#darren criss won this award for acs: versace in 2019

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"Darren Criss won Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for his role as serial killer Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” making him the first Filipino-American to win a Golden Globe. He dedicated his award to his Filipino mother, showing how culturally significant these honors feel to underrepresented people."

Darren Criss Says “It’s A Great Privilege” To Be First First Filipino American To Win Golden Globe

“I always tell people being half Filipino is one of my favorite things about myself, because I had no control over that. I feel like I've given a superhero cape that I am now required to step up to the plate for and I'm glad to be the poster boy for, if there's any young either half Filipino or full or anybody you have in the Filipino Community that looks to my work as a source of inspiration and encouragement then like sign me up, I'm on board for that and it's a great privilege and it means the world to me and like I said I am very proud to be part of that" - 76th Golden Globe Awards Backstage Interview

Darren Criss dedicates Golden Globes win to 'firecracker Filipino' mom

“[...] this has been a marvelous year for representation in Hollywood, and I’m so enormously proud to be a teeny-tiny part of that, as the son of a firecracker Filipino woman from Cebu that dreamed of coming to this country and getting to be invited to cool parties like this. So mom I know you are watching this, you are hugely responsible for most of the good things in my life, I love you dearly, I dedicate this to you” - Acceptance Speech

DarrenCriss: Morning after Golden Globes celebration was full of Filipino treats including this fun spritely lady with me … “who dreamed of coming to this country and getting invited to glamorous parties like this…” Well Mom, I’m glad you made it.