Golden Globes 2019: Regina King wins Best Supporting Actress; promises 50 percent women in 'everything I produce'

As Regina King won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barry Jenkins’ _If Beale Street Could Talk,_ she pledged to include 50 percent women in all her future projects. [caption id=“attachment_5850331” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Regina King at Golden Globes 2019. Twitter[/caption] This was King’s third Golden Globe nomination. She was nominated for the TV series American Crime in 2016, and was nominated this year for the series Seven Seconds. Based on the novel by literary icon James Baldwin, the film follows the romance of two young African-Americans, Tish (Kiki Layne ) and Fonny (Stephan James), who strengthen their bond through an unexpected pregnancy and are nearly torn asunder by a wrongful imprisonment. King plays Sharon Rivers, mother to Tish, who is a fierce advocate for her daughter and fights valiantly to prove Fonny’s innocence. In her acceptance speech, the actor said she will make sure to give opportunities to women on her set and urged other people in power to do the same. “In the next two years, everything that I produce, I am making a vow, and it’s going to be tough, to make sure that everything that I produce, that it’s 50 percent women, and I just challenge anyone out there who is in a position of power I challenge you to challenge yourselves and do the same,” she said King faced off against Amy Adams ( _Vice_), Claire Foy ( _First Man_), Emma Stone ( _The Favourite_) and Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) to take home the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture trophy.