Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

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Golden Globe Award category film award

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.

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Label	Occurrences
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	64
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy canonical	46
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	5
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	2
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination	2
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Christina Ricci	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Amy Adams)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Anjelica Huston)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Awkwafina)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Jamie Lee Curtis)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Nicole Kidman)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (for Awkwafina)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominated)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Diane Keaton	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Julia Roberts	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Poor Things	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Prizzi's Honor	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Romancing the Stone	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Something's Gotta Give	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Julia Roberts	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Jennifer Lopez	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Angelina Jolie)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Helen Mirren)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Jodie Foster)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Meryl Streep)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Sharon Stone)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Shirley MacLaine)	1
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	1
Golden Globe Awards film categories	1
Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	1
Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	1
undivided Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T171038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Context triple: [Judy Garland, awardReceived, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
D. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
E. Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is a major American accolade presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to honor excellence in film and television.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Target entity description: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
D. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
E. Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is a major American accolade presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to honor excellence in film and television.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Golden Globe Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
administeredBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association board and membership ⓘ linked to: Hollywood Foreign Press Association
alsoKnownAs	Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
awardCriteria	artistic excellence in lead acting in musical or comedy films ⓘ
awardFor	best leading actress performance in a musical or comedy film ⓘ
awardType	performance award ⓘ
belongsTo	Hollywood awards season ⓘ
categoryDivisionReason	to distinguish dramatic from musical or comedy performances ⓘ
ceremonyLocationTypical	Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinguishedFrom	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture ⓘ
eligiblePerformers	female lead performers ⓘ
eligibleWorks	feature-length motion pictures ⓘ
field	acting ⓘ cinema ⓘ
firstAwarded	1951 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreRestriction	comedy films ⓘ musical films ⓘ
hasAudience	global television viewers ⓘ
hasAwardingBodyType	press association ⓘ
hasCategoryType	lead acting category ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	female ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor	undivided Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
hasMedium	film ⓘ
hasNomineeCountTypical	5 nominees per year ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.goldenglobes.com ⓘ
hasStatue	Golden Globe statuette ⓘ
inception	early 1950s ⓘ
industryImpact	influences career visibility of winning actresses ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Golden Globe Awards for film ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award
languageOfCeremony	English ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing comedic and musical lead performances by actresses ⓘ
organizer	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
partOf	Golden Globe Awards film categories ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
presentedAt	Golden Globe Awards ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award
presentedBy	Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ
recognitionType	prestige film award ⓘ
relatedAward	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
scope	international film industry ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Hollywood Foreign Press Association members ⓘ
separatedFrom	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
separationYear	1951 ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timeOfYear	usually January ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judy Garland → awardReceived → Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture → hasCategoryWithinSameAwards → Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ⓘ