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Andra Day Wins Best Actress For Playing Billie Holiday At 2021 Golden Globes

HOLLYWOOD, CA – MARCH 04: Andra Day attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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Andra Day won the award for Best Actress In A Motion Picture -- Drama at the 2021 Golden Globes for portraying Billie Holiday in The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The film, which debuted on Hulu this weekend, was directed by Lee Daniels and written by Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks.

Day beat out a field that included Viola Davis in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Vanessa Kirby in Pieces Of A Woman, Frances McDormand in Nomadland, and Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman.

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