Jessica Chastain has won Best Actress, Drama at the 2013 Golden Globes awards.
Chastain, who stars as a CIA analyst hunting for Osama bin Laden in “Zero Dark Thirty,” beat Marion Cotillard (“Rust & Bone”), Helen Mirren (“Hitchcock”), Naomi Watts (“The Impossible”) and Rachel Weisz (“The Deep Blue Sea”) for the honor.
Chastain has sailed through awards season as a favorite in the Best Actress category; on Thursday, Chastain nabbed a nomination for Best Actress from the Academy Awards. It’s expected she’ll compete with Jennifer Lawrence, nominated in the musical or comedy category at the Golden Globes, for Best Actress at the Oscars.
Last year, Meryl Streep won Best Actress, Drama for her work in “The Iron Lady.” Streep went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress as well.
For a full list of the nominations, click here.
The Golden Globes are voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Per the Globes website, the group was found during World War II. More about the organization can be found here.