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Greer Grammer Is The 2015 Miss Golden Globe
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has selected actress Greer Grammer Miss Golden Globe 2015 for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards set to air live on NBC on January 11, 2015.
President Theo Kingma made the announcement on November 20, 2014, from Fig and Olive Restaurant in West Hollywood.
Greer Grammer, the 22-year-old daughter of three-time Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer, has been crowned this year’s Miss Golden Globe. Greer, one of the stars of the MTV series Awkward, takes over from Sosie Bacon, the daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Her selection was kept a secret until she was announced at the star-studded Miss Golden Globe party at the Fig and Olive Restaurant in West Hollywood. . HFPA President Theo Kingma made the announcement at the party, the first of the 2015 Golden Globe Awards Season, hosted by the HFPA and InStyle. “We are delighted to have Greer Grammer continue the tradition and have her as our 2015 Miss Golden Globe,” said Kingma. “She’s following in her father’s footsteps in becoming a standout actress and we can’t wait to see what she does next.” “I am flattered to have been chosen by the HFPA for this year’s Miss Golden Globe,” said Grammer. “It’s truly an honor to be included in this experience that so many incredible men and women have been a part of. “I didn’t even tell my dad because I knew he’d tell everybody and it had to be a secret until the party,” she said. “I’m so excited. It’s going to be a wonderful year and so much fun. “I’m really looking forward to being on stage with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey because I’m such a huge fan of them both. It still hasn’t really hit me that I will be up there will so many amazing people I have looked up to for so long.” Greer, who was named after the actress Greer Garson, has already carved a considerable niche for herself in show business, having known since the age of five that she wanted to be an actress.
She entered her first beauty pageant in 2008, winning the Miss Teen Malibu title, and went on to reach the top ten of the Miss California Teen competition for four successive years. She acquired an agent when she was 16, after convincing her parents she wanted to act for the love of it, not merely to be famous, and quickly landed a role on iCarly. She had her first movie role in 2010 in Almost Kings, then went on to appear in Chastity Bites and Life Partners. She graduated from USC in June as a theater major. Her latest film, An Evergreen Christmas, has just been released Greer is in for a busy year ahead, juggling Miss Golden Globe duties with her role as Lissa in the fifth season of Awkward and a recurring role in the new series Melissa and Joy, which starts filming in the New Year. “It’s all great because I love being busy,” says Greer. “I’m so looking forward to being Miss Golden Globe for a year.” Previous Miss and Mister Golden Globe honorees include Sosie Bacon; Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher; Sam Fox, son of Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan; Rainey Qualley, daughter of Andie MacDowell; Gia Mantegna, daughter of Joe Mantegna; Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis; Laura Dern, daughter of Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern; Joely Fisher, daughter of Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher; Melanie Griffith, daughter of Tippi Hedren; Freddie Prinze Jr., son of Freddie Prinze; and Mavis Spencer, daughter of Alfre Woodard. The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards will air LIVE coast-to-coast on NBC with the pre-show from 4:00-5:00 p.m. and main telecast from 5:00-8:00 p.m. from the Beverly Hilton Hotel with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.