While there were no UK winners in the film categories, the black comedy-drama miniseries from Netflix won a couple of TV categories.
It was named best limited series, which was accepted by its writer and creator Richard Gadd.
Additionally, Jessica Gunning was named best TV supporting actress for her performance as Martha Scott.
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Baby Reindeer was adapted from Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show which saw him have to deal with the attention of a female stalker.
Speaking after winning his award Gadd said: A lot of people ask me why a show this dark has gone on to be the success that it has.
“And I think in a lot of ways, people were crying out for something that spoke to the painful inconsistencies of being human.
“For a while there’s been this belief in television that stories which are too dark and complicated won’t sell and no-one will watch them, so I hope Baby Reindeer has done away with that theory, because right now, when the world’s in the state that it’s in and people are really struggling, we need stories which speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times.”
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In her acceptance speech, Gunning shared an anecdote about getting a hamster for Christmas as a child, and thinking that she couldn’t believe it was happening to her, BBC News reports.
She said that phrase had become the “soundtrack of my life this year”.
Gunning added: “Thank you to Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer has changed my life in ways that I can’t even explain. I can’t believe this is happening to me and I know that eight-year-old me wouldn’t either, she’d be chuffed to bits.”
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Elsewhere, Irish actor Colin Farrell won his third Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries, for playing the Batman villain Penguin in an HBO series of the same name.
Some big wins on the film side included Demi Moore earning Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for body horror The Substance.
Other film winners included Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked.