Golden Globes: The Handmaid’s Tale wins TV series - Drama award

The Handmaid’s Tale won the award for the best TV Series - Drama at the at 75th Golden Globes Awards on Sunday. Elisabeth Moss won the best actress award for her role in the series. Sterling K. Brown won the award for best actor in a Television Series - Drama for his role in the series 'This is Us.'

The nominees for the best actor - TV drama were, Jason Bateman for 'Ozark,' Freddie Highmore for 'The Good Doctor', Bob Odenkirk for 'Better Call Saul' and Liev Schreiber for 'Ray Donovan.'

Nicole Kidman wins Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, 'Big Little Lies' and took the opportunity to speak out against abuse. The actor, addressing the sexual abuse scandal in Hollywood indirectly, said it was important to tell the right kind of stories.

Kidman, who plays the role of an educated, affluent woman trapped in an abusive marriage on the show, also thanked her female co-stars -- Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz -- in her speech. "This character that I played represents something that is the centre of our conversation right now: abuse. I do believe and I hope that we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them," Kidman said in her acceptance speech.

Sam Rockwell has won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.'

Alexander Skarsgard has won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, 'Big Little Lies'.

"I am here tonight because I had the privilege of working with a group of extraordinarily talented women," the actor said, giving a nod to Moriarty, producer Bruno Papandrea, and Kidman. "Nicole, I love you. Thank you for making this the greatest experience of my career."

James Franco has won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for 'The Disaster Artist.'

Laura Dern, who played the role of a competitive corporate mother in the HBO show, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, won the Best Supporting Actress award.

"May we teach our children that speaking out without the fear of retribution is our new North Star," Dern said.


Indian-origin actor Aziz Ansari finally took home the Golden Globe this year as he emerged winner in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Musical/Comedy category for his role in "The Master Of None".

The 34-year-old actor said he was elated on his first win at the annual awards as going by the websites he thought he had already lost the award this year too.