Meryl Streep joined Hugh Laurie in attacking Trump, saying: "Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners"
The BBC smash The Night Manager and Netflix behemoth The Crown were both hailed as some of the best shows on TV at the moment with both walking away with a host of senior awards at the prestigious event.
News of the British victories came on a night where Hollywood sharpened its claws for the President-elect Donald Trump - and paid tribute to tragic Carrie Fisher and her mum Debbie Reynolds.
Hugh Laurie, Jimmy Fallon and Meryl Streep were just some of the A-listers using the platform of the show to slam the Republican - less than two weeks before he is due to be sworn in.
lifetime achievement award.
The 67-year-old star said she had been heartbroken by his imitation of a disabled reporter during his campaign.
She said: "There was one performance this year that stunned me.
"It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter."
The three-time Oscar winner was referring to a 2015 incident at a South Carolina rally when Trump flailed his arms and slurred in his speech in an apparent mocking of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a physical disability. Trump later denied that he was imitating the reporter.
"It kind of broke my heart when I saw it and I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life," Streep said.
"Violence incites violence."
While Streep did not name Trump directly, she used almost the entire speech to criticize his behavior and policies, while calling for Hollywood to stand strong against any attacks and to support a free press through organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The audience sat in stunned silence for much of it.
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Streep earned a cheer from the crowd when she said that, "Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners."
"If you kick them all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not art," she said, as the audience cheered on.
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, made a tough stance on immigration a cornerstone of his campaign. Hollywood's actors and studio executives were mostly behind his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton .
Streep ended her speech with a nod to her long-time friend, "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher, who died last month after a heart attack.
The legendary star made the comments after Brit star Hugh Laurie made a similar attack on Trump in his acceptance speech for his role in The Night Manager.
Laurie joked that it would be the last Golden Globes broadcast because Hollywood, foreign and press were verboten in Trump's America.
"To some Republicans even the word association is sketchy," he added.
Other British winners on the night included Olivia Colman and Tom Hiddleston who both won acting gongs for thier roles in The Night Watchman.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson won the first award of the night, taking home the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the Tom Ford film Nocturnal Animals.
Stockport-born Claire Foy, 32, described her Best Actress in a TV Drama Series award win as an "out of body experience" as she paid tribute to the Queen.
"I really wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some extraordinary women, one is Queen Elizabeth II," she said on stage.
"She has been at the centre of the world the past 63 years and I think the world could do with a few more women at the centre of it if you ask me."
There was also an emotional tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds as the awards played a brief montage of the mother and daughter's most famous roles.
The night began badly for host Jimmy Fallon who bounded onto the stage only to discover his teleprompter was not working - meaning he could not read his script.
Movie "La La Land" dominated the awards, winning a record-breaking seven statues including best musical or comedy.
The ode to Los Angeles and vintage musicals also won best screenplay and director honors for Damien Chazelle, the 31-year old director who dared to make an un-ironic throwback to the films of Vincente Minnelli and Jacques Demy, as well as picking up acting statues for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in the musical or comedy category.
Culled from Mirror
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