Rosamund Pike Wins First Golden Globe for Netflix’s ‘I Care A Lot’

Rosamund Pike is now a Golden Globe winner after taking the title for the “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical” category for her role as Marla Grayson in the Netflix Original I Care A Lot.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards winners on February 28.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the first-ever bi-coastal show, with Fey appearing at the Rainbow Room in New York City and Poehler at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. 

This year’s presenters included: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anthony Anderson, Awkwafina, Kevin Bacon, Angela Bassett, Sterling K. Brown, Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Dern, Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Gal Gadot, Tiffany Haddish, Salma Hayek, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kate Hudson, Jeanise Jones, Christopher Meloni, Tracy Morgan, Annie Mumolo, Sandra Oh, Sarah Paulson, Rosie Perez, Joaquin Phoenix, Margot Robbie, Kyra Sedgwick, Amanda Seyfried, Christian Slater, Ben Stiller, Kenan Thompson, Susan Kelechi Watson, Kristen Wiig, Renee Zellweger, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. 

Pike won against other actresses Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Kate Hudson in Music, Michelle Pfeiffer in French Exit, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma.

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In her acceptance speech, Pike saluted the other nominees before joking that “it looks like I care a lot,” a reference to the film title.

Pike also praised fellow nominee Bakalova’s courageous performance in her acceptance speech, saying, “In my movie, I had to swim up from a sinking car; I think I’d still rather do that than being in a room with Rudy Giuliani. Maria, I salute your brilliance and your bravery.”

She thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for “recognizing the dark side of comedy” alongside the film’s cast, including Dianne Weist, Chris Messina, Peter Dinklage, her “wife” Eiza González.

Pike also acknowledged “America’s broken legal system for making it possible to make stories like [I Care A Lot].” In the film, Pike plays a professional guardian who defrauds elderly clients through legal loopholes in America’s conservatorship process.

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Pike previously received nominations for her roles in 2014’s Gone Girl and 2018’s A Private War but lost to Julianne Moore and Glenn Close, respectively. 

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In addition to celebrating the best in film and television, the telecast highlighted Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, and its COVID-19 Relief Fund. It also supported CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort).

In appreciation of their courage and sacrifice to provide care, support, and public service for their communities throughout the pandemic, frontline and essential workers, including food bank workers, attended the event.

All individuals, including production workers, hosts, presenters, and audience members, followed COVID-19 guidelines set forth by the industry, federal, state, and local governments.

I Care A Lot, starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, and others, is currently available for streaming exclusively on Netflix.