Lady Gaga and Maggie Gyllenhaal lead winners at New York Film Critics Circle Awards

By Sean O’grady For Mailonline

Published:04:57 EDT, 17 March 2022|Updated:06:00 EDT, 17 March 2022

Lady Gaga and Maggie Gyllenhaal led the winners at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown restaurant in New York City on Wednesday.

Hitmaker Gaga took home the award for Best Actress for her role as Patrizia Reggiani in House Of Gucci while Maggie’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter won the award for Best First Film.

Other big winners on the night included Benedict Cumberbatch who won Best Actor for his role as Phil Burbank in The Power Of The Dog.

Winners: Lady Gaga (right) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (left) led the winners at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown restaurant in New York City on Wednesday

It was a big night for The Power Of The Dog as Benedict’s co-star Kodi Smit-McPhee took home the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Peter Gordon.

Meanwhile, director Jane Campion was honoured with the Best Director award for her work on the western drama film.

Kathryn Hunter won the Best Actress award for her role as the Witches in The Tragedy Of Macbeth.

Director and screenwriter Paul Thomas Anderson took home the gong for Best Screenplay for his work on Licorice Pizza.

Success: Gaga took home the award for Best Actress for her role as Patrizia Reggiani in House Of Gucci while Maggie’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter won the award for Best First Film

Role: Lady Gaga played Patrizia Reggiani, who in real life was convicted in plotting the assination of Maurrizio Gucci, her ex-husband

Other awards handed out on the night included Best Animated Film which went to The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Best Foreign Language Film which was won by Norweigan film The Worst Person in the World.

The winners of this year’s awards were announced on December 3, 2021, with the ceremony taking place on Wednesday.

Lady Gaga played Patrizia Reggiani, who in real life was convicted in plotting the assination of Maurrizio Gucci, her ex-husband.

In 2018, the singer, who was born as Stefani Germanotta, had her first leading role in the remake A Star is Born.

Honour: Director Jane Campion was honoured with the Best Director award for her work on The Power Of Thr Dog (pictured with Peter Sarsgaard, left)

Star: Other big winners on the night included Benedict Cumberbatch who won Best Actor for his role as Phil Burbank in The Power Of The Dog

She earned her first Oscar win for the film, scoring Best Original Song while she was nominated for best actress.

Her first acting gig was in 2001 with a guest starring role in The Sopranos.

The singer and actress had an uncredited role as Girl at Swimming Pool #2 in the ninth episode of Season 3, entitled The Telltale Moozadell.

Gaga worked with her acting teacher Susan Baston ‘for months and months’ before filming House of Gucci, adding that Ridley Scott is, ‘an incredible director who creates a sanctuary for you on set to just fly.’

Gaga’s singing career took off before her acting career, with her breakthrough album The Fame released in 2008.

She returned to the big screen with roles in Machete Kills, Muppets Most Wanted, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and the small screen as well with American Horror Story.

Best Film

Drive My Car

Best Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Best Actress

Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Kathryn Hunter – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Animated Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story

Best Non-Fiction Film

Flee

Best Foreign Language Film

The Worst Person in the World • Norway

Best First Film

The Lost Daughter

Special Awards

Maya Cade for the creation of the Black Film Archive

Diane Weyermann, posthumous award for supporting daring and impactful filmmaking at Sundance and Participant

Marshall Fine for his years of service as New York Film Critics Circle’s general manager and decades on the NY film scene

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