Golden Globe nominations 2025 spotlight Wicked, The Bear, and Emilia Pérez

The 82nd annual Golden Globe nominations were announced on December 9, 2024, recognizing exceptional work in film and television over the past year. The announcement, made by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut, revealed Emilia Pérez as the frontrunner with 10 nominations, including nods for its three leads: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez. On television, FX’s The Bear led with five nominations, while Shōgun and Only Murders in the Building followed with four each.

In the Best Motion Picture – Drama category, the nominees are The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys, and September 5. For Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, contenders include Anora, Challengers, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, The Substance, and Wicked. In the Best Animated Motion Picture category, nominees are Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Moana 2, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, and The Wild Robot.

Acting categories for films feature a wide array of talent. For Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, nominees include Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here), and Kate Winslet (Lee). Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama nominees are Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice).

For Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, contenders include Amy Adams (Nightbitch), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Zendaya (Challengers). Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominees are Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Hugh Grant (Heretic), Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness), Glen Powell (Hit Man), and Sebastian Stan (A Different Man).

Supporting role nominees include Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) for Best Supporting Actress. In the Best Supporting Actor category, nominees are Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), and Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).

In television, Best Drama Series contenders include The Day of the Jackal, The Diplomat, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Shōgun, Slow Horses, and Squid Game. Best Musical or Comedy Series nominees are Abbott Elementary, The Bear, The Gentlemen, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, and Only Murders in the Building. Limited series and anthology series competing for top honors include Baby Reindeer, Disclaimer, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, The Penguin, Ripley, and True Detective: Night Country.

In acting categories for television, Best Actress in a Drama Series nominees are Kathy Bates (Matlock), Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon), Maya Erskine (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Keira Knightley (Black Doves), Keri Russell (The Diplomat), and Anna Sawai (Shōgun). Best Actor in a Drama Series nods went to Donald Glover (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun), and Billy Bob Thornton (Landman).

For Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series, nominees are 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), and Jean Smart (Hacks). Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series nominations include 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), and Jeremy Allen White (The Bear).

For Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie, contenders are Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer), Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Sofía Vergara (Griselda), Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans), and Kate Winslet (The Regime). Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie nominees include 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), and Andrew Scott (Ripley).

The event will air live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, January 5, 2025, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser. Special honors will be given to Viola Davis, who will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Ted Danson, who will be recognized with the Carol Burnett Award.