The 2024 Golden Globe Awards, a prestigious event celebrating the best in film and television, showcased a remarkable array of talent and creativity. This year’s ceremony was highlighted by standout wins across various categories, with “Oppenheimer” and “Succession” leading in film and TV respectively.
The 2024 Golden Globe Awards marked a significant stride in embracing ethnic diversity, both in its revamped voting panel and the winners it celebrated. This transformation followed a period of scrutiny and reform, prompted by a 2021 investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for ethical lapses and a lack of diversity. The new voting body for the 2024 Golden Globes was notably more diverse, with 47% female voters and a membership that was approximately 40% white, 26.3% Latino, 13.3% Asian, 11% Black, and 9% Middle Eastern. This diverse panel represented 76 countries, bringing a unique international perspective to the nominations.
Reflecting this shift, the winners of the 2024 Golden Globes showcased a range of diverse first-time nominees who secured awards. Notable winners included Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Matthew Macfadyen, Lily Gladstone, and Ayo Edebiri. These artists won for their roles in productions like “The Holdovers,” “Beef,” “Succession,” “Killers Of The Flower Moon,” and “The Bear.” The diversity among the winners indicated a positive change, aligning the awards more closely with popular culture and the varied stories and perspectives within the entertainment industry.
This change in the Golden Globes’ approach to diversity was a response to industry-wide criticism, which had led to a boycott and NBC dropping the awards show. The HFPA’s effort to diversify in 2023 paved the way for a more inclusive approach under the new management, with CBS hosting the event for the first time post-HFPA. The 2024 ceremony featured a voting body that was 47% female and 60% racially and ethnically diverse. This diverse panel, including journalists from various countries, such as Armenia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Serbia, played a pivotal role in selecting the nominees and winners, reflecting a broader range of perspectives and tastes.
The 2024 Golden Globes thus represented a notable shift in recognizing and celebrating ethnic diversity within the film and television industry. This change was not only seen in the composition of the voting body but also in the range of nominees and winners, indicating a more inclusive and representative approach to honoring excellence in entertainment.
The winners of the 2024 Golden Globes in various categories are as follows:
- Best Film – Drama: “Oppenheimer”.
- Best Film – Musical or Comedy: “Poor Things”.
- Best Director: Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer”.
- Best Actress – Drama: Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
- Best Actor – Drama: Cillian Murphy for “Oppenheimer”.
- Best Actress – Musical or Comedy: Emma Stone for “Poor Things”.
- Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers”.
- Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers”.
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. for “Oppenheimer”.
- Best Screenplay: “Anatomy of a Fall” by Justine Triet, Arthur Harari.
- Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson for “Oppenheimer”.
- Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” by Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell.
- Best Animated Film: “The Boy and the Heron”.
- Best Foreign-Language Film: “Anatomy of a Fall”.
- Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: “Barbie”.
- Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television: Ricky Gervais for “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”.
- Best TV Series – Drama: “Succession”.
- Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy: “The Bear”.
- Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama: Sarah Snook for “Succession”.
- Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama: Kieran Culkin for “Succession”.
- Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy: Ayo Edebiri for “The Bear”.
- Best Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White for “The Bear”.
- Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie: Ali Wong for “Beef”.
- Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie: Steven Yeun for “Beef”.
- Best Supporting Actress – Television: Elizabeth Debicki for “The Crown”.
- Best Supporting Actor – Television: Matthew Macfadyen for “Succession”.
