Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Golden Globe for His Role in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Chadwick Boseman posthumously won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Boseman just won his first Golden Globe for his role as Levee Green in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. This is a posthumous win for Boseman who unexpectedly passed away of cancer last August at the age of 43.
The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were bi-coastal this year, with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey both hosting from New York City and Los Angeles. The winners were announced by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Produced by Denzel Washington, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom highlights blues singer Ma Rainey, also known as “The Mother of the Blues,” and the troubles she faced as a Black female musician in the 1920s. Boseman played Rainey’s newest band member who struggled to get along with his other bandmates.
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, THE GREAT CHADWICK BOSEMAN pic.twitter.com/SvW0GwAtyj
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Boseman’s wife Taylor Simone Ledward accepted the award on her late husband’s behalf in an extremely moving speech. She was in tears as she named all of the people Boseman would’ve thanked had he been alive to accept the award.
Congratulations Chadwick Boseman.
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Her words moved many to tears as she courageously spoke. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you, ‘You can,’ that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history,” she said.
If you need a good sob, watch Chadwick Boseman’s wife accept this award on his behalf.
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So poised and so graceful despite her immeasurable grief. My heart is broken for her loss.
What a gift he was to us all, but their love was truly remarkable. https://t.co/ebMFvQKeW8
This was also Boseman’s first-ever Golden Globe nomination, with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom being his final performance. Fans are proud of the actor for his win, but they wish he would’ve been alive to witness it.
Be sure to check out the full list of winners and watch Boseman’s powerful last performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, now streaming on Netflix.
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