--- description: At the 2016 Golden Globes, Jennifer Lawrence took home the award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in "Joy." title: Watch Jennifer Lawrence Win Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7f4bd645d09e81/69887868a988ca57ec6b60b6/jennifer-lawrence-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jennifer Lawrence Win Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globes  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 11, 2016 4:00 AM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards held on Jan. 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills. Jennifer Lawrence arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards held on Jan. 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 11, 2016 4:00 AM CUT There _were_ other people nominated for a [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4171495/golden-globes-2016-winners/ "undefined") for Best Actress in a Movie, Comedy or Musical, in case all the buzz leading up to the awards show led anyone to believe that real-life best friends [Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer](http://time.com/4151872/jennifer-lawrence-amy-schumer-golden-globe-award/ "undefined") were the only ones. But the award could only go to one person, and on Sunday night, it went to Lawrence for the movie _Joy_. Instead of dedicating her speech to Schumer, Lawrence directed her comments to director [David O. Russell](http://time.com/4151777/jennifer-lawrence-katniss-joy-david-orussell/ "undefined"), who has directed her to all three of her Golden Globes. “Every time I’m up here,” she told him, “it’s because of you.” Lawrence then inadvertently insulted Russell—or at least, felt as though she did—telling him, “You make movies like you don’t even care if anyone ever sees them…I mean that as a compliment!” Lawrence, who also bested Maggie Smith, seven-time nominee Lily Tomlin and Melissa McCarthy, acknowledged the movie’s inspiration Joy Mangano, her family and her home state of Kentucky, before telling Russell, “I want us to be buried next to each other, I really do.” Only time will tell if Lawrence and Schumer find themselves facing off in the same category in a few years’ time—that is, if the [movie they’re co-writing](http://time.com/4167451/jennifer-lawrence-amy-schumer-movie-adele-emma-stone/ "undefined") is as good as everyone hopes it will be. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4173858/golden-globes-2016-jennifer-lawrence-joy-win/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4173858/golden-globes-2016-jennifer-lawrence-joy-win/"},"headline":"Watch Jennifer Lawrence Win Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globes","datePublished":"2016-01-11T04:00:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:55:32.603Z","description":"Lawrence won for her performance in Joy","url":"https://time.com/4173858/golden-globes-2016-jennifer-lawrence-joy-win/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7f4bd645d09e81/69887868a988ca57ec6b60b6/jennifer-lawrence-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b7f4bd645d09e81/69887868a988ca57ec6b60b6/jennifer-lawrence-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC's \"73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","caption":"Jennifer Lawrence arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards held on Jan. 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills.","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4173858/golden-globes-2016-jennifer-lawrence-joy-win/","name":"Watch Jennifer Lawrence Win Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globes"}}]}] ```