First-time nominee Andra Day won the Golden Globe award tonight for her first major acting role as legendary blues artist and civil rights icon Billie Holiday in The United States vs.
Billie Holiday.A visibly shaken Day beat out stiff competition including Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces Of A Woman), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman).During her acceptance, Day acknowledged her fellow nominees. “I can believe I’m sitting here in the presence of giants… you inspire me so much.”Day also gave nods to director Lee Daniels who she called her “first love” as well as to the “amazing transformative, dynamic Billie Holiday who just transformed with this role and with her presence
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