Golden Globes 2014: Amy Adams wins best actress in a comedy or musical

By Steven Zeitchik

Jan. 12, 2014 6:39 PM PT

Amy Adams has taken the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical for her turn as an elegant grifter in period crime comedy “American Hustle.”

Adams has taken the prize over front-runner Meryl Streep, who had won six previous times.

In the David O. Russell film, Adams plays Sydney Prosser, an American who remakes herself as a member of British society to aid Christian Bale’s Irv Rosenfeld in his small-time cons. Things go awry, however, when an FBI agent shows up and begins using the pair as part of a sting.

It is Adams’ first Globe; the actress had been nominated four previous times, all since 2008.

Adams is considered to have a decent if not strong shot for an Oscar nomination when the short list is announced Thursday; she had recently also been nominated for a BAFTA for her performance.

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Steven Zeitchik

Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all.

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