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Golden Globes: Andra Day Becomes First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years - Hollywood Reporter

Golden Globes: Andra Day Becomes First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years - Hollywood Reporter

Golden Globes: Andra Day Becomes First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years - Hollywood Reporter
Mar 01, 2021 59 secs

Andra Day won the Golden Globe best actress in a drama trophy for her performance in The United States vs.

Billie Holiday, becoming the second-ever Black actress to win the category and the first to do so in 35 years.

And Angela Bassett, who was a presenter on Sunday, was the last Black actress to win best actress in a comedy or musical, in 1994.

Sunday's Globes aired amid renewed backlash about the lack of diversity among the voting body behind the awards show, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Leading up to the show, several stars joined the Time’s Up organization in their #TimesUpGlobes protest campaign, highlighting the zero Black HFPA members among the 87 total.

On Thursday, the HFPA had vowed to do better, acknowledging in a statement: "We understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well as members from other underrepresented backgrounds, and we will immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible."

The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony is produced by Dick Clark Productions, a division of MRC, which is a co-owner of The Hollywood Reporter through a joint venture with Penske Media titled P-MRC

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