Wellington-born Anna Sawai poses with her award for Best Actress in a TV Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Photo / Getty Images
Wellington-born Anna Sawai poses with her award for Best Actress in a TV Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Photo / Getty Images
Hollywood’s best and brightest shone at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards on Monday night, with a Kiwi actress at the forefront of the night’s biggest awards.
The 2025 awards season kicked off in epic fashion, with the Golden Globes taking place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Host Nikki Glaser kept things relatively civil in an evening free of any major drama, but X-rated jokes about Ben Affleck, P-Diddy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr featured in her opening monologue as subtle celebrity digs continued throughout the night.
While Holocaust film The Brutalist dominated the Film Drama category, the TV Drama awards fell in favour of feudal Japan epic Shōgun, featuring Wellington-born Anna Sawai, who claimed a Best Actress win.
Based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, the series also won Best TV Drama, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.
Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada both won Golden Globes for Shōgun . Photo / FX
Sawai’s speech was short but thankful, and her win follows her being crowned the first Japanese actress to win any Primetime Emmy, as well as the first actress of Asian descent to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
In one of the more emotional moments of the night, The Substanceactress Demi Moore spoke of her career comeback in a heartfelt speech after winning Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Film.
“I’ve been doing this a long time, like over 45 years and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor. I’m just so humbled and so grateful,” the star revealed.
“Thirty years ago I had a producer tell me I was a popcorn actress and at that time I made that mean that I wasn’t allowed to have this”.
Demi Moore wins Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo / Getty Images
Stalker drama Baby Reindeer also reigned supreme. Jessica Gunning won for her performance as crazed stalker Martha in the hit Netflix series, which was based on creator Richard Gadd’s own experiences with stalking.
While predicted frontrunner Wicked didn’t scoop any acting awards, it did win for Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which wasn’t a surprise to many considering its phenomenal pop culture impact.
Ariana Grande attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. Photo / Getty Images
Pope drama Conclave won Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture, with Peter Straughan’s masterful script about a series of sinister events around a papal succession an awards season favourite.
Playing a stressed-out chef worked wonders for Jeremy Allen White, who received yet another Golden Globe for his work in popular dramedy The Bear — beating out the likes of Adam Brody, Steve Martin and Jason Segel.
White was not in attendance at the ceremony, so presenter Jennifer Coolidge accepted the award on his behalf.
Colin Farrell’s hours in the makeup chair also paid off, as he snatched up a TV Drama Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series for playing legendary Batman villain The Penguin.
Colin Farrell’s performance as Oswald "The Penguin" won him a Golden Globe.
Another big winner was cartel crime comedy musical Emilia Pérez, which won both the Foreign Film award and the overall Musical/Comedy award, as well as a first-time nomination and win for actress Zoe Saldaña.
Pamela Anderson was also tipped for a career comeback after being nominated for the film, The Last Showgirl.
(L-R) Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Selena Gomez, Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Zoe Saldana, winners of the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award for “Emilia Pérez,” pose in the press room during the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. Photo / Getty Images
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