78th Golden Globe Nominations: 3 Women Score Director Nominations while Mank & Promising Young Woman Highlight

The time has come!

After weeks of critics groups, AFI, and NBR announcing their nominations and honorees, the Oscar season takes it up another level with the announcement of the nominees for the 78th Golden Globe awards. This year’s awards will be hosted by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler who is set to host the award show from separate coasts.  The ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 28th, 2021.

Here is the list of all the nominees:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
Mank
Promising Young Woman
The Father

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Music
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Palm Springs
The Prom

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Another Round
Minari
Two of Us
The Life Ahead
La Llorona

Best Director – Motion Picture

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
iRegina King, One Night in Miami…
David Fincher, Mank
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jack Fincher, Mank
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Gary Oldman, Mank
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Kate Hudson, Music
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsquent Moviefilm

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
James Corden, The Prom
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Olivia Colman, The Father

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Jared Leto, The Little Things
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami…
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Soul
Onward
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon

The Croods: A New Age

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Soul
Mank
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
News of the World

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

Best Television Series – Drama

The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Al Pacino, Hunters
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The Undoing
The Queen’s Gambit
Normal People
Unorthodox
Small Axe

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Julia Garner, Ozark

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

John Boyega, Small Axe
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Jim Parsons, Hollywood

 


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