Chadwick Boseman Wins Golden Globe for Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman has won the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama at the 78th annual Golden Globes presented on Sunday night.

The prize continues Boseman’s streak of posthumous wins throughout the movie awards season for his performance as Levee in George C.

Wolfe’s August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” available on Netflix.

The award was presented by Renée Zellweger, and accepted by Boseman’s widow Simone Boseman.The award marked Boseman’s first Golden Globe nomination and first win.

In the Best Actor category, Boseman beat out Riz Ahmed for “Sound of Metal,” Anthony Hopkins for “The Father,” Gary Oldman for “Mank,” and Tahar Rahim for “The Mauritanian.”“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is also up for a Golden Globe for Viola Davis, Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.Elsewhere in the ongoing awards season, Boseman is also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award,

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