Queen Claire reigns over Golden Globes
The Queen reigned over the Golden Globe Awards yesterday with British actress Claire Foy in line for a reward for a brilliant portrayal of the young elizabeth II.
The 32-year-old received a best actress nomination for her performance in the ten-part Netflix series The Crown.
Miss Foy led a host of British contenders as the nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globes were announced in Los Angeles. It is not the first time members of the hollywood Foreign Press Association, who run the awards, have been bowled over by our monarch.
They previously feted helen Mirren when she portrayed an older elizabeth in the film The Queen.
Miss Foy has been praised for her ability to capture the radiance of the young monarch and her sense of duty. Stephen Daldry, who directed her in early episodes of the series, said: ‘People forget that the Queen in those early years had all the glamour of a movie star.
‘Claire’s one of the few actresses able to pull off that movie star look combined with the look of a woman happy on a horse.
‘There are moments when Claire just has to look at you in a certain way and she is the monarch.’
Miss Foy’s US co-star John Lithgow, who plays Winston Churchill, is up for a Golden Globe as best supporting actor. Miss Foy, whose previous roles include Amy in the BBC adaptation of Little Dorrit and Anne Boleyn in Wolf hall, is currently filming the second series of The Crown.
British actors and productions featured heavily in yesterday’s nominations, with the Night Manager in the running for best TV film or series. The BBC’s adaptation of John le Carre’s spy thriller faces competition from another BBC production, The Dresser, which starred Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Anthony hopkins.
Tom hiddleston, hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman are all recognised for their roles in The Night Manager. Other Britons nominated for TV shows include Charlotte Rampling ( London Spy), Riz Ahmed ( The Night Of), Lena headey ( Game Of Thrones), Thandie Newton (Westworld) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans).
In the film section of the Golden Globe awards, Naomie harris was celebrating her best supporting actress nomination for playing a crack addict in Moonlight. Miss harris, 40 – who played Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films Spectre and Skyfall – had to age over a 15year period as a mother in Miami.
her rivals for the award are Viola Davis, Nicole Kidman, Octavia Spencer and Michelle Williams.
Asked how she planned to celebrate, Londoner Miss harris she said: ‘I don’t drink alcohol. I won’t even touch a thimble of champagne. I’ll have a herbal tea and as a big treat I’ll add some slices of lemon. I’m a woman with no vices. I had to do a lot of research before I could be in Moonlight.’
hugh Grant is up for a Golden Globe for best film actor for his role in Florence Foster Jenkins, a comedy about an opera-loving New York socialite. Meryl Streep, who plays the title role, is among the best actress candidates.
The US star faces competition from Lily Collins, daughter of singer Phil Collins, who is nominated for her role as a beauty queen in the rom-com Rules Don’t Apply. Social Network and The Amazing SpiderMan star Andrew Garfield received a best actor nomination for Mel Gibson’s war film hacksaw Ridge.
Londoner Dev Patel, who shot to fame in Slumdog Millionaire, is up for best supporting actor for the film Lion. hollywood musical La La Land, starring emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, leads the field with a total of seven nominations.
The Golden Globes ceremony is in Beverly hills on January 8.