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In Golden Globes Twist, Directing Category Is More Diverse Than Actor Nominations

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In 2021, the most strikingly diverse category at the Golden Globe Awards is best director. After a total of five female nominees over the past 77 years, this year women comprise the majority of the race: One Night in Miami’s Regina King, Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao and, in somewhat of a surprise, Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell.

King, a previous acting winner, becomes the second Black woman (after Ava DuVernay) to be nominated in the category, while Zhao (who like Fennell also picked up a nomination for best screenplay) is the first of Asian descent.

The racially diverse trio comes after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been criticized in recent years—including on its own stage—for snubbing a growing list of qualified woman.

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