Golden Globes 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 81st annual awards show

The awards show honored the best in film and television.

The 2024 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored.

Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles' famed Beverly Hilton.

"Oppenheimer" and "Succession" were big winners of the night, with "Barbie" taking home the prize for cinematic and box office achievement, one of the two new categories at this year's show.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- the group of international journalists who previously chose nominees for and decided winners at the annual awards show -- was officially wound down last summer after years of controversy. Now with new management and a voting membership that has swelled to 300 members, this year marked a fresh start for the Golden Globes.

Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.


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Ali Wong wins best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

Ali Wong won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television for her role in "Beef."

Wong is the first woman of Asian descent to win in the category.

In her acceptance speech, the actress thanked her ex-husband, Justin Hakuta, for his "love and support."

"I really need to thank the father of my children and my best friend, Justin," she said. "It's because of you that I'm able to be a working mother."

Other nominees in the category included Riley Keough for "Daisy Jones & The Six," Brie Larson for "Lessons in Chemistry," Elizabeth Olsen for "Love & Death," Juno Temple for "Fargo" and Rachel Weisz for "Dead Ringers."


Robert Downey Jr. wins best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Robert Downey Jr. won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for "Oppenheimer."

The "Iron Man" actor lauded "Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan and his fellow castmates for their work in the film, which he called a "masterpiece."

He also shouted out his wife Susan Downey, whom he said "has literally made an art out of extracting me from my comfort zones."

Other nominees in the category included Willem Dafoe for "Poor Things," Robert De Niro for "Killers of the Flower Moon," Ryan Gosling for "Barbie," Charles Melton for "May December" and Mark Ruffalo for "Poor Things."


Da’Vine Joy Randolph wins best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Da'Vine Joy Randolph won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for "The Holdovers."

Other nominees in the category included Emily Blunt for "Oppenheimer," Danielle Brooks for "The Color Purple," Jodie Foster for "Nyad," Julianne Moore for "May December," Rosamund Pike for "Saltburn."


Jo Koy opens show with hilarious, heartfelt monologue

Jo Koy opened the show with a hilarious monologue, kicking things off on a heartfelt note by calling his role as 2024 Golden Globes host a "dream come true."

"When I was a kid growing up I used to watch this show. I would stay up late with my family just trying to guess who would win, and every time my mom would say, 'It's Meryl Streep, stupid. Who else is going to win? She wins every time.' And she was right."

"You do," he said, looking over at Streep. "You do win all the time."

Koy also quipped about having not seen any other show this past year besides "Beef," joking, "It's mandatory, I'm Asian!"

The comedian joked that his 2024 resolution is to "finish 'Oppenheimer'" and, referring to his takeaway from the "Barbie" movie, said "it was weird being attracted to a plastic doll."


Lily Gladstone wins best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama)

Lily Gladstone won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama) for "Killers of the Flower Moon."

Gladstone is the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe for best actress.

During her acceptance speech, Gladstone spoke using the language of the Blackfeet people.

"I'm so grateful I can speak even a little bit of my language -- which I'm not fluent in -- up here, because in this business, native actors used to speak their lines in English and the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish native languages on camera."

"This is a historic win, it doesn't belong to just me," she continued. "This is for every little rez kid … every little native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust…."

Past Indigenous nominees include Chief Dan George for "Little Big Man" and Irene Bedard for "Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee."

Other nominees in the category included Annette Bening for "Nyad," Sandra Hüller for "Anatomy of a Fall," Greta Lee for "Past Lives," Carey Mulligan for "Maestro" and Cailee Spaeny for "Priscilla."