Written by Shona Smith on Jan 8, 2019. Posted in Awards and Festivals

British based productions get recognition at the 76th Golden Globes

The UK were strongly represented at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, which are often taken as early indicators of the upcoming Academy Award winners. Not only were British stars Olivia Coleman and Richard Madden in receipt of globes, but UK based productions were placed firmly in the spotlight.

Bohemian Rhapsody, the crowd-pleasing Queen tribute which filmed all around London took home two of the night’s biggest awards. To some surprise, the film won Best Motion Picture and Protagonist Remi Malek was awarded Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. One of the biggest and most memorable scenes, the bands performance at Live Aid was filmed at Bovingdon Airfields outside of London where a replica set of Wembley Stadium was filled with hundreds of extras. The capital also doubled for international locations the band went on tour. Union Street in Southwark, for example, doubled for New York and Redcross Way in Southwark was turned into Amsterdam.

Another British success on the night saw Olivia Coleman presented with Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite. The historical comedy set in the eighteenth century filmed extensively at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire and Hampton Court Palace in Southwest London. The exquisite interiors and imposing edifices of these stately homes gave the film its grand historical texture.

The BBC and BBC America dramas The Bodyguard, An English Scandal, and Killing Eve were all up for multiple awards. Piers Wenger, Controller, BBC Drama says “It’s utterly thrilling to see great British acting talent being recognised in this year’s Golden Globe wins. It’s a fitting testament to the extraordinary quality of drama being produced in Britain that it is being rewarded on the world stage”.

Richard Madden took home Best performance by an Actor in a TV Series for his role in The Bodyguard, which filmed extensively around London for six months in between October 2017 and March 2018. Ben Wishaw was recognised for A Very English Scandal which filmed all over the UK including outside Westminster Palace, at Manchester Town Hall as well as doubling a town in Wales for Dublin, Ireland. Killing Eve, produced by London based Sid Gentle Films for BBC America shot in London, as well as France, Italy and Romania.

Other big winners on the night include Green Book starring Mahershala Ali as celebrated pianist Dr. Don Shirley as he undertakes a tour of America’s deep south in the 1960s. The film, which took home three awards doubled Lousiana and the surrounding areas for Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina as well as the Deep American South.

 

Movies

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Black Panther

BlackKklansman

Bohemian Rhapsody

If Beale Street Could Talk

A Star Is Born

 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Crazy Rich Asians

The Favourite

Green Book

Mary Poppins Returns

Vice

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Glenn Close (The Wife)

Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Rosamund Pike (A Private War)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)

Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased)

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

John David Washington (BlackKklansman)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)

Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)

Charlize Theron (Tully)

Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)

 

Best Director

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Peter Farrelly (Green Book)

Spike Lee (BlackKklansman)

Adam McKay (Vice)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale (Vice) 

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)

Vigo Mortensen (Green Book)

Robert Redford (The Old Man and the Gun)

John C. Reilly (Stan and Ollie)

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams (Vice)

Claire Foy (First Man)

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Emma Stone (The Favourite)

Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)

Adam Driver (BlackKklansman)

Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Sam Rockwell (Vice)

 

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture

Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place)

Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)

Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)

Justin Hurwitz (First Man)

Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)

 

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture

"All the Stars" (Black Panther)

"Girl in the Movies" (Dumplin')

"Requiem for a Private War" (A Private War)

"Revelation" (Boy Erased)

"Shallow" (A Star Is Born)

 

Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture

Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Adam McKay (Vice)

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)

Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (Green Book)

 

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

Capernaum

Girl

Never Look Away

Roma

Shoplifters

 

Best Animated Film

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mirai

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

 

TV

Best TV series - Drama

The Americans

Bodyguard

Homecoming

Killing Eve

Pose

 

Best performance by Actress in a TV series - Drama

Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)

Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Julia Roberts (Homecoming)

Keri Russell (The Americans)

 

Best performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama

Jason Bateman (Ozark)

Stephan James (Homecoming)

Richard Madden (Bodyguard)

Billy Porter (Pose)

Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

 

Best TV series - Musical or Comedy

Barry

The Good Place

Kidding

The Kominsky Method

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series - Musical or Comedy

Sasha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?)

Jim Carrey (Kidding)

Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

Donald Glover (Atlanta)

Bill Hader (Barry)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV series - Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell (The Good Place)

Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown)

Alison Brie (GLOW)

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) 

Debra Messing (Will & Grace)

 

Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The Alienist

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Dirty John

Escape at Dannemora

Sharp Objects

A Very English Scandal

 

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

Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)

Daniel Bruhl (The Alienist)

Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) 

Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)

Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)

 

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

Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)

Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)

Connie Britton (Dirty John)

Laura Dern (The Talk)

Regina King (Seven Seconds)

 

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

Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)

Kieran Culkin (Succession Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)

Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal) 

Henry Winkler (Barry)

 

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

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) 

Penélope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)

Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale)

 

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