congratulations to The 2021 Golden Globe® winners from the Walt Disney Company which received a total of 25 Golden Globe® Award nominations. Disney+ received its first Golden Globe nominations since launching in 2019 and saw Soul win for "Best Picture - Animated" as well as for "Best Score Motion Picture." There were also some big honors for Hulu with Searchlight Pictures' Nomandland, nominated for Best Picture Drama, Best Actress – Motion Picture (Frances McDormand), Best Director – Motion Picture (Chloé Zhao) and Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Chloé Zhao) and ending up with wins in the categories for "Best Picture - Drama" and "Best Director - Motion Picture" for Chloé Zhao. Andra Day also took home a "Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama" Golden Globe® Award for The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Congrats to all the winners and nominees. Click on any of the links in this article start enjoying these highly-acclaimed movies, shows and specials right now! A complete list of all TWDC nominations is below.
THE GREAT (Hulu) - 3 Nominations
- Best Musical/Comedy Series
- Best Television Actress – Musical/Comedy Series – Elle Fanning
- Best Television Actor – Musical/Comedy Series – Nicholas Hoult
HAMILTON (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Disney+) - 2 Nominations
- Best Picture – Musical/Comedy
- Best Actor - Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy – Lin-Manuel Miranda
THE MANDALORIAN (Disney+ / Lucasfilm Ltd.) - 1 Nomination
- Best Drama Series
MRS. AMERICA (FX on Hulu / FXP) - 1 Nomination
- Best Actress - Television Motion Picture – Cate Blanchett
NOMADLAND (Searchlight Pictures) - 4 Nominations
- Best Picture Drama
- Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama - Frances McDormand
- Best Director Motion Picture - Chloé Zhao
- Best Screenplay Motion Picture - Chloé Zhao
Normal People (Hulu) - 2 Nominations
- Best Television Motion Picture
- Best Actress - Television Motion Picture - Daisy Edgar-Jones
ONWARD (Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) - 1 Nomination
- Best Picture – Animated
PALM SPRINGS (Hulu) - 2 Nominations
- Best Picture – Musical/Comedy
- Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy – Andy Samberg
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures) - 1 Nomination
- Best Actor - Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy - Dev Patel
- Best Television Actor – Musical/Comedy Series – Ramy Youssef
RATCHED (20th Television) - 3 Nominations
- Best Television Series – Drama
- Best Television Actress – Drama Series – Sarah Paulson
- Best Supporting Actress – Television – Cynthia Nixon
- Best Picture – Animated
- Best Score Motion Picture – Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (Hulu) - 2 Nominations
- Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama – Andra Day
- Best Song Motion Picture - "Tigress & Tweed"; Raphael Saadiq & Andra Day
Be sure to catch up with all the Walt Disney Company nominees anytime with the links above.