The first major awards show of the season is over, and it was filled with surprises and historic wins, with BIPOC talent soaking up much of the limelight. Case in point: “Emilia Pérez,” a genre-defying operetta, emerged as a standout, securing four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Non-English Language Picture. The film, which follows the story of a Mexican cartel leader (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, made history as the most-nominated musical in Golden Globes history.
Gascón’s powerful performance captivated audiences, while Zoe Saldaña’s supporting role earned her a well-deserved Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. The film’s poignant original song, “El Mal,” took home the award for Best Original Song, cementing “Emilia Pérez” as a cultural and critical milestone.
Fernanda Torres added to the night’s emotional highs with her win for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for the Brazilian political drama “I’m Still Here.” Her portrayal of a woman navigating loss and self-discovery struck a chord with voters and audiences alike, instantly propelling her into Oscar discussions.
In television, “Shogun,” the epic series steeped in Japanese history, swept all four categories in which it was nominated. Tadanobu Asano’s riveting performance earned him Best Supporting Actor, underscoring the series’ impact.
The Golden Globes, often seen as a precursor to the Oscars, are not directly tied to the Academy’s voting body. With 334 international voters, the Globes have undergone significant changes since their reimagining two years ago after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s overhaul. Still, the awards are critical in building momentum for Oscar campaigns, where perception can make all the difference.
This year’s ceremony was not without controversy. Demi Moore’s unexpected win for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for “The Substance” overshadowed Cynthia Erivo’s heavily favored performance in “Wicked.” Similarly, the indie film “Anora,” which had garnered significant critical acclaim, left empty-handed despite winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes. However, it remains a potential contender for Oscar nominations.
The road to the Oscars is being paved by the strong buzz surrounding “Emilia Pérez,” which was a front-runner even before its debut on Netflix, where it is now streaming. With its groundbreaking narrative celebrating themes of transformation and identity, the film has resonated deeply with audiences and voters, solidifying its status as a landmark achievement in representation and a serious Oscar contender.
With the 97th Academy Awards fast approaching on Mar. 2, 2025, the Golden Globes have set the stage for the final stretch of awards season. The Oscar shortlists were announced on Dec. 17, 2024, and the full nominations are set to be revealed on Jan. 17, 2025.
The Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood will once again host the event, airing live on Mar. 2 at 7 p.m. EST on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
For the full list of winners, visit goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees.
Winners and nominees included the following.
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Nominees: “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Nickel Boys,” “September 5”
Best Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy
“Emilia Pérez”
Nominees: “Anora,” “Challengers,” “Emilia Pérez,” “A Real Pain,” “The Substance,” “Wicked”
Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Flow”
Nominees: “Flow,” “Inside Out 2,” “Memoir of a Snail,” ”Moana 2,” “The Wild Robot,” “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Wicked”
Nominees: “Alien: Romulus,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Gladiator II,” “Inside Out 2,” “Twisters,” “Wicked,” “The Wild Robot”
Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
“Emilia Pérez”
Nominees: “All We Imagine as Light,” “Emilia Pérez,” “The Girl with the Needle,” “I’m Still Here,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “Vermiglio”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Nominees: Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”; Angelina Jolie, “Maria”; Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”; Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”; Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”; Kate Winslet, “Lee”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Nominees: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”; Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”; Daniel Craig, “Queer”; Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”; Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”; Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Nominees: Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”; Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”; Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”; Mikey Madison, “Anora”; Demi Moore, “The Substance”; Zendaya — “Challengers”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy
Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”
Nominees: Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”; Hugh Grant, “Heretic”; Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”; Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”; Glen Powell, “Hit Man”; Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Nominees: Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”; Ariana Grande, “Wicked”; Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”; Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”; Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”; Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Nominees: Yura Borisov, “Anora;” Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain;” Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown;” Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist;” Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice;” Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
Best Direc—or, Motion Picture
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”; Sean Baker, “Anora”; Edward Berger, “Conclave”; Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”; Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”; Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Nominees: Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”; Sean Baker, “Anora”; Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”; Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”; Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”; Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Challengers”
Nominees: Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”; Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”; Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”; Clément Ducol and Camille, “Emilia Pérez”; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Challengers”; Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“El Mal”
Nominees: “Beautiful That Way,” “Cowgirl,” “Compress/Repress,” “Challengers,” “El Mal,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Forbidden Road,” “Better Man,” “Kiss The Sky,” “The Wild Robot,” “Mi Camino,” “Emilia Pérez”
Best Television Series, Drama
“Shogun”
Nominees: “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Diplomat,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “Shogun,” “Slow Horses,” “Squid Game”
Best Television Series, Music
“Hacks”
Nominees: “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “The Gentlemen,” “Hacks,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders in the Building”
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television
“Baby Reindeer”
Nominees: “Baby Reindeer,” “Disclaimer,” “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” “The Penguin,” “Ripley,” “True Detective: Night Country”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Anna Sawai, “Shogun”
Nominees: Kathy Bates, “Matlock”; Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”; Maya Erskine, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”; Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”; Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”; Anna Sawai, “Shogun”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”
Nominees: Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”; Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”; Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”; Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Nominees: Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”; Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”; Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”; Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”; Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”; Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Nominees: Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”; Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”; Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”; Jason Segel, “Shrinking”; Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”; Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie
Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
Nominees: Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”; Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”; Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”; Sofía Vergara, “Griselda”; Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”; Kate Winslet, “The Regime”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Nominees: Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”; Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”; Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”; Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”; Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”; Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Nominees: Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”; Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”; Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”; Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”; Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”; Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role
Tadanobu Asano, “Shogun”
Nominees: Tadanobu Asano, “Shogun”; Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”; Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”; Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”; Diego Luna, “La Máquina”; Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television
Ali Wong, “Ali Wong: Single Lady”
Nominees:Jamie Foxx, “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was”; Nikki Glaser, “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die”; Seth Meyers, “Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking”; Adam Sandler, “Adam Sandler: Love You”; Ali Wong, “Ali Wong: Single Lady”; Ramy Youssef, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings”
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