Toni Collette has done Australia proud by taking out one of the most coveted awards at the golden Globe ceremonies last night, the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical.

Collette was the only Aussie to take out an award on the night, with other nominees by Simon Baker and Rose Byrne falling short.

It was the veteran actresses role in the United States of Tara which earned her her first ever Golden Globe Award, and as expected, she was comical about the moment.

“The first time I came here 15 years ago I was on the loo and missed my whole category!” she said.

In other news on the night, host Ricky Gervais opened the event by reminding everyone he created The Office, not Steve Carrell and chose to plug it.

“I’m not used to these sort of viewing figures. Let’s face it, neither is NBC,” he said.
Within another 3 minutes he chimed again:

“Let’s get on with it before NBC replaces me with Jay Leno.”

It was a humorous night for Gervais and his role as host really did set the mood for a fun event.

Other major winners on the night were John Lithgow for his role in Dexter, Kevin Bacon in Taking Chance and Drew Barrymore in Grey Gardens.

Avatar took out the gong for best Film of the year, while Mad Men continued its success winning the award for Best Television Series.

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