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Anna Sawai Wins First Golden Globe and Shouts Out ‘Matlock’ Nominee Kathy Bates: ‘I Would Vote’ for Her ‘Any Day’


'Shogun' star Anna Sawai won her first Golden Globe for female actor in a TV drama, shouting out her competitor Kathy Bates during the victory speech.

In “Shōgun,” Sawai plays Toda Mariko, a highborn woman who serves as a translator between the Japanese ruler Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) and the English mariner John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis). She beat Bates (“Matlock”), Emma D’Arcy (“House of the Dragon”), Keira Knightley (“Black Doves”), Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”) and Maya Erskine (“Mr. Variety parent company PMC owns Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Prods.

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