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Boyhood comes of age at Golden Globe awards

Richard Linklater's 12-years-in-the-making Boyhood won top honours at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, picking up four awards. Other winners at the ceremony included British actors Joanne Froggatt and Eddie Redmayne.

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Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt wins Golden Globe

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Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt has won a Golden Globe for her role in the TV series - and revealed it was the "most shocking moment" of her life.

The Yorkshire-born actress ditched her maid's outfit for the glamour of the red carpet as she was awarded the plaudit at the Hollywood ceremony for for best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or TV movie.

Froggart, 34, who plays the loveable lady's maid Anna Bates in the ITV television show, has been given some hard-hitting storylines in the past season as her character had to cope with the aftermath of being raped and being wrongly accused of murdering her attacker.

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