Nominated Cuban actress Ana de Armas for the Golden Globes

December 10, 2019

The actress Ana de Armas, of Cuban and Spanish nationality, assured on Monday that she "has no words" to describe what she feels about her nomination for the Golden Globes as best actress in a comedy or musical.

"Give me a minute, people. I still have no words! This is crazy!!! aaaah!!", wrote the actress -in English- on her official Twitter profile minutes after her candidacy was announced for her performance in "Knives Out", by filmmaker Rian Johnson.

De Armas will compete for the award against Awkwafina (The Farewell), Cate Blanchett (Where'd You Go, Bernadette), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) and Emma Thompson (Late Night), the comedy actresses selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the 77th edition of their awards.

Precisely, the actress recently spoke with EFE in an interview about the release of this film, about which she assured that before she "did not believe she was a comic actress".

"I found the script totally original: so well-rounded, so well tied together and without a missing link in the chain. Everything is so well thought out that in Rian's hands I thought there was no flaw", she said about the film, also a candidate for best comedy.

The actress has achieved this first nomination with her first comedy role since she landed in Hollywood, after succeeding in Spanish television with series like "El Internado".

"I did not believe I was a comic actress. And that made me a little nervous because the tone of the film is so specific. Marta is the most normal character, in quotation marks, in the entire story. I was worried about giving her all that truth, which was important for the audience to root for her from the first moment. And, at the same time, not be out of tone: to be balanced with the rest of the actors and have that comedy a little histrionic".

The actress also addressed the reasons why she has rejected some roles of Latin women, which fall into "stereotypes".

"It's not that I reject playing a Latina. I am Cuban, proud to be Cuban, and I will play a Latina my whole life because it's what I represent.

What I reject are the Latina roles that have nothing to contribute and that highlight characteristics that are not necessarily what represents the Latin community", she said.

"Not all of us are prostitutes, thieves or maids. They are very limited roles and that is what I reject: when the character has nothing positive, that paints another image of us. And Marta does.

It is the only character that has values that the rest of the family does not have, no matter how much money or power they have", she added.

The Golden Globes give four nominations to Joker and leave Game of Thrones out. Joker achieved four nominations, including best dramatic film, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix's work and best director.

Repeating absurd choices from the past, since for example Leonardo DiCaprio was moved to the comedy or musical category for his work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the nominees for the next edition of the Golden Globes.

The ceremony, which highlights the best in film and television, is one of the most important in the industry and on this occasion strongly highlighted films like Marriage Story, The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Joker achieved four nominations, including best dramatic film, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix's work and best director.

Another minor element lies in the fact that Parasite, the South Korean film by Bong Joon-ho, achieved a couple of awards in categories outside of best foreign film. The same goes for Pain and Glory by Pedro Almodóvar, as Antonio Banderas was also nominated as best actor.

Meanwhile, regarding television, Game of Thrones was not considered, beyond a nomination for Kit Harington as best actor.

The ceremony will take place on January 5th and the following are the nominees.

FILM
BEST DRAMA FILM

1917
The Irishman
Joker
The Two Popes
Marriage Story
BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL FILM

Dolemite Is My Name
Knives Out
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Rocketman
BEST FOREIGN FILM

Parasite
The Farewell
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Les Misérables
Pain and Glory
BEST ANIMATED FILM

Frozen II
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lion King
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
BEST DIRECTOR

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Renée Zellweger, Judy
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Christian Bale, Ford v. Ferrari
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Awkwafina, The Farewell
Ana de Armas, Knives Out
Cate Blanchett, Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
Emma Thompson, Late Night
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Daniel Craig, Knives Out
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Al Pacino, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Annette Bening, The Report
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
BEST SCREENPLAY

Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho and Jin Hon Wan, Parasite
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Thomas Newman, 1917
Daniel Pemberton, Motherless Brooklyn
BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Beautiful Ghosts," Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats
"Into the Unknown," Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen II
"Spirit," Beyoncé, The Lion King
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," Elton John, Rocketman
"Stand Up," Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Television
BEST DRAMA SERIES

Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
Succession
BEST COMEDY SERIES

Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician
BEST LIMITED SERIES

Catch 22
Chernobyl
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Brian Cox, Succession
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Billy Porter, Pose
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Ben Platt, The Politician
Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
Henry Winkler, Barry
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, The Act
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
BEST ACTRESS IN LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable
Joey King, The Act
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
BEST ACTOR IN LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

Christopher Abbott, Catch 22
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon