Winslet does double at Golden Globes

Great night for Brits as Slumdog Millionaire named best drama.

by Amber Wilkinson

Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet accepts the award for best supporting actress in The Reader Golden Globe® Awards 2009 - © MMIX Hollywood Foreign Press Association® "© HFPA" and "66th Golden Globe® Awards"

Kate Winslet doubled up at the Golden Globes in LA last night, scooping two best actress awards.

The Reading-born actress who has been nominated for Globes five times in the past without winning, made up for lost time with her gongs for best actress in Revolutionary Road and best supporting actress in The Reader.

It was a great night for British film, as Danny Boyle's Mumbai-based Slumdog Millionaire ran away with four awards, including beating off stiff competition from The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Reader and Frost/Nixon, to be named best drama and best director.

Collecting one of his many awards, Boyle said: "Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated."

British actress Sally Hawkins also continued her awards run, and was quite overcome after being named best comedy actress for Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, while Colin Farrell was named best comedy actor for In Bruges.
Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins received her award for Happy-Go-Lucky Golden Globe® Awards 2009 - © MMIX Hollywood Foreign Press Association® "© HFPA" and "66th Golden Globe® Awards"

Heath Ledger was awarded a posthumous supporting actor award for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight, while Mickey Rourke won the hotly contested best actor award over Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button), Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road) and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon).

Winslet's best actress award for Revolutionary Road - about a Fifties frustrated housewife - was a particular shock, after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the Globes, mistakenly identified Anne Hathaway as the winner as best dramatic actor on Friday.

Accepting her award she thanked husband Sam Mendes for directing the film and "killing us every single day".

Pixar's Wall-E was named best animated feature, while animated documentary Waltz With Bashir received the award for best foreign language film.

The full list of winners is below:

Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle, second from left, and cast of Slumdog Millionaire Golden Globe® Awards 2009 - © MMIX Hollywood Foreign Press Association® "© HFPA" and "66th Golden Globe® Awards"

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances Mcdormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden/Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I've Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Director – Motion Picture
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaireire
David Hare - The Reader
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat - [film]The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button[/film] Clint Eastwood - Changeling
James Newton Howard - Defiance
A R Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer - Frost/Nixon

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Down To Earth — Wall-E
Music By: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
Lyrics By: Peter Gabriel
Gran Torino — Gran Torino
Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
Lyrics By: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
I Thought I Lost You — Bolt
Music & Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
Once In A Lifetime — Cadillac Records
Music & Lyrics By: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott Mcfarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
The Wrestler — The Wrestler Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen

For a full list of Golden Globe TV winners, visit the official site

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