59th Golden Globe Awards

59th Golden Globe Awards
59th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 20, 2002
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel ; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	A Beautiful Mind
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Moulin Rouge!
Best Drama Series	Six Feet Under
Best Musical or Comedy Series	Sex and the City
Best Miniseries or Television movie	Band of Brothers
Most awards	(4) A Beautiful Mind
Most nominations	(6) A Beautiful Mind; Moulin Rouge!
Television coverage
Network	NBC
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Last updated August 22, 2025

The 59th Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best in film and television for 2001, were held on January 20, 2002.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on December 20, 2001.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy winner GeneHackmanJun08.jpg — Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Musical or Comedy
A Beautiful Mind In the Bedroom The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Man Who Wasn't There Mulholland Drive	Moulin Rouge! Bridget Jones's Diary Gosford Park Legally Blonde Shrek
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind* as John Nash** Will Smith – Ali as Cassius Clay Jr. / Muhammad Ali Kevin Spacey – The Shipping News as Quoyle Billy Bob Thornton – The Man Who Wasn't There as Ed Crane Denzel Washington – Training Day as Detective Alonzo Harris	*Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom* as Ruth Fowler** Halle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch Nicole Kidman – The Others as Grace Stewart Tilda Swinton – The Deep End as Margaret Hall
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Gene Hackman – The Royal Tenenbaums* as Royal Tenenbaum** Hugh Jackman – Kate & Leopold as Leopold Mountbatten Ewan McGregor – Moulin Rouge! as Christian John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hansell Schmidt / Hedwig Robinson Billy Bob Thornton – Bandits as Terry Collins	*Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge!* as Satine** Thora Birch – Ghost World as Enid Coleslaw Cate Blanchett – Bandits as Kate Wheeler Reese Witherspoon – Legally Blonde as Elle Woods Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Jim Broadbent – Iris* as John Bayley** Steve Buscemi – Ghost World as Seymour Hayden Christensen – Life as a House as Sam Monroe Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast as Don Logal Jude Law – A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Gigolo Joe Jon Voight – Ali as Howard Cosell	*Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind* as Alicia Nash** Cameron Diaz – Vanilla Sky as Julianna "Julie" Gianni Helen Mirren – Gosford Park as Mrs. Wilson Maggie Smith – Gosford Park as Constance Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout Kate Winslet – Iris as young Iris Murdoch
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Robert Altman – Gosford Park Ron Howard – A Beautiful Mind Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Baz Luhrmann – Moulin Rouge! David Lynch – Mulholland Drive Steven Spielberg – A.I. Artificial Intelligence	A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes The Man Who Wasn't There – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Memento – Christopher Nolan Mulholland Drive – David Lynch
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong Ali – Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard A.I. Artificial Intelligence – John Williams A Beautiful Mind – James Horner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore Mulholland Drive – Angelo Badalamenti Pearl Harbor – Hans Zimmer The Shipping News – Christopher Young	"Until..." performed by Sting – Kate & Leopold "Come What May" performed by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor – Moulin Rouge! "May It Be" performed by Enya – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "There You'll Be" performed by Faith Hill – Pearl Harbor "Vanilla Sky" performed by Paul McCartney – Vanilla Sky''
Best Foreign Language Film
No Man's Land , Bosnia and Herzegovina Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) , France And Your Mother Too (Y Tu Mamá También) , Mexico Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) , Brazil Monsoon Wedding , India

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	A Beautiful Mind
6	Moulin Rouge!
5	Gosford Park
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4	Mulholland Drive
3	A.I. Artificial Intelligence
	Ali
	In the Bedroom
	Iris
	The Man Who Wasn't There
2	Bandits
	Bridge Jones's Diary
	Ghost World
	Kate & Leopold
	Legally Blonde
	Pearl Harbor
	The Shipping News
	Vanilla Sky

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
4	A Beautiful Mind
3	Moulin Rouge!

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Six Feet Under (HBO) 24 (Fox) Alias (ABC) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) The Sopranos (HBO) The West Wing (NBC)	Sex and the City (HBO) Ally McBeal (Fox) Frasier (NBC) Friends (NBC) Will & Grace (NBC)
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (Fox) as Jack Bauer Simon Baker – The Guardian (CBS) as Nick Fallin James Gandolfini – The Sopranos (HBO) as Tony Soprano Peter Krause – Six Feet Under (HBO) as Nate Fisher Martin Sheen – The West Wing (NBC) as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet	*Jennifer Garner – Alias* (ABC) as Sydney Bristow** Lorraine Bracco – The Sopranos (HBO) as Dr. Jennifer Melfi Amy Brenneman – Judging Amy (CBS) as Judge Amy Gray Edie Falco – The Sopranos (HBO) as Carmela Soprano Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls (The WB) as Lorelai Gilmore Marg Helgenberger – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) as Catherine Willows Sela Ward – Once and Again (ABC) as Lily Manning
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Charlie Sheen – Spin City* (ABC) as Charlie Crawford** Tom Cavanagh – Ed (NBC) as Ed Stevens Kelsey Grammer – Frasier (NBC) as Dr. Frasier Crane Frankie Muniz – Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) as Malcolm Wilkerson Eric McCormack – Will & Grace (NBC) as Will Truman	*Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City* (HBO) as Carrie Bradshaw** Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal (Fox) as Ally McBeal Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) as Lois Wilkerson Heather Locklear – Spin City (ABC) as Caitlin Moore Debra Messing – Will & Grace (NBC) as Grace Adler
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*James Franco – James Dean* (TNT) as James Dean** Kenneth Branagh – Conspiracy (HBO) as Reinhard Heydrich Ben Kingsley – Anne Frank: The Whole Story (ABC) as Otto Frank Damian Lewis – Band of Brothers (HBO) as Major Richard Winters Barry Pepper – 61* (HBO) as Roger Maris	*Judy Davis – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows* (ABC) as Judy Garland** Bridget Fonda – After Amy (Lifetime) as Linda Sinclair Julianna Margulies – The Mists of Avalon (TNT) as Morgaine Leelee Sobieski – Uprising (NBC) as Tosia Altman Hannah Taylor-Gordon – Anne Frank: The Whole Story (ABC) as Anne Frank Emma Thompson – Wit (HBO) as Vivian Bearing
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Stanley Tucci – Conspiracy* (HBO) as Adolf Eichmann** John Corbett – Sex and the City (HBO) as Aidan Shaw Sean Hayes – Will & Grace (NBC) as Jack McFarland Ron Livingston – Band of Brothers (HBO) as Captain Lewis Nixon Bradley Whitford – The West Wing (NBC) as Josh Lyman	*Rachel Griffiths – Six Feet Under* (HBO) as Brenda Chenowith** Jennifer Aniston – Friends (NBC) as Rachel Green Tammy Blanchard – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC) as Judy Garland (age 12–21) Allison Janney – The West Wing (NBC) as C.J. Cregg Megan Mullally – Will & Grace (NBC) as Karen Walker
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Band of Brothers (HBO) Anne Frank: The Whole Story (ABC) Conspiracy (HBO) Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC) Wit (HBO)

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	Will & Grace
4	The West Wing
4	The Sopranos
3	Anne Frank: The Whole Story
	Band of Brothers
	Conspiracy
	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
	Six Feet Under
	Sex and the City
2	24
	Alias
	Ally McBeal
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Frasier
	Friends
	Malcolm in the Middle
	Spin City
	Wit

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
2	Six Feet Under
2	Sex and the City

Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Network
18	HBO
16	NBC
11	ABC
4	CBS
2	TNT

The following networks received multiple wins:

Wins	Network
4	HBO

References

↑ "Golden Globe winners". Variety. January 20, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
↑ "Kidman and Crowe share Globes glory". BBC News. January 21, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
↑ "Golden Globe Winners". The New York Times. January 22, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
↑ "'Moulin,' 'Mind' top Globe contender list". Variety. December 20, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
↑ Allen, Jamie (December 20, 2001). "Globes: 'Beautiful,' 'Moulin' golden". CNN. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
↑ Hiatt, Brian (December 28, 2001). "A Beautiful Mind tops Golden Globe nominees". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

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[1] "Golden Globe winners". Variety. January 20, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[2] "Kidman and Crowe share Globes glory". BBC News. January 21, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[3] "Golden Globe Winners". The New York Times. January 22, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[4] "'Moulin,' 'Mind' top Globe contender list". Variety. December 20, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[5] Allen, Jamie (December 20, 2001). "Globes: 'Beautiful,' 'Moulin' golden". CNN. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[6] Hiatt, Brian (December 28, 2001). "A Beautiful Mind tops Golden Globe nominees". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

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59th Golden Globe Awards

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Ceremony

Presenters

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Awards breakdown

See also

References