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Then and Now: See the 2020 Golden Globe Nominees' First Red Carpets

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Dec 29, 2019 10:28 PM
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Helen Mirren

The 2020 Catherine the Great nominee first attended the award show in 1997, when she won her first Golden Globe for her performance in Losing Chase. 

 


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Meryl Streep

Though she had already been nominated six times and won three awards, the silver screen icon first attended in 1989 when she was nominated for A Cry in the Dark. 


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Michelle Williams

The Fosse/Verdon star was a first-time nominee back in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. 


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Patricia Arquette

Back in 1996, Patricia Arquette attended the Golden Globe Awards for the first time with nominee Nicolas Cage. 10 years later, she attended as a first-time nominee. 


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Kirsten Dunst

The then-12-year-old was a first-time nominee for Interview With the Vampire. 


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Jennifer Aniston

The Morning Show star was a famous Friends cast member at the ceremony in 1996, six years before her first Golden Globe nomination. 


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Nicole Kidman

In 1992, Nicole Kidman attended the Golden Globes as a first-time nominee alongside her then-husband Tom Cruise. 


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Reese Witherspoon

In 2000, the Morning Show star was a first-time nominee for Election and attended with then-husband Ryan Phillippe. 


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Tom Hanks

The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood star first attended the Golden Globes in 1989 as a first-time nominee and winner for Big. 


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Brad Pitt

Back in 1995, Brad Pitt was a first-time Golden Globe nominee for Legends of the Fall. 


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Jennifer Lopez

Then a breakout star, Jennifer Lopez stepped out at the Golden Globe Awards in 1998 as a first-time nominee for Selena. 


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Leonardo DiCaprio

The three-time Golden Globe winner was up for his first Golden Globe in 1994 for What's Eating Gilbert Grape at 19 years old. 


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Eddie Murphy

In 1997, the Dolemite Is My Name star stepped out on the Golden Globe red carpet as a fourth-time nominee for The Nutty Professor. 


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Joaquin Phoenix

More than a decade ago in 2006, the Joker star took home his first Golden Globe for Walk the Line alongside co-star Reese Witherspoon. 


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Cate Blanchett

In 1999, Cate Blanchett was a first-time Golden Globe nominee and winner for Elizabeth. 


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Scarlett Johansson

Nearly two decades ago, Scarlett Johansson was a double first-time nominee at the 2004 Golden Globes for Lost in Translation and Girl With a Pearl Earring. 


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Renée Zellweger

In 2000, the Judy star attended not as a nominee, but as nominee Jim Carrey's date. 


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