The 2009 Golden Globe Award Winners

The 2009 Golden Globe Award Winners

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Born: October 5, 1975
Hometown: Reading, England
Real Name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet

English-born actress Kate Winslet grew up in a family of actors and began performing for British television when she was thirteen. At the age of seventeen, she came to international fame in Peter Jackson's feature film Heavenly Creatures. She followed that in 1995 with her role as Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. Winslet received her first Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations for her performance; she won the BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild Award.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Born: July 16, 1953
Hometown: Schenectady, NY
Mickey Rourke, one of the few true method actors of today and a graduate of New York's Actor's Studio, is this generations' classic working actor. Rourke launched his acting career with roles in 1941, Heaven's Gate and Body Heat. His career has been defined by his performances In 9 1/2 Weeks, Barfly, Angel Heart, Year Of The Dragon, Pope Of Greenwich Village, Rumble Fish and Diner. Other notable appearances include Sean Penn's The Pledge, Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory, Wong Kar Wai's BMW short film The Follow, Francis Ford Coppola's Rain Maker opposite Matt Damon, Jonas Akerlund's cult hit Spun and Robert Rodriguez' Once Upon a Time in Mexico.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Colin Farrell - In Bruges


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet - The Reader


Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire


Best Animated Film
WALL-E


Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir


Best Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy


Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman