Baby Reindeer won best limited series at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night.
“This is insane seeing all you people here, that’s mad. The Rock’s there. This is crazy. I can’t believe it. Honestly, I grew up with you man, this is nuts!” Gadd, the show’s creator, star, writer and executive producer, said while addressing the crowd.
“The way you guys have embraced this show is unbelievable. It means the absolute world to me, to us,” Gadd continued. “We’re so grateful to Netflix, by the way, for this story. For giving me the chance to tell this messed up kind of story to the world.”
Gadd plays himself in the limited series, which is based off of his real-life experiences of being a victim of stalking.
“I think right now, when the world’s in the state that it’s in and people are really struggling, we need stories that speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times,” Gadd said before adding, “Commissioner streamers: when you’re totting up the numbers and putting together the budgets for this year, remember to keep some back for the little person to tell their story.”
Since the show was released on Netflix in April 2024, Baby Reindeer has received numerous accolades. Gadd won three Emmy Awards for the series and accepted the award for breakthrough limited series at the 2024 Gotham TV Awards.
In August 2024, Gadd spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about working on his first major project: “What was challenging about Baby Reindeer were the scenes, the intensity of it all, the re-enactments, the stressful days, the shooting days, the all-consuming process of it and the difficulty of revisiting that period of my life. Every production is a very difficult thing. It’s a hard thing to manage, but I felt very ready for it when it came.”
He went on to explain how he’s looking forward to putting distance between himself and this chapter of his life with his next project.
“I’m very grateful and aware that it’s quite rare to garner everyone’s attention at once as the show seemed to do,” he said. “It’s just been so intense. Something can be wonderful, but you also need a slight break from it. I think that’s maybe where I’m at.”
Baby Reindeer beat out Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, The Penguin, Disclaimer, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country.
The actor is next set to star in the upcoming HBO-BBC series Half Man, alongside Jamie Bell. Filming will take place this year in Scotland.
Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns The Hollywood Reporter. See all the stars who hit the red carpet here.
