Golden Globe Awards
2012 Golden Globe Winners
Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants and Michel Hazanavicius‘ The Artist both won a best picture prize and a best actor prize.
The Artist with six nominations won 3 prizes – for best picture (musical or comedy), best actor – Jean Dujardin (also in musical or comedy) and for best musical score.
The Descendants with 5 nominations won in the drama category and took one for a best actor – George Clooney.
Meryl Streep won the prize for best actress for The Iron Lady and Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn.
Check out the full list of Golden Globe film winners:
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Jodie Foster – Carnage
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristin Wiig – Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet – Carnage
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Flowers of War (China) – Zhang Yimou
In the Land of Blood and Honey (Bosnia) – Angelina Jolie
The Kid With a Bike (France) – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
A Separation (Iran) – Asghar Farhadi
The Skin I Live In (Spain) – Pedro Almodóvar
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
BEST SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
John Williams – War Horse
Abel Korzeniowski – W.E.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs
“Hello Hello” – Gnomeo and Juliet
“The Living Proof” – The Help
“The Keeper” – Machine Gun Preacher
“Masterpiece” – W.E. 
