Golden Globes 2025 winners: Zoe Saldana UPSETS Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actor as show kicks off
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The 2025 Golden Globe Awards kicked off in fine form as Zoe Saldana upset Ariana Grande to take home the first award of the night. The 46-year-old actress was emotional as she earned Best Supporting Female actor for her transcendent work in Emilia Perez.
![[Wicked's Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have landed nominations at the 2025 Golden Globes]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/92959247-0-With_Golden_Globes_nominations_across_27_categories_announced_on-a-22_1734630268427.jpg)
She triumphed over an impressive field which included the aforementioned Ariana for Wicked in addition to Selena Gomez for Emilia Pérez, Felicity Jones for The Brutalist, Margaret Qualley for The Substance, and Isabella Rossellini for Conclave. Zoe had tears running down her face as she accepted the honor as she took to the podium and said: 'I know I don't have much time, and I have dyslexia, so I tend to forget when I'm really anxious, and I'm filled with adrenaline, but my heart is full of gratitude.
![[Selena Gomez has been nominated for her role in Emilia Perez]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/92921917-0-They_will_compete_alongside_close_friend_Selena_Gomez_for_her_ro-a-23_1734630332444.jpg)
'Thank you so much to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film, and honoring the women of Emilia Perez. Thank you so much. Oh, my god!'. The 2025 Golden Globe Awards kicked off in fine form as Zoe Saldana upset Ariana Grande to take home the first award of the night.
![[Elsewhere Demi Moore as been acknowledged for her starring role in The Substance, earning herself nomination for Best Female Actor - Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/92959293-0-Elsewhere_Demi_Moore_as_been_acknowledged_for_her_starring_role_-a-24_1734630380853.jpg)
She went on to thank her fellow nominees as she continued: 'This is a first time for me, and I'm just so blessed that I'm sharing this moment with Selena and Carla and Jack and all of my fellow nominees. I am in all of you. Your strength, your complexity, your undeniable talent. I know it's a competition, but all I have witnessed is just us showing up for each other and celebrating each other, and it is just so beautiful.
![[Australian actress Cate Blanchett has also been acknowledged, with the serial winner earning a nomination in the Best Female Actor in a Limited Series nomination for her role in Disclaimer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/91522611-0-Australian_actress_Cate_Blanchett_has_also_been_acknowledged_wit-a-25_1734630383615.jpg)
