Awkwafina Claims Historic<br />Win at 2020 Golden Globes.<br />On Sunday night, Awkwafina won the<br />award for best actress in a musical or comedy<br />for her performance in ‘The Farewell.’.<br />It was her first time attending and<br />being nominated for a Golden Globe. .<br />With her win, Awkwafina became the first performer of Asian<br />descent to ever win the award, a fact she calls “mind-blowing.”.<br />I just heard that fact and it was pretty<br />mind blowing … There’s also this other<br />feeling that you want there to be more,<br />and I hope this is just the beginning, Awkwafina, via 'Variety'.<br />Only five women of Asian descent had ever<br />been nominated in the category before her. .<br />Machiko Kyō in 1957, Miyoshi Umeki<br />in 1962, Yvonne Elliman in 1974, Hailee Steinfeld<br />in 2017 and Constance Wu in 2019. .<br />In her acceptance speech, Awkwafina thanked the<br />film’s director, Lulu Wang, for the “chance of a lifetime.”.<br />You gave me this chance, the chance<br />of a lifetime and you taught me so<br />much. Just filming the story,<br />being with you was incredible, Awkwafina, via ‘GMA’
