The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named Glenn Close the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.
Close won the top prize for her leading role in “The Wife,” beating out Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”), Nicole Kidman (“Destroyer”), Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) and Rosamund Pike (“A Private War”).One of Close’s most formidable competitors this year is “The Favourite” star Olivia Colman, but she was in the Musical/Comedy category at the Globes this year.
Colman won the prize in that category.
Many awards pundits predicted “A Star Is Born” lead Lady Gaga would take home the Best Actress Drama prize, as the HFPA members are big Gaga fans after giving her an award for “American Horror Story: Hotel.” Close’s victory is a major boost for her in this year’s Oscar race.
Close has never won an Oscar.
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