# Nominated Cuban actress Ana de Armas for the Golden Globes **Date:** 12/10/2019 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