Limited Showing for Brits at this Year's Golden Globes

As I sat down Sunday night to watch the 75th Golden Globes ceremony, I expected to see plenty of black on the red carpet and hear statements of solidarity with the Time’s Up movement against sexual harassment. It was defiant and joyous and culminated in a stirring speech by Oprah Winfrey.

However if I'm honest, my main purpose for tuning in was to see how many Brits would snag those gleaming orbs that signify excellence in the television and film industries. By my count, there were six actresses and eight actors from the UK and Ireland competing in eight different performance categories. (To review all the categories and nominees, click here.) Eight chances to demonstrate the superiority of British thespians!

Alas, only three were victorious. Let's take a look at the winners and the roles that earned them this particular accolade.

Ewan McGregor  – Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

With two previous nominations for his feature film work, Ewan McGregor finally earned his first Golden Globe for a television role. You might say the Hollywood Foreign Press got more bang for their buck when they chose McGregor who played feuding brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy in season three of Fargo.