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This year marked the first time in Golden Globes history that more than one woman was nominated in the best director category. In fact, three -- Emerald Fennell for \"Promising Young Woman,\" Regina King for \"One Night in Miami\" and Zhao for \"Nomadland\" -- were up for the win.

These women outnumbered the men in the category, with David Fincher for \"Mank\" and Aaron Sorkin for \"The Trial of the Chicago 7\" being the other nominees.

Before Zhao, the only woman to ever win the Golden Globe for best director was Barbra Streisand for \"Yentl\" in 1984. The last woman to be nominated was Ava DuVernay for \"Selma\" in 2015.

The only other women nominated for best director at the Golden Globes have been Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola.

Given the lack of representation for women filmmakers throughout the years, Natalie Portman -- when presenting the category in 2018 -- famously said, \"And here are the all-male nominees.\"

This year, Zhao became the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated in the category and is now the first to win. King also became just the second Black woman to be nominated in the category, with DuVernay being the first.

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