Nomadland and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm were the big winners at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.

The night's top prize - best drama film - went to Nomadland, which stars Frances McDormand as a homeless woman travelling through the American West.

Chloé Zhao was named best director - becoming only the second female winner of the category in Globes history, after Barbra Streisand in 1983.

"Thank you everyone who made it possible to do what I love," Zhao said.

"I fell in love with making movies and telling stories because it gave us a chance to laugh and cry together, to learn from each other, and to have more compassion for each other."

Golden Globes 2021: Winners and nominees in full
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the sequel to 2006's hugely successful Borat, was named best musical or comedy film.

"Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press," said Sacha Baron Cohen as he accepted the prize, referring to the recent revelation that the organisation behind the Globes currently has no black members.

Cohen poked further fun at the awards body as he was named best actor in a comedy or musical for the same film.

"Wait, Donald Trump is contesting the result. He's claiming that a lot of dead people voted, which is a very rude thing to say about the HFPA," he joked.

Of the night's 14 acting winners, half were British, including Cohen; Rosamund Pike, who was named best actress in a musical or comedy film for I Care A Lot; and Daniel Kaluuya, who won best supporting actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.

Kaluuya plays US activist Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Black Panther Party, who was assassinated in 1969 at the age of 21.

"I hope generations after this can see how brilliantly he fought, he spoke, and he loved," Kaluuya said as he accepted his prize.

"He taught me about myself, made me grow as a man, and I appreciate that with all my heart."

John Boyega was named best supporting actor in a limited series for his role in an instalment of Small Axe, Steve McQueen's landmark series of BBC films.

"I'm so shocked. I've got trackie bottoms on and I'm comfortable but this is exciting," Boyega joked as he accepted the award from home.

The Crown was the big winner in the television categories, winning four prizes in total, including best drama series.

Josh O'Connor and Emma Corrin both won acting honours for their performances as Prince Charles and Princess Diana respectively.

As she accepted her prize, Corrin said: "Most of all, thank you so much to Diana, you have taught me compassion and empathy beyond any measure I could ever imagine."

O'Connor said: "I'm very lucky to be able to work in this period, and there are so many people who are unable to work, who are alone and isolated, and I hope we can all collectively put mental health at the forefront our minds."

Gillian Anderson was named best supporting actress for her portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the series.

The Queen's Gambit won best limited series, while its star Anya Taylor-Joy, who has lived in the UK since she was six, was named best actress in a limited series.

Schitt's Creek was named best comedy series, and one of its stars, Catherine O'Hara, was named best TV comedy actress.

Elsewhere, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously named best actor in a drama film for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf, after the Black Panther star's death last summer from colon cancer at the age of 43.

In one of the ceremony's surprises, The United States vs Billie Holiday star Andra Day was named best actress in a drama film for her portrayal of the jazz singer.

Aaron Sorkin paid tribute to the three women who were nominated for best director as he accepted best screenplay for The Trial of the Chicago 7.

"You are the reason my college-age daughter wants to be a film-maker, and I'm never going to forgive you for that," he joked.

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