Australian actress Cate Blanchett has fought off fierce competition to win the Golden Globe award for best drama actress, adding fuel to the Oscar buzz surrounding her performance in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
Cate Blanchett has won three Golden Globes. Photo: AFP
American Hustle and 12 Years A Slave picked up top film honours on Sunday at the Globes held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which mark the start of Hollywood's awards season and are closely watched ahead of the Academy Awards.
Blanchett defeated Bullock, who was nominated for her role in space thriller Gravity, along with Judi Dench for adoption drama Philomena, Kate Winslet for Labor Day and Emma Thompson for Saving Mr Banks.
In Blue Jasmine, she stars as a wealthy socialite who moves into her sister's apartment after the collapse of her marriage leaves her broke and broken - a performance that has been widely acclaimed, the ABC reports.
The actress paid tribute to her director when accepting the award. "Woody Allen writes and directs these things with such alarming regularity that we almost take him for granted," she told the audience.
"Thank you for calling me and not one of the other incredible women in the room this evening."
The Globes win is her third after Elizabeth (1999) and I'm Not There (2008).
Nominations for the Oscars will be announced later this week, with the Academy Awards ceremony held in March.
Moss wins for NZ mini-series
American actress Elisabeth Moss won a Golden Globe for her performance in Jane Campion's television mini-series Top of the Lake shot in New Zealand.
Elisabeth Moss. Photo: AFP / Getty Images North America
Moss, who plays a detective searching for a missing 12-year-old pregnant girl, was not expected to win the Globe, with the best actress in mini-series or TV movie category including Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Coven) and Helen Mirren (Phil Spector), AAP reports.
Moss is best known for her role in American television series Mad Men.
Top of the Lake missed out on the earlier TV mini-series or movie award, with Behind the Candelabra taking the category.
Other winners
Alfonso Cuaron won best director for Gravity, while Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Jared Leto also took home a coveted statue, the ABC reports.
David O Russell's American Hustle won the Globe for best musical/comedy film, defeating Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and The Wolf Of Wall Street. The film also netted awards for stars Amy Adams (best musical/comedy actress) and Jennifer Lawrence (best supporting actress).
Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, about a free black man sold into slavery in 19th century America, beat Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena and Rush to win the best drama film award.
Leonardo DiCaprio picked up the best musical/comedy actor category for his role in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.
Matthew McConaughey triumphed for best drama actor in Dallas Buyers Club, about a HIV-positive man who smuggles drugs to treat the disease in the 1980s. Jared Leto, who portrays a transgender woman living with AIDS in the film, picked up the best supporting actor award.
Breaking Bad took the best TV drama Globe and its star Bryan Cranston won best actor in a TV drama.
