Golden Globes 2019: Olivia Colman fuels Oscars buzz after Best Actress win for The Favourite

Actor charmed the audience with her humble acceptance speech, where she paid tribute to director Yorgos Lanthimos and her co-stars

Golden Globes 2019: Olivia Colman wins Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

Olivia Colman made a triumphant return to the Golden Globes – a year after winning a TV award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Night Manager.

Scooping the prize for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at this year's ceremony for her starring role in The Favourite, the British actor charmed the audience with her humble, and entertaining, acceptance speech.

“Cor blimey, thank you so much. I'm not going to cry because my entire table will point and laugh at me as I've been crying all evening," she began.

Paying tribute to director Yorgos Lanthimos and her co-stars, she added: “Yorgos, thank you the most muchly and ma b*****s, Emma and Rachel, thank you, every second of working with you was such a joy and I was so sad that it finished.

“I would like to tell you how much this film meant to me but I can't think of it because I'm too excited," she continued. “I went on a private jet and I ate constantly through the film and it was brilliant and I promise I will keep on enjoying this, because it's amazing.”

Colman's win will undoubtedly fuel speculation that she is one of the strongest contenders at this year's Academy Awards, with many picking her as a favourite (pun intended) for the Best Actress award.

Meanwhile, Bohemian Rhapsody won the Best Motion Picture – Drama award as lead actor Rami Malek also picked up a trophy for his performance. The Queen biopic’s wins came as A Star is Born lost in four of the five categories it had been nominated in – despite being one of the most hotly tipped films this awards season.

Bohemian Rhapsody, in which Malek plays Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, defeated BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, If Beale Street Could Talk, and A Star is Born in the Best Motion Picture – Drama category.

Malek, meanwhile, had been nominated alongside John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), and Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

A Star is Born only won one award during the ceremony, when Shallow was crowned Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.

Lady Gaga had been nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama award, which ultimately went to Glenn Close for her role in The Wife.

In addition to his nomination for Best Actor in a Drama, Cooper was up for the Best Director – Motion Picture title. Alfonso Cuarón won the award for his film Roma, which also earned him the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Foreign Language.

Colman, Malek and Bohemian Rhapsody’s victories were part of a series of British wins throughout the night.

Richard Madden scored another one of the high profile wins of the evening when he picked up the Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama award for his performance in Bodyguard.

The BBC thriller, which previously became the most watched show on iPlayer with 41.3 million requests, earned the Scottish actor his first Golden Globe.

Ben Wishaw also scored an award for his performance in A Very British Scandal, picking up the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

Christian Bale, meanwhile, earned the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy trophy for his role as Dick Cheney in Vice.

The British actor shocked many viewers when he spoke in his natural accent while giving his acceptance speech, as many were convinced Bale – a native of Pembrokeshire, Wales – was actually American.

The 76th Golden Globes were hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

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Key Points

• Lady Gaga thrilled as song 'Shallow' wins Best Song – but Mark Ronson is accused of stealing her spotlight
• See the winners in full, from The Favourite to Bohemian Rhapsody
• Rami Malek thanks Freddie Mercury after winning award for Bohemian Rhapsody role

[6 January 2019 18:20 · j.shepherd]

Our predictions for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees: Barry, Good Place, Kidding, Kaminsky Method, Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Will Win:  The Marvelous Mrs Maisel​ Should Win: The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 

Our critic says: The Golden Globes haven’t rewarded the same show two years in a row since 2010, when Glee triumphed for a second time. However, last year’s winner, Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, simply doesn’t have a superior contender amongst this year’s nominees.

Its second season has continued to charm critics with its sense of warmth and humour, carrying on the story of a 1950s housewife pursuing a career in standup comedy. The only show that could possibly have threatened Maisel’s chances was Atlanta, 2016’s winner, but the HBO series was bizarrely snubbed in the nominations this year. 

[6 January 2019 18:55 · j.shepherd]

Our predictions for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

Nominees: Capernaum, Girl, Never Look Away, Roma, Shoplifters

Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Should Win: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Our critic says: Roma’s glaring omission from the nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama isn’t actually a snub, but part of the HFPA’s rules for the Globes: any film entered in its Foreign-Language category cannot then compete for either Best Motion Picture awards. It is, however, eligible in categories such as directing, acting, writing, and score.

This means the Globes will give a slightly warped representation of the awards race at large, where the top two competitors have already been narrowed down toRoma and A Star is Born. That means the Best Director race comes down to either Cooper or Alfonso Cuarón, although it’s more likely the latter will scoop up the prize, considering Roma's sophisticated construction, taking the intimate story of a maid in Mexico City in the 1970s and weaving it into a wider narrative of the country’s history. 

[6 January 2019 19:22 · j.shepherd]

Our predictions for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Nominees: Catriona Balfe, Outlander, Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale, Sandra Oh, Killing Eve, Julia Roberts, Homecoming, Keri Russell, The Americans

Will Win: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Should Win: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Our critic says: ​Although Sandra Oh will already be gracing the stage as Golden Globes co-host, alongside Andy Samberg, it’s a pretty safe bet that she’ll have to make a quick sprint from backstage to accept this award.

Much like The Favourite, one of Killing Eve’s biggest strengths is the depth of material it gives its stars to work with, as Oh nails the balance between the show’s dry sense of humour and the increasing, ragged desperation of her situation, as a deskbound MI5 worker suddenly tangled up in the machinations of a charismatic assassin. 

[6 January 2019 19:52 · j.shepherd]

Our predictions for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Nominees: Jason Bateman, Ozark, Stephan James, Homecoming, Richard Madden, Bodyguard, Billy Porter, Pose, Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Will Win: Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Should Win: Matthew Rhys, The Americans

​Our critic says: The Americans had its final season last year and it would be quite the mistake not to reward a show that has remained consistently excellent over the course of six season – a relatively rare feat on television. However, the series will have a difficult time competing against Killing Eve, which benefits from the buzz of being a new show, so it’s likely Matthew Rhys will be the only one to walk away with an award for The Americans.

Which is no bad news, since his wearied performance as a former undercover Soviet spy, now attempting to embrace the American life, is very much award worthy. 

[6 January 2019 20:10 · j.shepherd]

  ↵Who will win tonight? Who should actually win? You can read all our critics predictions for tonight here...

[6 January 2019 20:31 · j.shepherd]

You can see the full list of nominees for tonight's awards here... 

[6 January 2019 20:37 · Clemence Michallon]

If you want to watch live, the event is being shown on NBC in the US. However, in the UK, there's no live television coverage.The Independent's culture team will be liveblogging all of the highlights, from the red carpet build up to the close of the ceremony.

You can read full detail of the event's timings here.

[6 January 2019 20:51 · Clemence Michallon]

Barbara Streisand is the only woman to have won best director at the Golden Globes, way back in 1984 for Yentl. There are no women nominated for best director this year.

[6 January 2019 20:52 · Andrew Buncombe]

So, it looks like this is the order we're expecting the awards to be announced in:

[6 January 2019 21:00 · j.shepherd]

Two hours until the red carpet starts. Already, we know one winner: Jeff Bridges has been awarded the Cecil B DeMille Award for his life's work. 

Read our interview with The Dude from last year...