The Golden GlobesLists that celebrate the film and TV industry’s biggest and brightest. Who will win in 2021, who will lose, and who deserves an honorary award?
While the Golden Globes are still being decided, let's make our predictions on who will win best actress in a miniseries or TV film.
One of the talented actresses on this list, Margaret Qualley garnered high praise for her role as Alex in Maid. Scenes From a Marriage star Jessica Chastain will also likely land in many critics predictions for winner of the award. Of course, you can't rule out four-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet, who gave a memorable performance as Marianne Sheehan in Mare of Easttown. Other contenders include Wandavision's Elizabeth Olsen and Genius: Aretha's Cynthia Erivo.
Make your 2022 Golden Globes predictions by voting up the nominees you think will win, and don't miss the 79th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 9, 2022.
Kate Winslet won Best Actress - Television Motion Picture, her 5th Golden Globe and 12th nomination.
as Marianne "Mare" Sheehan in Mare of Easttown
Kate Elizabeth Winslet, (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas and tragedies, and is often drawn to portraying troubled women. Winslet is the recipient of several accolades, including three British Academy Film Awards, and is among the few performers to have won Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Awards.
Born in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and received her first BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997). It was the highest-grossing film of all time to that point, after which she eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001), which were not widely seen.
The science fiction romance Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), in which Winslet was cast against type in a contemporary setting, proved to be a turning point in her career, and she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a Nazi camp guard in the last of these, she won the BAFTA Award and Academy Award for Best Actress. In the 2010s, Winslet played a single mother in 1930s America in the miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011), joined the Divergent film series, and portrayed Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for the former and a third BAFTA Award for the latter.
For her narration of a short story in the audiobook Listen to the Storyteller (1999), Winslet won a Grammy Award. She performed the song "What If" for the soundtrack of her film Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). A co-founder of the charity Golden Hat Foundation, which aims to create autism awareness, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009, and in 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Divorced from the film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, Winslet has been married to the businessman Edward Abel Smith since 2012. She has a child from each marriage.
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her portrayals of strong-willed women in films with feminist themes. Chastain's accolades include a Golden Globe Award and two Academy Award nominations. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012.
Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Chastain developed an interest in acting from a young age. In 1998, she made her professional stage debut as Shakespeare's Juliet. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television shows, including Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She also took on roles in the stage productions of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in 2004 and Oscar Wilde's tragedy Salome in 2006.
Chastain made her film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained wide recognition in 2011 for starring roles in half a dozen films, including the dramas Take Shelter and The Tree of Life. Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress in the same year. Her highest-grossing releases came with the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015), and she continued to receive critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017).
Chastain is the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which was created to promote diversity in film. She is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. She is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, with whom she has a daughter.
Elizabeth Marie Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is Related to twin actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Trent Olsen.
Elizabeth was born in Sherman Oaks, California in 1989. She is a sister to famous twin actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She has acted in many of the twins' productions. She is also the sister to Trent Olsen. Throughout her childhood she was nicknamed "Lizzie". She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in NYC.
Elizabeth began her career at the age of five when she acted in an episode of her sisters the series titled The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley:The Case of the Thorn Mansion. That same year she cameoed in How the West Was Fun another one of her sisters productions. In 1995 she acted in another episode of the show titled The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley:the Case of The Christmas Caper. In 1996 she acted in one last episode of the show titled The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley:The Case of The Of The U.S Space Camp.
Elizabeth has now acted in three movies, to be released in 2011 and 2012. She first acted in a movie titled Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding (2011), in which she played the role of Zoe. She also acted in a movie titled Martha Marcy May Marlene; her role is unknown and the film, which is now in post-production, will be released in 2012. The movie tells the story of a woman who comes out of a cult and tries to live a normal life with her sister. The movie is labeled as an "indie" drama.[2] Another film she has acted in is titled The Silent House, where she played the role of Sarah. This film is also in post-production. Appeared in the music video "The Queen" by Carlotta.
Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She gained recognition for starring in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, among others. She ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale.
