The series “White Lotus” was one of the winners of this year’s Golden Globes. Jennifer Coolidge, who plays the hapless, exploited millionaire Tanya, won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Anthology or TV Movie. Her performance caused gales of laughter.
As CNN notes, “Jennifer Coolidge was expected to be one of the highlights of Tuesday night,” and described her performance as “the funniest.” She did not disappoint both when she presented the award and when she received the statuette during the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
The star of the award-winning series “White Lotus” from the stage told, among other things, how she was offered to go on stage during the show. In one of the longest introductions before the award ceremony for Tyler James Williams, star of “Mission: Elementary School”, Coolidge spoke about her fears – that she would stumble, that she would misspell, that she would misspell the name. She joked that someone had suggested she put on crocs and pay more attention to the teleprompter. But it wasn’t without a hitch. Opening the envelope, she said:oscar goes to…”.
Coolidge on the role of Tanya in the series “White Lotus”
Later, Coolidge returned to the stage when she won the Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Anthology or Television Movie category for her portrayal of Tanya McQuoid on HBO’s White Lotus. Sicily. In an emotional and hilarious speech, the actress thanked its creator Mike White for “giving (her – ed.) hope”.
– You gave me a new beginning. Even if it’s the end because you killed me. But it does not matter. Even if it’s over, you’ve changed my life in a million different ways. – My neighbors now talk to me and so on. I mean… I’ve never been invited to a certain party on the hill where I live before, and now everyone invites me,” she joked.
Jennifer CoolidgePAP/EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN
The actress had previously said in a December interview for “Enterteinment” that 2022 would redefine her career, including thanks to the role of millionaire Tanya. – People I admired for many, many years, for many decades, were now sending me messages (…) People I just adore (…) I think: oh my God, how can this person know who I am? So that’s pretty cool! Suddenly there are creative designs, some really cool. It couldn’t be better.
The HBO series “White Lotus” was awarded in the category: the best TV anthology or TV movie, beating titles such as “Dahmer”, “Black Bird”, “Bad Blood” or “Pam & Tommy”.
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